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!
When I first heard of it, I could see him being muscled into it. But after this and the other article, I’m not thinking that way.
Washington has grizzly bears. Put a few in the hotel. It will clean out the squatters pretty quickly.
This is what the people of Washington want.
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Exactly right. They tolerate, condone and even nuture lawlessness. But what they don’t yet realize is that they are on a slippery slope that will only worsen over time. The people of Washington have opened the door to some very destructive behavior.
Yeah, I too have done an about face on the issue. 8>)
The owner is a Patel who works 60 hours a week and whose kids are valedictorians at the local high school, and are bound for med school and engineering school?
That’s a given...
The bears probably have better manners.
Hey there’s a REALLY GOOD guy named Patel that worked with Nunez to trace the money in the Russian hoax NOT ALL Patel’s should be lumped into one group!!!
Bust a gs line, and then from a distance launch a flaming arrow into the building. Oh, but chain the doors shut first.
A mouse would get rid of me.
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They have either been told to stand down or they are GUILTY OF DOING NOTHING.
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.
Individually, you are right and correct about your statement. But the police takes orders from Leftists and they follow those orders or else.
We need to realize that fact though
Time to simultaneously test the fire sprinklers in all of the rooms. All of the furniture and carpeting will undoubtedly have to be replaced anyway once the squatters are removed.
Gee. That’s too bad.
Suck it up a-holes.
Burn it down.
Turn off the power and water and see how long they last.
Paying some street thugs a couple thousand dollars take care of this pretty quick.
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