@BryanMi@INRIX@kirklandgov Also, be the change you want to see in the world, don't just talk about it. Change starts within you, me, all of us. Start in your neighborhood, then city, county, state, and more.
This week @INRIX signed a lease which will move us out of Kirkland which has been our home for the past 18 years.
Why? @KirklandGov made a decision to put a homeless hotel right across the street from our current HQ, in the backyard of #EastsidePrep and next door to @Burgermaster. No drug testing required, no treatment required and no real supervision on-site. Where this experiment has happened before in King County, crime rates have risen since according to reliable data, 70%+ of homelessness is the result of drug addiction and/or mental health issues (@choeshow, @DiscoveryInst1).
When I attended the City Council meeting to speak out on this issue, @KirklandGov refused to let anyone speak.
A previous mayor once told me years ago that INRIX was the 5th largest employer in @Kirkland. I have no idea what we are now (we've grown), but bad public policy has consequences. Employers can move. We are. If a local government won't listen to it's citizens and/or employers, they will probably find other places to locate.
@BryanMi@INRIX@kirklandgov Washington state is terrible at treating mental health issues. I am a mental health advocate and have had my own awful experiences trying to get care in this state. I need to help promote change with mental health care in Washington state.
Ok @FedExHelp you have done it AGAIN. You don't follow instructions and you leave heavy packages that I can't take up 4 flights of stairs at the mailbox inside the foyer. I have specific delivery instructions to leave it at my door!! READ THEM!!! F*c* this is FRUSTRATING!!
Shame on you @FedEx! You can't read directions saying NOT to leave this box in front of the mailboxes, AND to bring it to my door. A person with severe lung issues had to lug a 60+ pound box up 4 flights of stairs, TWICE, because we had to take it up in pieces! #FedExSucks
.@IPSYCare -you guys still don't have my address straight. Please see DM for the correct address for my account. I have already submitted a ticket, was told my address was correct, but upon looking at my account, it is still my old address! #Frustration!
@ThatEricAlper The Replacements threw a couch from a second story window, and later apologized to the town for an unusually crappy show. That and we have the Odditorium.
@BoysMakeNoise Simon's expression says, "I will take you on, punk." Roger's says, "can someone show me the way out of here?" And dear controller says, "one step closer and I will kick your ass."
But I do agree, the dark look I'm still very much into.