Thank you for your report on the latest in a long list of inappropriate and vindictive at best, and unlawful at worst, actions taken by the Board of Directors of the Senior Center. They have already sold or donated items of great sentimental and monetary value, items which were gifts to the senior citizens of Issaquah, not to the Board. Replacing them will require the use of taxpayer monies.

The Board has refused to give the City a full and transparent accounting of Center finances and to adhere to federal nondiscrimination laws. Members of the Center have been denied the civil rights guaranteed them by the First Amendment to the Constitution. Since the City was extremely cautious in dealing with this crisis over a period of 20 months, shouldn’t we know what lies the secretary of the Board claims the City told? 

A forensic accounting of Center finances since 2008 is the minimum needed to protect our seniors and prevent anyone from ever profiting again to their detriment.