[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.]

Mayor Schilling is quite correct.

The people who facilitated the vagrant people sleeping on Burien streets, now have direct blood on their hands.  

They can not rationalize this blood away.  

Like Lady Macbeth, a little water will not clear them of this deed.

If this deceased person had been in a bona fide shelter, they would have received medical intervention, whether their death was from drug overdose or normal illness.  

Instead they are now dead, so that the people who facilitated their living on the streets can promote their own demented agenda.

I believe it is a probable hypothesis, the agenda for these supposedly “compassionate” individuals  (who motivated these people to camp on the streets) is self-promotion, self-aggrandizement, fame and very likely the pursuit of personal, tangible secondary  gains.

These secondary gains take the form of power, publicity and money from donated funds, which they themselves can control as they choose, via their so-called non-profit agencies. 

The only answer for the amelioration of mental illness and drug/alcohol abuse is TREATMENT. Living on the streets is a sure death sentence.

Sincerely,
Michael A. Gallo
Doctor of Psychology

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