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There are so many people weighing in on what should be done with Seattle’s illegal homeless encampment known as the “Jungle” that ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Radio’s Dave Ross suggests everyone get a piece of it to experiment with.

“Here’s my idea, because this is driving me nuts,” Dave said.

1. Divide the Jungle into three parts: Award a section to the American Civil Liberties Union; a section to Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission; and one to Seattle council members against clearing the Jungle as currently proposed.

The ACLU told ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Radio’s Jason Rantz that it would like to remove any deadline given to Jungle resident to move out, but supports the work being done to help people living there. Deputy Director Jennifer Shaw says the city and state haven’t given “enough time for the solution they’ve come up with so far to take.”

The Gospel Mission is trying get people living in the Jungle housing and services. That includes workers going into the Jungle as part of an outreach effort. President Jeff Lilley says he would like to see more money spent on directly helping those experiencing homelessness, but does feel the Jungle should be fenced off eventually.

Meanwhile, a committee led by council member Sally Bagshaw has proposed an alternative to hastily clearing out the encampment. Bagshaw and council member Mike O’Brien announced that nobody should be moved out of the Jungle until the people there have permanent housing.

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2. Go back in a year and see which solution to the Jungle is working best and then implement that plan for the entire encampment.

But isn’t that human experimentation?

“What’s going on now? What’s going on now?” Dave repeated. “There are assaults and shootings going on now.

“We never have an outright competition, like Boeing competing for a defense contract. Everybody has these great ideas, give them each a piece of the pie and see who gets to the finish line first. And they’re the ones who get a gold medal.”