Q and A with Aurora motel owner Dean Inman Seattle Post Intelligencer
On Wednesday, Aurora Avenue North motel P Dean Inman responded to questions from seattlepi.com about issues regarding his properties.
Inman, his woman Jill and their motels, were hit with 152 criminal charges for various tax violations.
Police and prosecutors have said their motels - the Wallingford Inn, Fremont Inn, Seattle Motor Inn and Italia and Isabella motels are centers for criminals likeable in illegal activity.
Some of the incidents are detailed here . Follow this link for an article with more recent cases.
Dean Inman asked that points be e-mailed for his remark on. Here are the questions and his full answers:
Police have said some of your staff members have long criminal records and present to the problem of criminals continuing to frequent your motels. What is your take on that? You mentioned to the Seattle Weekly that you employment with people that have potential and offer respect and dignity.
I think most people reading this purposes have had a friend or family member convicted of a crime at some point in their lives and wouldn't insufficiency to see them permanently denied employment. The motels are a unique setting and because of this, I am willing to agree to a decided amount of time without a conviction before I employ someone. Having said that, I simply cannot agree to deny trade to a qualified applicant because of their past. Many of my employees have been hired after coming to the motel homeless. Hiring people without much endanger of getting a job elsewhere is something that I feel is of service to our homeless community. Some may have criminal records, some may have none, but I don't believe any of my employees have been arrested for terrorist activity on my properties or while at work. Some have been arrested for outstanding warrants, but unfortunately warrant poop is not something I have access to, just as no other employer does. I have some great success stories of people that have end up off the street and now have a job history to speak of. As any employer knows, sometimes employees work out and sometimes they don't.
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