Regarding the Thursday article, “Homelessness plan blasted”: I don’t see how the city can actually have the nerve to shove this issue to the people in this neighborhood when there are three new huge, ongoing housing developments being built at the same time. On the same front page is a story about the Riverfront development. Ironic, isn’t it? High-end building on the waterfront, mass building on the west and east side of 79th and Broadway and the huge site off 41st Street. I’m sure developers don’t want this in their housing plan. That happens after homebuyers are locked into a mortgage.
A possible project like this comes up and the city decides this is a great idea. So the new homebuyer gets what this established neighborhood is getting. In time it’ll happen. The point is, some of this new building is being done on what was city-owned property. How come they didn’t allow for homeless issues when dollar signs were shining in developers’ eyes? It’s because there s no money to be made in the homeless. We don’t have adequate police or fire services, so how will the new developments be covered in emergency? I’m still laughing at the sidewalks, traffic and other amenities in the Berkshire neighborhood.
The city caused the traffic mess with poor planning. The homeless are not the problem. Poor planning from the city council and mayor’s office is the problem.
Terri Lackor
Everett
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