Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Stop the cycle of harm on the CID

October 13, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Chinatown-International District (CID) is too familiar with this lack of government engagement and accountability with publicly funded projects. The Seattle Navigation Center is a prime example and still impacting the CID, specifically Little Saigon, today.

LETTER: Why us?

October 13, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Please do not fund the SODO mega shelter in the budget, the Chinatown-International District (CID) is already heavily burdened with the amount of shelters already in the area.

LETTER: Chinatown-International District and the burden of government discrimination

September 22, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

King County Department of Community and Human Services is planning to spend $66.5 million to construct a 24/7 homeless shelter that will house more than 500 people in the Chinatown-International District (CID),

LETTER: Removal of Sound Transit train route alternatives adjacent/through CID

July 7, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dear Sound Transit Board Chair University Place Rep. Kent Keel, Vice Chair King County Executive Dow Constantine, …

LETTER: Is Seattle up to it?

June 30, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Patty Fong Thanks to recent letters from Ms. Bettie Luke and Mr. Lawrence Matsuda about Sound Transit’s plan for the Chinatown-International District (CID), we now have a thorough idea […]

LETTER: Latest transportation project in CID feels like a land grab—Letter to Sound Transit, Seattle City Council

June 23, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

These encroachments would not happen to a white neighborhood!

LETTER: Open letter to support light rail justice for the CID

June 9, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I am against both Sound Transit proposals for the Chinatown-International District (CID). The bottom line is that the light rail planners need to develop viable non-CID options. Remember, WE are the customers and NOT the planners.

LETTER: Letter to Seattle mayor about Little Saigon improvements

March 3, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dear Mayor Harrell, I’m writing to congratulate you on becoming the first Asian American mayor of the city of Seattle! We, at Helping Link, are eager to work with your […]

LETTER: The CID deserves better

February 10, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Patty Fong For Northwest Asian Weekly There is a descent into urban blight affecting not just Little Saigon and the by-now infamous corner at 12th & Jackson—but the entire […]

LETTER: Open letter to Inslee in response to the GD 98-01 rescission

January 13, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By I-200 PAC (formerly known as Let People Vote – Reject R-88 PAC), American Coalition for Equality Dear Governor Inslee, We would like to begin by thanking you for your […]