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Public commenters raise safety, air‑quality and business concerns as massage ordinance advances
Summary
Multiple speakers used public comment to report personal safety complaints and neighborhood air‑quality concerns and to support proposed changes to municipal code regulating massage and reflexology businesses. The Washington State Massage Therapy Association told council it supports the ordinance.
During public comment the Olympia City Council heard a range of concerns including an allegation of retaliation following whistleblowing (Courtney Marie Holt House), a neighborhood resident reporting repeated air‑quality problems and suspected poisoning (Richard Burgess), and two speakers urging approval of changes to city code to address illicit businesses posing as massage or reflexology services.
Marybeth Berney, president of the Washington State Massage Therapy…
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