[sudo-discuss] Landlord tried to kick out sudo-kids

[Marina Kukso]

this is really awful and i feel horrible that everyone (children and
adults) had to be exposed to this. can anyone confirm whether we received
any emails from laurie to this effect?


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Yardena Cohen <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sudo-kids was off to a quiet start with some piano lessons and food
> preparation when our landlord came in yelling "everybody out! all kids
> out! no kids! everybody under 18 leave the building!" He claims that 2
> weeks ago, Laurie sent all tenants an email to the effect of children
> being generally unwelcome. We talked him into backing down for
> tonight, but not before the kids were exposed to a lot of abusive
> behavior and language, sadly.
>
> Some reasons he cited were:
>
>  * Lack of insurance
>  * We don't pay for the common space, or not enough
>  * A recent sudo-kids event where a gross mess was left in the bathroom.
>  * A (perhaps related) event where kids were smashing something with a
> ball (?)
>
> He also provided a new and different interpretation of his birthday
> proceedings, namely that furniture and things "temporarily" removed
> would perhaps not return afterwards.
>
> Interactions with him are always difficult. As usual, his concerns are
> real, but his way of communicating them absolutely unacceptable. His
> willingness to take a room full of children of all ages down this
> well-worn path of abusive tirade leaves me especially demoralized.
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