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SEATTLE -- The pink tent city known as "Nickelsville" is on the move again. The group of about 100 homeless people who have been involved with a battle with the city of Seattle over affordable housing was packing up Friday and heading to an undisclosed location. The campers originally set up in a grassy field off West Marginal Way in south Seattle in late September. The city gave them a few days to vacate, then arrested 22 of those who refused to leave. The camp then moved to an adjacent state Department of Transportation parking lot for a while so the state could negotiate with the city for a permanent solution. That failed, and the campers were on the move again. This time, they set up on land inside Discovery Park next to the United Indians of All Tribes' Daybreak Star Cultural Center, hoping it would become a permanent... [read full story]
