Boo in Burien - Saturday October 25, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Trick-or-treat at participating businesses around Burien Town Square Park, 480 SW 152nd St.
Get ready, goblins and ghouls—it’s time for one of Burien’s favorite fall traditions! The Annual Trick-or-Treat
Editorial published with permissions by John L. White, long-time Burien resident
Burien is not the first community to experience what happens when DESC arrives. Seattle has lived with it for decades. And the pattern is always the same:
1. The Promise – Leaders frame DESC as a humane solution. They talk
Editorial published with permission by John L. White, long-time Burien Resident
The philosophy behind what we now call ‘Housing First’ didn’t begin as a government policy or social theory. It began as a desperate and practical experiment in the late twentieth century, rooted in what were once known as
Editorial published with permission by John L. White, long-time Burien Resident
The philosophy behind what we now call ‘Housing First’ didn’t begin as a government policy or social theory. It began as a desperate and practical experiment in the late twentieth century, rooted in what were once known as
Boo in Burien - Saturday October 25, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Trick-or-treat at participating businesses around Burien Town Square Park, 480 SW 152nd St.
Get ready, goblins and ghouls—it’s time for one of Burien’s favorite fall traditions! The Annual Trick-or-Treat
Editorial published with permissions by John L. White, long-time Burien resident
Burien is not the first community to experience what happens when DESC arrives. Seattle has lived with it for decades. And the pattern is always the same:
1. The Promise – Leaders frame DESC as a humane solution. They talk
Burien City Council Regular Meeting
Date: Monday, October 20, 2025 Â - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Burien City Hall – 400 SW 152nd Street (1st Floor)
Join Virtually: bit.ly/2LAgoW0
View-Only Options: Channel 21 or Livestream
 Full Agenda Oct 20, 2025
Meeting Highlights
* Burien Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Update – presentation
[Stories reposted from the City of Burien: Environment Newsletter]
Green Burien Day Planting Celebration
Hilltop Park – October 18 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join us to plant hundreds of native plants at Hilltop Park! We will have food, music and fun for all. All ages OK
What to Bring:
Editorial published with permissions by John L. White, long-time Burien resident
WHO WINS? WHO LOSES?
To understand DESC, you have to follow the money. The surface story is about compassion, housing, and second chances. But underneath, it is a business model — one that generates enormous revenue streams for those who
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Editorial published with permissions by John L. White, long-time Burien resident
[EDITORS NOTE: We have reached out to Hugo Garcia for comment and an invitation for him to come and have a sit-down debate to tell his side of the story. As of this publishing, he has not responded to
