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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   HAVE YOUR SAY Feel strongly about something? Share it with the community by writing a letter to the editor. You’ll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) We reserve the right to edit letters, but if you keep yours to 250 words or less, we won’t ask you to shorten it. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Fax: 425-339-3458 Have a question about letters? Contact Carol MacPherson (cmacpherson@heraldnet.com or 425-339-3472).   Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 HOMELESSNESS Kids bring face to hidden problem Thanks for the comprehensive article on homeless school children (June 28, "1,670 local students in county are without homes"), and more, for putting it on the front page. Often when I try to describe the extent of the problem of homelessness, people think that it ought be fully visible, and that were there truly as many homeless as the numbers suggest, we'd see far more folks outside. Homeless is mostly hidden, save among those who work to end homelessness and those who work to help those who suffer homelessness. It is not enough to leave ending homelessness to folks who give direct help and/or to folks who advocate that homelessness end. Without everyone becoming informed, there will be the urge to cut human services funding just when it is most needed. This is that day of greatest need, when wisdom needs to lead those who govern to find remedies and to lead those who vote to demand remedies. It is not a time for initiatives that cut taxes. I encourage The Herald to continue contributions toward educating readers, such as this article by Kaitlin Manry. The Rev. Bill Kirlin-Hackett Director, The Interfaith Task Force on Homelessness Bellevue

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