HomeMy WebLinkAboutDyer 11.24.20From: Nikki Dyer <nikki.awesome.dyer@gmail.com>
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Date: 2020-11-24 07:04
Subject: Regarding the planned Red Lion evictions
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It has come to my attention that the Renton City Council is working on evicting the houseless who are currently residing at Red Lion.
These folks are the most vulnerable of our community and to force them back out into the cold during a pandemic is immoral. The idea that houseless people are
somehow not part of our community and that we can just push them somewhere else is classist and hateful. We are all better than that.Renton is better than
that.
I also learned that you are using zoning ordinances as a means to accomplish these evictions, which is the racist icing on the racist, classist cake. Zoning laws
have historically disproportionately negatively affected POC.
Please take a moment to see that you have the power to make the correct, empathetic, moral choice to allow the houseless to stay safe and healthy during the
pandemic. We as a community owe it them.
Thank you,
Nikki Dyer
1300 s puget dr apt 224
Renton Wa 98055