Posted on 12/30/2020 3:55:58 PM PST by TigerClaws
Tacoma Housing Now reports on an ongoing housing occupation that so far has housed over 40 people for over 4 days at the Port of Tacoma Travelodge. This situation is unfolding, so follow them on social media for updates.
stock photo via Kyle Johnson on Unsplash
We’re on day 4 of the hotel occupation and settling in for night 4! [According to The News Tribute, “After paying for the initial night, the occupants have refused to pay or leave for four days.”] Negotiations with the hotel owner, city, and county start tomorrow, but we have 50-70 people ready to defend if needed. Housing activists from Tacoma Housing Now, Seattle (the Yellow House), and Olympia have coalesced into a broad Puget Sound coalition that will support housing actions in each other’s cities. Most of our medics on-site are veterans of the recent far-Right battles in Olympia that saw two antifascist protestors shot. We’re also in a chat with housing organizers from Philly, Ashland OR, Medford OR, El Sereno CA, and Los Angeles trading tactics and media tips — the national movement is growing.
We’re currently in the unique position of allying with the hotel owner, because we’ve made it clear to him that we want to get him paid. We’ve started contacting city council members and will contact the rest of the city council and county council tomorrow, so CARES and/or FEMA money can be used to pay for hotel rooms.
While the City of Tacoma claims to provide hotel vouchers for houseless people, nobody we’ve talked to has ever seen these mysterious vouchers. Other, smaller towns in our county are paying for hotel rooms, so Tacoma should, too. Our message is that there’s room at the inn: pay for it!
They made their bed....let ‘em lie in it.
If they had rented to Proud boys, they would have been paid in advance and no occupation would have happened. Sadly, though, you can’t turn people away
The police refuse to intervene. I feel for the owner.
This is what the people of Washington want.
Tow the vehicles.
That’s what I thought too; howevr, even though that would eventually get them moving they would burn the whole place to the ground on their way out......literally.
“I feel for the owner.”
Wanna bet it’s a guy named Patel?
"You may never have guests again!"
He’s responsible for a HUGE chunk of this. From another story (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/far-left-cheers-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-group-police-refuse-intervene/): “The owner of the motel negotiated with the activists and agreed to allow them to stay until Dec. 28. He also stated his desire to provide emergency pandemic housing to homeless people and struggle along with THN to be paid by the city or county for this service.”
Identify the organizers.
Speaking of organizers, wasn’t the DOJ investigating people who were paying Antifa/BLM to fly to various cities in order to riot, destroy and intimidate citizens? You know, the people who paid for equipment and pallets full of bricks. The people who scammed millions of dollars in donations and laundered money to the DNC.
Yeah, those organizers.
The police refuse to intervene. I feel for the owner.
And yet everyone on here thinks the police are on our side?
How so?
Antifa lights police cruisers and stations on fire, nobody gets arrested
Trump supporter get beat down by antifa freaks and defends himself, Trump supporters is arrested
This hotel owner is screwed
If you or I did this, the police would drag out from the property in a new york minute with a simple order to leave now and if you or I did not do that, they would drag us out to the curb or arrest on the spot.
But not Antifa
Police are helping Antifa
Well the article did say, but I hadn’t read it until after I posted, that the Antfifa scumbags said they were allying with the owner. But what you posted puts a whole new light on the issue. I thought maybe he was an unwilling ally out of concern.
Let real homeless people live in their homes.
Most are, the NYPD endorsed Trump. While I don’t know the reason they refuse to intervene, they are between a rock and a hard spot in these damn liberal run states. So what their motivation for refusing is fuzzy at best, at least to me.
Any patriots in the area want some practice?
Yeah, lots of these small motels are owned by Indians. 8>)
Any patriots in the area want some practice?
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