During the Thursday night  Burien City Council special meeting City Planning Commissioner Charles Schaefer was removed from the job. That prompted a series of  five planning commssioner resignations in protest on Friday. Then came resignations from an airport commissioner, a parks board members, and an arts commissioner.

Schaefer and Burien City Councilmember Cydney Moore were accused of golng too far when they assisted in moving homeless people to a land at the corner of 6th Avenue SW and SW 152nd Street.

King County has a record on offer to pay $1 million in addition to 35 pallet shelters all at zero cost to the City of Burien,. They would  reclaim a piece of city-owned land currently being leased to Toyota of Burien.

That move does not sit well with the car dealership. The owner Dean Anderson noted that his business might drop by as much as 30% to 35%, which would also force him to cut staff.

.The county has also offered 100 parking spots for use for overflow parking to accommodate Toyota.

Councilmember Moore said, "Our city leadership has taken disappointing action against a person who has been serving our community dutifully for decades. Our commissioners and advisory board members are giving a direct response to the disrespect and disregard the city council has shown to people who volunteer their time for our city. Our leaders should do better, and I hope our community continues demanding that we do better."