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

[Morten H. D. Fuglsang]

This makes me sad. :(

Make a great day,
Morten H. D. Fuglsang
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On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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