Type post
Date January 31, 2023
Categories Street Report Tagged , encampments , Rainier Avenue , Street Report
Former Burger King on Rainier Ave Being Used by Homeless Squatters
Jonathan Choe
January 31, 2023
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It’s Still Upside Down
There are hundreds of encampments scattered across #Seattle . Go down S. Rainier Ave and check out the side streets including a former @BurgerKing now being used by homeless squatters. @cmkshama ‘s district.
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Journalist and Senior Fellow , Center on Wealth and PovertyJonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial .
