Thank You Talauna for responding to the editorial Pat Cole wrote which in which he misrepresented your Knowledge Concerning the House less community and the MFTE Multi family Tax Exemption . Quote wrote Pat Cole : "Many of the candidates didn't seem aware of our current efforts to deal with homelessness. "
Pat Cole :" Talauna Reed contended that people aren't out in the camps providing services which simply isn't true. " ( Kim D writes ("the city has finally after years now has placed 3 porta potties and dumpsters after years of advocacy from Just Housing and Interfaith Works stating these services were needed for the camps as basic human rights ) This was not Lisa Parshley doing the advocacy work to change this policy" end quote from Kim D
If Pat Cole had bothered to research Talauna's current employment he would have known Interfaith Works House Less response employee Meg Martin is her administrator where she works as House less Outreach Coordinator .Talauna is a frequent visitor to the camps and streets in Downtown Olympia knows the conditions on the ground as she works to find services ,food ,healthcare, temporary shelter and more permanent housing . As for the MFTE Pat Cole' s take on the Multi Family Tax Exemption showed particular disrespect for the Opponents of the incumbents . I know for certain Talauna knows a lot about the Multi Family Tax Exemption Tax Exemption had she been asked directly .She took the time to research the MFTE and understands it does nothing for the Houseless Community , it creates no affordable housing gives 12 Million dollars to local millionaire speculators and robs in the 8 years of the current buildings approx 6 gentrified apartment buildings under construction over 4 million dollars in property tax revenue for local Olympia school district levies as well as robbing from County services ,roads , admin ,Justice ,Health Department and Medic One ect , the balance of the 12 total the remain 8 million dollars of lost Public tax dollars > The incumbents know exactly what the MFTE is as they voted for all of the exemption except 2 times Renata Rollins voted no , Clark to his credit voted no on the West Bay Yards 487 unit gentrified apartment buildings because of the refusal to apply SEPA ,EIS and Shorelines management act rules to the project (refused city officials ,council and planners) . Pate Cole on the MFTE "For instance, a specific question about the Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) has gotten a lot of attention. I was glad to see that both Dontae Payne and Spence Weigand knew what it was. Ms. Parshley clearly understood the MFTE, acknowledging that the tax exemption should be evaluated and possibly changed to only apply to affordable housing, a position I agree with. Mr. Cooper also had specific ideas about how it may be better applied. ( Kims D wrote Note : Parshley and Cooper back pedaling on current policy of allowing speculators to build Gentrified Apartments under the MFTE with no low income apartments in the buildings ,they could have changed that policy 4 years ago with the stroke of a pen ) Parshley and Cooper are making claims about changing the policy at election time 2021 when for 4 years activists have been demanding the Low Income buildout be a mandatory 20 % in all new construction with planners and Council saying its not profitable to implement according to the Master Builder lobby . My Guess is if the incumbents are reelected nothing will change Wealthy Speculators will get their corporate welfare for another 4 years . We need Talauna Reed to hold the incumbents accountable to the needs of Middle class ,Low Income and the Poor . Yours , Kim Dobson
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