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Residents urge Shelton council to act on homelessness, illegal camps and public-safety concerns
Summary
Multiple residents told the council about growing homelessness, theft and open drug use in Shelton, urged enforcement of conditional-use permits and asked to present volunteer research documenting illegal camps; speakers said the city’s current responses feel insufficient.
Several residents used the council’s public-comment period on Dec. 16 to press Shelton leaders for stronger responses to visible homelessness, open drug use, and illegal camping.
Dave Mortensen, who identified himself as a local business owner, said theft and vandalism have cost his family’s downtown enterprises “over a $100,000” in recent years and described seeing a cargo trailer taken and later recovered damaged. “The homelessness, the drug addiction, the way they’re treating the town, it just breaks my heart,” he said. Another speaker representing a volunteer group…
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