A recently released midyear crime report from the Council on Criminal Justice revealed that while murder is down across the U.S. when compared to 2019, Seattle’s homicide rate is 50% higher than it was five years ago. Frustrated Seattle voters, fed up with the mass exodus of police officers...
Seattle City Council takes a steady approach to correct past mistakes
Executive Constantine stuck in the past
King County Executive Dow Constantine recent battle with Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison over incarceration of criminals is the latest proof that the 15-year incumbent is stubbornly holding onto failed progressive public safety and homelessness policies, which many now blame for making conditions worse. Constantine appears stuck in 2020...
Are we witnessing the “beginning of the end” for KCRHA?
A Seattle Times report reveals that political support for the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) continues to erode as such former advocates as King County Executive Dow Constantine, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, and King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci, are being very cautious about its future. But before we...
Taxpayer money paying for protests and defending chronic illegal squatters
It was revealed earlier this week that a local non-profit organization which receives taxpayer funds, is the group behind the Friday, July 5 protests on I-5 which clogged the freeway near Boeing Field in South Seattle. Urban Family is a non-profit organization focused on youth and crime in Seattle’s...
