Owners of MLK, Jr. Building Cited in State Audit
The Times is reporting that First A.M.E. Church operated a daycare at Seattle Central Community College - rent-free - for 16 years . (Yes, I know - how is that possible?) The daycare was allowed to do this by a program at SCCC called Seattle Vocational Institute whose students' children were to have first-in enrollment. The daycare ran from Sep. 1997 to June 2013. From the Times: First A.M.E., which closed the daycare in June, paid no rent to the Institute - a value the school estimates would have exceeded $650k over 16 years. It also paid no utilities or janitorial costs, worth an additional $158k or so. SCCC president, Pual Killpatrick, said the college had identified this problem contract and that the church was notified in Jne they would need to vacate. The church did end up paying for utilities and janitorial services from Sep. 2012 to June 2013. Troy Niemeyer, the auditor's whistle-blower manager, stated, " It amounts to the state giving ...