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Jason Seth
From:fartun warsame <fartunwarsame21@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, December 2, 2020 3:07 PM
To:supportrl@deghtegh.com
Subject:Reject AB-2766
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 an
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
constantly give to others in need, regardless of their financial or other circumstance. This is the reason he has organi
in local Sikh temples during this COVID-19 crisis. See https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-area-sikh-
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 harass
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.
Local government agencies have made Mr. Bath and his employees feel like we are the other, and “enemies,” simply because he a
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 us
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
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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