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Jason Seth
From:Isha Chahal <chahalisha5@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 1, 2020 3:31 PM
To:supportrl@deghtegh.com
Subject:Fwd: Reject AB-2766
I. Chahal
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From: Baljit Bath <baljit-bath@hotmail.com>
Date: November 30, 2020 at 12:56:47 PST
To: paul chahal <paulchahal@att.net>, Jaskirangrewal540@yahoo.com, Simgrewal_2005@yahoo.com,
Ishu :)" <chahalisha5@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: Reject AB-2766
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From: Onkaar Dhaliwal <onkaar.dhaliwal@gmail.com>
Date: November 30, 2020 at 10:56:30 AM PST
To: edward muna <edmunacater4you@gmail.com>
Cc: ray ogo <raycater4you@gmail.com>, Santos May <santoscater4you@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Reject AB-2766
Hello Ed,
Below is an updated email address. This email address will go directly to the city
council and city clerks office.
Thank you,
Onkaar
I need your support. Please forward the letter below to the Renton City Council
Member and City Clerks office. I would appreciate you creating a new email and
sending this letter to the email address listed below. We need this in support of
rejection of the following bill: AB-2766. Send this email by Tuesday 3:00pm
Please forward this letter to your friends and family to help protect the
vulnerable homeless community.
CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Renton. Do not click links, reply or open attachments unless
you know the content is safe.
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The Subject line should be: "Reject AB-2766"
supportrl@deghtegh.com
Thank you,
Onkaar S. Dhaliwal |
CELL 206-310-1206
E-FAX 206-212-3755
E-MAIL onkaar.dhaliwal@gmail.com
Councilmembers,
I am writing in opposition to the proposed legislation AB-2766. This proposed legislation
specifically targets a minority small business owner who is simply helping out King
County and the most vulnerable homeless population. Mr. Bath has been discriminated
against and made to feel like the enemy by local community leaders and business
leaders.
Mr. Bath is a leader in Renton’s local Sikh community and mentors young people and
other entrepreneurs. Mr. Bath’s faith instructs him to constantly give to others in need,
regardless of their financial or other circumstance. This is the reason he has organized
weekly food drives in local Sikh temples during this COVID-19 crisis. See
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-area-sikh-community-leans-on-
core-values-to-help-those-in-need-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
Mr. Bath’s faith, duty, and commitment to his community drove him to agree to help
the homeless during this unprecedented time. The hotel had empty rooms; King County
needed those rooms; and, he could work with the County and his new guests to create a
safe environment for them to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
As a result of providing service to his community according to his faith, he has faced
unbelievable discrimination and harassment. Mr. Bath has been made to feel like he
did not belong in the Renton community, even though he has been a member of this
community for nearly thirty years.
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Local government agencies have made Mr. Bath and his employees feel like we are
the other, and “enemies,” simply because he agreed to help his community as a tenet
of his own faith. Recently, there was a fire at the hotel which requires intervention from
the Renton Police Department. One of the Renton Police Officers audibly stated that
he wished the hotel would burn down to the ground or flood so that Mr. bath and his
partners would no longer assist the homeless population.
The Renton City Council is now trying to severely impact Mr. Bath’s business by singling
out the hotel and restricting its use. It is apparent that the City of Renton is targeting
Mr. Bath and is intent on dramatically diminishing the value of his property (while, in
the process, putting perhaps hundreds of ill men and women on the street).
Mr. Bath is being punished for simply doing what his faith and his character instruct him
to do. And the bottom line is: Where will the 100+ homeless people go if the City
passes this ordinance and forces them from Red Lion Inn in Renton? They will venture
into the local community and risk increasing the spread of COVID-19 – at a time when
the rates of transmission are at an all-time high. The City’s action will result in certain
death of the most vulnerable people under its charge
Thank you for your consideration and I hope you will not pass AB-2766.
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