Dear Friends and Family,
Many of you know about and have followed my and Jay’s saga in dealing with the noise problem in our neighborhood. Many of you have also expressed sympathy and tried to think of ways to help us.
You now can.
We are asking you to write letters of support to the Mayor’s Office. It has come to our attention that the clubowner has gotten his friends to write letters supporting his case – that we are harassing him and involved in a racist conspiracy to ruin his business.
It appears that the Mayor’s Office is buying this argument.
This is no joke.
It pains me and Jay to listen to those kinds of slurs. We are a mixed-race, mixed-cultural couple. Many of you know us personally, and have seen how this noise affected our work and our physical and mental well-being. Many of you have also seen and heard the videos we made. The Mayor’s top man on this admitted to me today that he has not even seen the video.
Ultimately, these letters and slurs are just a ploy to detract from the real issue at hand – noise and the city’s inability or reluctance to enforce a LAW.
I beg you to take the time to pen a short letter/email of support to Mayor Greg Nickels’ office.
We need the Mayor to know that we are not out to destroy the business climate in Seattleâ€â€Jay is himself a business owner so that argument is mootâ€â€or hell bent on a racist conspiracy. We shouldn’t even be wasting our breath talking about this.
NOTHING should muddy this problem. It is a simple issue of NOISE, and remains an issue of noise.
If you live in Seattle, in any U.S. city, overseas or in Singapore, I ask you to write an email to Jordan Royer or jordan.royer@seattle.gov and/or the Mayor’s Office expressing support for our case. Royer is the Mayor’s point man on this issue.
What can you say?
- The club is Cafe Langano (or Mundos) at 1212 E. Jefferson St. in Seattle. The owner making these claims of racism and harassment is Mr. Nagi.
- Ask the Mayor’s Office what they are doing to enforce the noise ordinance.
- What does the City do to protect citizens from errant clubs?
- Has anyone in the Mayor’s Office been to our neighborhood at 2 am on a late Sunday/early Monday?
- The City needs to know that we are not crazy people.
- That we have a community of people behind us.
- That we are not racists.
- That we simply want a good night’s sleep.
This is our right.
You know me. You know Jay. We are hardly people who make frivolous complaints or go on a racist vendetta. We really appreciate all the support we can get. Please help us. This is very important to us.
Thank you for your time, and please, send an email to Jordan Royer. He needs to hear the truth. If you are a paper and pen person, send letters to P.O. Box 94749, Seattle, WA 98124-4749. Or flood their phone lines at (206) 684-4000.
Help us. Give them your name, your relationship to us, your location (Seattle, Singapore, New York, Colorado, Texasâ€â€all welcome!), and your support for our case. Don’t let this man get away with a criminal act every weekend. This has got to end.
Dorothy Ho & Jay Dokken
They are accusing you of having a racist agenda against the clubowner? If all else fails, use the race card! That’s the most ludicrous argument I’ve heard. I just don’t buy it. I shall have to come up with a scathing letter to send to Mr. Royer. *stomps off to write letter*
Thank you so much. This has consumed me and Jay and our neighborhood for far too long! I’ve run out of moral outrage! Appreciate any help. And cc us on the email, we’d love to keep track of the letters.
OK dokey, I calmed down a lil’ and then wrote the email. I don’t have your email addy. please let me know what it is and I’ll forward you what I wrote. Thanks!