County engages local legislators to address public concerns on planned housing for sex offenders in Tenino

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Thurston County Manager Ramiro Chavez said the county has drafted three strategies to address the ongoing community concerns on the planned housing project for sex offenders in Tenino.

Chavez said the three strategies include a short-term, a mid-term and long-term alternatives as to what else the county can do concerning the project.

“The County has taken this public testimony very seriously,” said Chavez. “The short-term strategy that we have developed [is] we sent a letter to Supreme Living (LLC).”

Chavez said they informed Supreme Living LLC, through a letter, that they must first adhere to County Health Laws,  regulations governing water supply, adequate sewage disposal and sanitary code in food services before the facility can be occupied.

For the midterm strategy, Chavez said the Board of County Commissioners will be looking at the elements within Supreme Living’s contract with the Emergency Health Services “just to make sure they enforce the terms and conditions of that contract.”

Chavez added that for the long-term strategy, the county wants to ensure that the local legislature addresses this matter.

“We have already started engaging our local legislators as to how we can participate in introducing a piece of legislation that addresses the underlying issue related to these facilities placing them in a community such as Tenino,” said Chavez.

The BOCC affirmed that they would work with legislators to address the issue.

“We need to enforce [county and state] laws regardless of how we felt about the merits of this operation,” says Commissioner Tye Menser.

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  • FirstOtter

    Did they address the concept that even rural communities have children and women that are targeted by *** offenders? This article sounds as if they're tap dancing around the issue, making sure that the toilets flush and the food is safe to eat...but what about keeping these class 3 offenders from escaping? Or just walking off? The chances of recidivism in such scumballs is very high. They don't think what they've done is wrong. These particular criminals are all deemed high risk, likely to re offend offenders. We don't want them in our neighborhoods.

    McNeil island was closed, I guess because the state didn't want to keep up the facility. So it's dumping these monsters on the local public. It's saying, oh, this guy said he wont do it again. They say, oh, he was a model prisoner. Well,yeah. There's no little children in prison. Just big burly men who don't like child molesters.

    The child molestor/*** offender did the crime. It's why he was sent to prison in the first place. Let's put them all in Walla Walla, where they for sure won't re offend because, if the DOC doesn't keep an eye on them, the other prisoners darn sure will.

    Friday, January 27, 2023 Report this

  • Jacjacr

    First otter I'd like to say should they just be released with no where to go. How would the government officials keep track of the transient *** offenders, that you are so worried about. I think the government should work on helping get the transient ones off the streets. There is nothing and no one that will house them though so left to wonder they are then. Think about it just a little bit. That goes for everyone. You know the new shelter/days inn will let in violent offenders but not *** offenders. Well the violent ones anyway that don't beat on their family so they cry too loud anyway.

    Saturday, January 28, 2023 Report this

  • FirstOtter

    Jacjacr, there's an old saying: Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. I know many many many men who have never dreamed of raping a woman or a child. I know men who would sooner shoot a child molester than tell him the time of day.

    When they ****, when they molest, they steal something precious from their victim: peace of mind and self esteem. THe child, the adult never, ever gets it back.

    When you say the 'government' should keep track of them once molesters are released? Are you going to pay taxes for these 'programs'? THey already exist. They don't work. The child molester/rapist feels no need to 'register' or stop from sexually assaulting innocent people.

    Where do they go once they're released? Why release them at all? Why put another innocent person or child at risk of molestation and ****? How to keep track of a child molestor or a rapist? capital punishment is my preferred method, but if the state doesn't actually go through with it, let's just brand the rapist/molestor on his forehead. Oh, that's cruel and unusual punishment? Uh huh, but not as cruel as brutally raping a person (male or female) or a two year old baby.

    Monday, January 30, 2023 Report this