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Tent City hosts are not happy campers.


BOTHELL, Washington Bothell is a city located in the state of Washington. The population was 30,150 at the time of the 2000 census. Prior to annexation and the 2000 census, the northern portions of Bothell which lie in Snohomish County were considered a part of the Alderwood Manor-Bothell North  -- The city of Bothell wants St. Brendan Catholic Church to pay for police presence outside a "tent city The term tent city covers a wide variety of usually temporary housing made of tents. Tent cities may originate spontaneously or be planned. Tents may or may be not comfortable but usually lack plumbing and sanitary facilities which tend to be communal. " on the church's property where 92 homeless residents live. Tent City 4, a temporary housing solution developed in Seattle, moves to a new site every 90 days.

St. Brendan's agreed to host the camp beginning on May 17, which caused an uproar in the town that resulted in several emergency city council meetings and trips to King County Superior Court King County Superior Court, the largest trial court in Washington state, is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle.  to argue over the terms of Tent City 4'S stay in the Maywood neighborhood of Bothell.

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 the King County Journal, police stationed a 24-hour patrol car outside the camp in response to the fears expressed by town residents. Police admitted, however, that no increase in crime had occurred.

The city wants St. Brendan's to cover the approximately $1,000-a-day costs of police on tent city patrol. St. Brendan's has refused to do so. Father Lawrence Minder of St. Brendan's told the Journal, "We've maintained it's very important to us not to enter into anything that could be a blueprint blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate.  for future tent city hosts."
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Title Annotation:signs of the times
Publication:U.S. Catholic
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Date:Sep 1, 2004
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