City should provide restrooms for Everett’s homeless

Letters

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Central Lutheran Church (next to the former YMCA building) has seen a huge increase in the amount of human waste that the homeless have left on our property. This, of course, is the result of the closure of public toilets in city buildings, fast food restaurants, etc.

The Everett homeless may be Everett residents, but their needs are not being met. The rest of us have houses with toilets, but they don’t. The provision of toilets for the homeless is a municipal service similar to street lights, a fire department, parks, etc.

It is possible to tell a person to stop smoking, stop drinking, stop using drugs, etc., but it is impossible for a person to stop having a bowel movement.

They need a place where they can attend to these human needs. The city should make it available to those who have no alternative. Such basic human service is long overdue.

Trygve Anderson, mayor

Pastor Jeremy Fuerst

Central Lutheran Church

Everett