Drama In Parkland Homes…Part 2

This concrete barrier, tagged with gang graffiti, is in a closed alley south of the Carnation district, and north of Parkland Homes.

The 'ALLEY CLOSED' sign has also been tagged with graffiti.

The drama continues.

I called up the owner of the Village Park mobile home park. Completely blew my stack after one minute of conversation. The owner never visits the park. He lives in California. His manager, who is in way over his head, keeps renting to gang members because he is under pressure to fill spaces.

They supposedly run computer and credit checks on applicants and think everything will be okay.

If everything is so wonderful, why do the police say the park is a constant source of gang activity?

It was at Space 37 that the police, responding to reports of gun shots in the park, surrounded a mobile home, and arrested 18 gang members.

This newly installed fence by a resident of the Carnation district unfortunately faces the closed alley, and has already been tagged with graffiti. The alley runs all the way down to the Village Park, making transiting by gang members easier.

The park owner, who sounds like a nice man, said he had no idea that type of gang activity existed on his property.

I told him these were the same outstanding citizens who for two years have been cutting my fences and trespassing in our park to the extent that my maintenance man fears to wire up the fences.

I told the California man to check it out with Sunnyside Police Chief Ed Radder, and then evict the gang members under a Washington state law that allows eviction where police only suspect criminal activity. He promised to take action.

We’ll see….