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Last summer, in the run-up to the 2023 MLB All-Star Game in Seattle, city staff swept away homeless encampments that would have been in the vicinity of the gleaming national spectacle. Protesters denounced mayor Bruce Harrell’s administration for its sudden displacement of people in the throes of a housing crisis; pundits noted the administration’s sudden attention to neglected SoDo streets came as tens of thousands were set to visit the region.
City officials portrayed the timing as coincidental—a continuation of its encampment removal policy. But glossing over problems in the name of sports tourism is
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