Safety concerns about an RV encampment along a youth cross-country course at Seattle’s Woodland Park have KIRO hosts Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill questioning why the city hasn’t acted to protect young runners.
“There’s nothing easier than to say, ‘Hey, who are we prioritizing? Kids or drug addicts?’” Jake said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “You have the choice between the two. You can’t have both and have a happy park.”
RVs returned to a gravel parking lot on the south side of Woodland Park near Green Lake in late August, raising concerns about hostile encounters and off-leash dogs along the running course, according to KOMO News. The location has been cleared at least twice in recent years.
Coach reports hostile encounters involving RV encampment
The hosts played audio from KOMO News’ interview with a coach who described calling police twice and being followed down a trail by two people from the encampment…