...a formerly lovely city in Washington state, governed by communists, anarchists, dipshits, and other sorts of incompetents. Home to Starbuck's, Boeing (at least for now), and Amazon, Microsoft, and Costco, the city became rich beyond its wildest dreams. All that money attracted the usual sort of grifting politician, and it's well on its way to chewing off the hand that feeds it...posted notices to campers on the campus of a public school to remove all belongings by Thursday, at which time the remainder of the encampment will be cleared.
After almost a year and a half, ongoing violence among the campers and multiple lockdowns, the encampment on the Broadview Thomson K-8 campus has gotten smaller but new campers continue to show up.
Though the city pledged last month to clear the encampment before the end of the year, it has missed multiple deadlines until now. Many neighbors are wondering if the city finally grew weary of the official they put in charge of clearing the encampment.
After demands from parents, teachers and neighbors to clear the encampment following crime, rodent infestation and more attribute to the campers, Seattle Public Schools contracted with Mike Mathias of a new non-profit called Anything Helps.
SPS pinned their hopes on the one-man organization, who had an extensive criminal record, to solve the problem.
According to KOMO News, Mike Mathias, a formerly homeless meth addict who ran the organization, stepped down from his role amid "...allegations of mistreatment towards people who had been living at the encampment."
The King County Regional Homelessness Authority confirmed to the outlet that they are investigating "serious allegations" and that housing voucher referrals for the group have been frozen.
When he was appointed, Mathias told The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI, that he would not be receiving any money for his efforts and that he turned down funding. However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach...
that claim ran contrary to Seattle Public Schools, which told parents and neighbors that the district was giving $5,000 for Mathias to begin his work. Donations have also been coming into the fledgling organization.
Many asked why a new organization was needed when billions of dollars have been spent on Seattle’s existing homeless assistance organizations.
Police records revealed that Mathias has an extensive criminal past as well as addiction and mental health challenges.
In 2017, Mathias attacked a couple in a vehicle in a road rage incident. After berating the couple, and attacking their vehicle in the parking lot of a Target, they drove away to escape, at which point Mathias followed them and at another intersection exited his vehicle and damaged the couple's car.