According to the The Seattle Times, people living in RVs in Seattle are having a hard time finding legal places to park which is leading to skirmishes at the curb and in the local government. Briar Rose Williams and her boyfriend happened to park their RV, which they bought for $1, in front of Seattle City Council member Lisa Herbold’s home, which started a fracas that involved the RV owners, a local radio station and angry neighbors.
“We were under the impression it wouldn’t be an issue,” said Michael Cox, 25, who plans to live in the trailer with Williams, who is 10 weeks pregnant. That random decision, combined with a few other coincidences, would put them at the center of a storm of politics and community uproar.
In the days preceding the incident, Ari Hoffman — a vocal critic of councilmembers like Herbold and their handling of the city’s homeless crisis — had been threatening in emails, online and on multiple talk-radio shows to tow illegally parked trailers and RVs next to city councilmembers’ homes if they didn’t deal with the problem.
Even though Hoffman hadn’t left the trailer there, word of its appearance made it to local media outlets, including the KIRO Radio show hosted by conservative personality Dori Monson.
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