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> Vote in folks that plan to solve underlying problems, not vague "i'm gonna crack down on crime!" band-aids. That's what the vast majority of people who run f

> Vote in folks that plan to solve underlying problems, not vague "i'm gonna crack down on crime!" band-aids. That's what the vast majority of people who run for local office try to do, the problem is that the issues like this tend to be far more complex than a soundbite can solve. There are two problems here: legislative and enforcement. RVs park illegally overnight in neighborhoods,which leads to public health issues like how to deal with their wastewater, etc. The city fails to enforce the law, and residents respond by illegally putting up concrete barriers. Nobody wins reelection by spending lots of money and causing the city budget to increase, which would realistically be necessary in order to take enforcement seriously. So I guess that's a long-winded way of asking: what should a problem-solver local candidate do in this situation?

chrsig 4y ago
there's actually more than that to it.. the state supreme court actually ruled that an RV is legally someone's home, which really limited the city's ability to do much about the situation https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/2021%2008%2016%20Washington%20states%20Supreme%20Court%20largely%20upholds%20ruling%20that%20homeless%20mans%20truck%20is%20a%20home.pdf https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/2021%2...
lokedhs 4y ago
> Nobody wins reelection by spending lots of money and causing the city budget to increase Is this a fact though? I'm sure things are drastically different in the US, but in the places that I have experience with, proposing to increase budget for popular things is definitely an election winner, often even if such promises goes hand in hand with explaining that taxes will be increased to cover it.
- codefreeordie 4y ago
  It works once, but once you've spent the money, but the problem is even worse now, which is pretty much always the case, it's hard to win again.

chrsig 4y ago

there's actually more than that to it.. the state supreme court actually ruled that an RV is legally someone's home, which really limited the city's ability to do much about the situation https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/2021%2008%2016%20Washington%20states%20Supreme%20Court%20largely%20upholds%20ruling%20that%20homeless%20mans%20truck%20is%20a%20home.pdf https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/2021%2...

lokedhs 4y ago

> Nobody wins reelection by spending lots of money and causing the city budget to increase Is this a fact though? I'm sure things are drastically different in the US, but in the places that I have experience with, proposing to increase budget for popular things is definitely an election winner, often even if such promises goes hand in hand with explaining that taxes will be increased to cover it.

codefreeordie 4y ago
It works once, but once you've spent the money, but the problem is even worse now, which is pretty much always the case, it's hard to win again.