We Are Not Alone

Citizens throughout the country are rising up to protest the taking of public parkland and turning it over to private interest groups. Public parks belong to all of us and should not be privatized for the benefit of a few.

Below are some recent examples of local resistance and efforts to protect public lands:

• Saving the Port Gamble Forest, a natural jewel, from development: ‘It’s our heritage and it’s our future’ (1/14/17)

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/port-gamble-forest-campaign-tries-to-save-a-natural-jewel-for-recreation/

• New Bothell park is triumph of civic engagement  (1/22/17)

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/new-bothell-park-is-triumph-of-civic-engagement/

• Fight over Issaquah hillside: How much development is too much? (12/18/17)

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/fight-over-issaquah-hillside-how-much-development-is-too-much/

• SAAM’s troubled Volunteer Park expansion (2/17/17)

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/saams-troubled-volunteer-park-expansion/

• Kent won’t sell Pine Tree Park after all; mistake costs taxpayers $760,000 (4/6/16)

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fixing-mistake-on-sale-of-kent-park-costs-taxpayers-760000/

• Woodinville citizens fight development of  Wellington Hills County Park (4/24/13)

http://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-county-park%c2%92s-impacts-concern-maltby-neighbors/