Redmond church faces fines for hosting Tent City (WA)

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11:20 AM PST on Sunday, February 11, 2007
By RAY LANE / KING 5 News

REDMOND, Wash. - Tent City 4 went up Saturday night outside St. Jude Catholic Church in Redmond. The amenities are modest, but for the 56 people living there, it's something.

"A tent with food in it, nice warm blankets, and I wasn't sleeping on the floor," said Lerone Walker.

For the next 90 days, hot meals will be served and this will be home for the homeless.

But according to the City of Redmond, it's against the law. The church had applied for a permit, and it was initially approved. But later, that permit was voided because of what amounted to a technical error ...

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1. No good deed goes unpunished

in Bush's America. I'll bet the neighbors who go to a good fundagelical megachurch were complaining.