First on Magnolia Voice: We just learned that Fred Corbit, the attorney representing three of campers at tent city, has worked out a deal that allows the campers to stay at Discovery Park until the end of the week and avoid a sweep by the city if they leave voluntarily. The city previousely planned to sweep them out of the site on Wednesday at noon.
Here is the email that he sent to Phill Brenneman at the City Attorney’s office this afternoon:
I just finished a client meeting. I also just got off of a telephone call with Debora Juarez, the attorney for the United Indians of All Tribes. My clients agree that they will voluntarily leave the encampment near the Daybreak Star Center, by noon on Friday, October 10, 2008, and they will encourage other people in the encampment to do the same. Also, I have confirmed that the United Indians of All Tribes have given the people in the encampment permission to stay until noon of Friday, October 10, 2008.
With the agreement of my clients, and the permission of the United Indians of All Tribes, I assume that the City will take no enforcement action against the encampment prior to noon on Friday, October 10, 2008. If my assumption is incorrect please let me know immediately.
Fred Corbit, Northwest Justice Project
Even though Corbit only represents three of the current campers at Nickelsville, he says he expects the other members of the encampment to follow their lead and leave the site.
This email follows an offer from Brenneman to give the organizers until noon on Friday if they agree they will not organize or participate in any other unpermitted encampment in the City of Seattle. He also expects that the campers not represented by Corbit will leave the park by that time.
