Community Comments

My wife and I wanted to applaud you for the courageous decision to reverse your vote concerning Project Turnkey. So many of us continually have asked why someone became homeless in the first place, before throwing millions of dollars into housing situations that may or may not be successful…and likely not, from what we’ve seen of other efforts. Get to the first and foremost reason they became homeless and deal with that: drug addiction, alcoholism, mental illness are the most common factors we continue to see. And so many, when asked if they would give up homelessness, have said no—they don’t want to follow rules and do their own work to help bring themselves up. It’s a sad state of affairs these days.

I have never written to you before, but I wanted you to know that as a resident of Happy Valley, I support your vote reversal on transitional housing… Again, Tootie Smith, the residents of HV thank you. I actually think you are taking an unnecessary hit by acknowledging the vote reversal; in my opinion it will inevitably and ultimately be shut down because of the lawsuit, which is valid and legitimate. I do hope you survive this; it was the right thing to do. You have gained a lot of supporters.

I want to commend you for your vote to STOP the conversion of the hotel to a facility to house the homeless. THANK YOU for preserving the safety and integrity of the Clackamas community.

Thank you so much for your vote to reverse the plans to build the transitional housing community across from Kaiser Sunnyside and near the Clackamas Promenade. Thank you for hearing voices of all the business owners and community members in the area. I believe this would have ultimately led to many businesses in the area closing due to safety issues and leaving a thriving business area into an area full of boarded up store fronts and open drug use, chasing away families along with it.