Foot and/or Feet
Sandra, I do not envy your ability to stay up late because I know it means you are not able to sleep easily. That is horrible. I hope your foot/feet issue is diagnosed and you get directed to a cure. All those little bones and tendons make for real complications, I guess.
A couple of hours before my argument yesterday, the bailiff emailed and said the judge had decided already so we didn't need to come. I lost. Sigh! I had subpoenaed some union records, and the plaintiff's attorney contested the subpoena. So now I don't get the records. That's OK cuz I should win this case anyway. It's a disability discrimination case.
Yesterday evening the City of Mercer Island had a neighborhood meeting at our church to get input re: Tent City. The City is going to draft an ordinance that addresses some of the concerns without trampling on a church's constitutional rights. It was surprisingly civil, although hearing affluent people talk about how having homeless people in their neighborhood for 3 months may have affected their property value is pretty nauseating. I am all for property ownership and maintaining its value, but let's not get carried away. It is important, but it is not more important than temporarily providing a well-organized and well-monitored homeless encampment an opportunity to help people get a start toward being self-sufficient. Decisions based on unsubstantiated fear are frequently bad decisions.
Love,
Dee
A couple of hours before my argument yesterday, the bailiff emailed and said the judge had decided already so we didn't need to come. I lost. Sigh! I had subpoenaed some union records, and the plaintiff's attorney contested the subpoena. So now I don't get the records. That's OK cuz I should win this case anyway. It's a disability discrimination case.
Yesterday evening the City of Mercer Island had a neighborhood meeting at our church to get input re: Tent City. The City is going to draft an ordinance that addresses some of the concerns without trampling on a church's constitutional rights. It was surprisingly civil, although hearing affluent people talk about how having homeless people in their neighborhood for 3 months may have affected their property value is pretty nauseating. I am all for property ownership and maintaining its value, but let's not get carried away. It is important, but it is not more important than temporarily providing a well-organized and well-monitored homeless encampment an opportunity to help people get a start toward being self-sufficient. Decisions based on unsubstantiated fear are frequently bad decisions.
Love,
Dee
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