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Show WASATCH Deeda he carries the quiet confidence of a message essary thing to do.” knows she can swim against the tide. She is at once a JEDI woman’s woman. She is the politician of 25 years — the kind who puts her ethics ago across, Rather rights rabble rouser and a reserved and respectable Salt Lake City Council- first and defines TIMES Seed - the Force Goes With woman who MOUNTAIN winning at the ballot box but ment of her causes. not by votes in the advance- it’s sometimes than bolster aid a nec- for such things as child care to impoverished mothers, the Utah Legislature gave Utahns a $45 tax cut. Single mothers don’t want a hand-out, they want a way out, Deeda explained. “IT don’t think that male-dominated legislative bodies understand what is involved in child care. They don’t Her She also wants to involve her constituents in solving the gang problem, affordable housing issues and is working toward such things as a community garden, recycling center and even the possibility of a park in central City. In the end, it’s difficult to sum up Deeda Seed the JEDI activist and Deeda Seed the city councilwoman, The day casts from rhetoric single of the mothers on the truth. “What understand about what reactionary i said. A full service florist people welfare is politicians Mon-Fri. “Who wants to live She is Deeda Seed, the 33-year-old firebrand who has captured the hearts and imaginations of her central city constituents and the single mothers who make up a large segment of poor. Perhaps firebrand is not the to describe Deeda Seed. right She seems thoughtful, but is also savvy. She is ladylike, but can be rebellious. | on at compromises city hall, women into surrounding but with has her colleagues led the JEDI the headlines on issues Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Justice and Economic Dignity Women helped = JEDI, the group Deeda Seed found to give impoverished the past legislative session, for example, JEDI women unfurled a banner from the balcony onto the floor of the House of Representatives ing their desires and needs. A piqued ants out. was not in the balcony that day — although local news reports put here there. Afterall, how could there be a JEDI uprising without explains that it doesn’t sense not to help these women single mothers want what that affordable provide is women affordable, housing and with child along with health care, then they wouldn't be on welfare” stridently points out. When she impoverished Councilwoman is not for for her central city district. “Local government can be the place where democracy really works. But as I was campaigning, that connection.” Having just taken office in January, councilwoman is already getting the some “model block” process, where residents determine how to improve their with own and were getting disobedience. As a strategy to get a to of her constituents neighborhoods. involve ¢ I got the sense that peo- ple weren’t making Deeda . . . I support non-violent civil Reservations & Information: 1-(800) 556-3446 Lodge, Inc., Box 1397, Boulder, UT 84716 mothers, single Seed is working hard Seed? legislators MOUNTAIN LeO2D:G:E she fighting Still, she stands by the protest. “It was out of frustration. We spent several weeks in one-on-one discussions nowhere a a Boulder Mountain “If you = Escape to picturesque Boulder Mountain Lodge, located at the junction of scenic Highway 12 and the renowned : Burr Trail in Boulder, Utah. 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During Utah Welfare and welfare reform is an emotional issue, The topic is so hot politically, that it has become difficult to- discuss with policy makers, Deeda explained. ‘It has become, ‘kick those women off welfare,’ rather than, ‘what does it take a single mother to find housing when she is making only $6 an hour?” etween the Congress and the Utah a net has been 9 — 6 Saturday 10 - 5 $326 a month? It’s sheer hell.” She ence.” @ Floral & Design y~. want them to understand.” she term and complain about how bad things were, or [ could try and make a differ- understand what is happening to women my age,” said Deeda, who has a small child and is married. assistance as villains, growing fat at the public trough — something Deeda says is far Utah’s working along with the many other hats she wears. Deeda’s approach, however, defines her as well as anything “For a long period, I was rather depressed about the state of the world and politics. 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