Public authority must act responsibly The public authority that owns the PacMed Center has a very clear decision to make. [“State rejects PacMed lease; use of building for college up in air,” NW Tuesday, July 30.] It can lease the building to a private developer to build high-end apartments, or it can lease the building to…

One problem could solve the other In the Tuesday edition of The Seattle Times, I see two articles on the same front page of the local news: one on the Nickelsville homeless encampment, which must pull up stakes by mid-September [“City Council votes down bill for tent camps,” NW Tuesday, July 30]; and one on…