[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, written and submitted by a verified resident. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of South King Media, nor its staff:]

To those Concerned Citizens with tunnel vision: when you talk about vulnerable and marginalized people, I hope that you are also sympathetic to other groups that fall into this description.

How about the small business owners who are trying to eke out a living and are now faced with a tent city on their doorsteps?

Senior citizens are more vulnerable now because they may encounter drug users on their way to dine out or do their daily errands.

Are you also concerned about people in the area who are paying steep rents and wake up during the night to hear homeless folks screaming and arguing outside their windows? I wouldn’t venture out in the evening in this town if you paid me.  

The litter is shameful and appalling after an evening and many times there is a waste receptacle close by.  Quite often the steps by Big Lots are impassable during the day because homeless are doing drugs and ranting there.

Compassion is commendable, but please save some for the aforementioned people as well.

– Kathy McNee

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