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

[Marina Kukso]

also thank you to everyone who was there and talked him down.


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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