Olympia Mayor Dontae Payne attempted to quell chatter tied to a remark he made earlier this month about plans for the potential closure of a large homeless encampment known as “The Jungle.”
Payne addressed the comment in prepared remarks at the beginning of an Olympia City Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
“I want to clarify that the city is just getting started in this work. We are committed to working collaboratively with our regional nonprofit and service provider partners,” said Payne in response to the comment he made about The Jungle at the State of the Community event in Lacey on Jan. 14…