People sleep in bushes and urinate behind buildings. They panhandle in parking lots and intimidate customers.
In Kent, business owners say, homeless people are a problem. But at a recent forum, most said opening a homeless shelter in downtown is not the solution.
"Fear of people who are homeless -- it exists. We're not going to change it," said Sandra Robb, who runs a tax and accounting business in downtown Kent. "Find a place not inside our city and not in somebody's neighborhood, either." ...