Mayor calls Olympia hotel occupation domestic terrorism
The Olympian 2/3/2021 Brandon Block, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)
Feb. 3 Olympia city officials on Tuesday roundly condemned the actions of the group Oly Housing Now, which staged an occupation of the Red Lion Inn hotel on Sunday afternoon that ended in seven arrests.
Council member Dani Madrone said she was appalled. Mayor Pro Tem Clark Gilman said he was disappointed and confused.
Other adjectives included reckless, uninformed, and infuriating.
The latter term came from council member Renata Rollins, who co-founded a homelessness advocacy group and has been vocal about supporting harm reduction approaches to homelessness. She called the group s actions short-sighted, ego-driven, and counterproductive.