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We have an awesome little family, we had an awesome little business for 8 years. The city of Seattle and the way business is conducted in America has done us all a disservice, and it put our successful food cart under in less than a year. When Amazon came to our city not only did the council refuse to freeze rent but the cost of everything skyrocketed. We continued to make it work, until Amazon suddenly moved our entire customer base out of our neighborhood. Simultaneously, Wells Fargo sold us a credit card processor that broke contract repeatedly by taking money outside of contracted dates putting our accounts negative by thousands because it caused our other scheduled payments to bounce. The bank told us the product they sold us is not their responsibility. They took thousands in fees but wouldnt give us a loan. At that point we were unable to pay our vendors. Because we no longer had a credit processor the people in South Lake Union who were left stopped coming, the attitude was a flat out refusal to use cash, which was the final fatal blow for us. We have both been looking for work, I recently gained employment but wont see a check for weeks. We are now facing eviction. We have a 10 year old daughter. Our once loving relationship has been reduced to fighting induced by money caused stress. We dont do drugs or have mental issues so we cant recieve help from anywhere. I am now turning to the goodness of my fellow peoples. I believe in karma, I have always believed in passing it on. I dont know what else to do. I cannot see my family on the street, I refuse to lose my beautiful relationship to the whims of money. I am now looking for a miracle to see us through until our hard work once again pays off. Thank you for reading
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Jessica Hovater
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Bremerton, WA