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The Left’s Misplaced “Compassion” Destroying Seattle
Once again, there is an article (well-written, in my opinion) on the KOMO Web site about the horrible situation outside the King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle. For over two years, there have been constant stories of street vagrants in downtown assaulting County employees who work at the courthouse. Across the street is the Downtown Emergency Services Center, which housed a big homeless shelter; those who could not or would not avail themselves of the center’s services simply set up camp in the formerly nice City Hall Park. With the onset of the COVID-19 shutdowns, the City stopped removing encampments in the park, and the DESC closed (not able to meet “social-distancing” requirements).
County staff are quitting because they are not safe walking around the courthouse area and the City of Seattle has reduced the police budget. What could go wrong? How about “everything?” Who wins? The homeless who are allowed to camp in the public park, harass the public, and continue to use and sell drugs and guns from their camp. Who loses? Everyone else.
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You would think voters could make the link between cause and effect . . .
It would be nice, but I had neighbors in Phoenix as well as having relatives whose thought pattern seems to be “Wow, the Democrats have really made a mess! We need more Democrats to clean it up!”
Only thinking people make connections between cause and effect. Leftists don’t think.
Yeah, I introduced that as an example of the kinds of things that we on the get tempted to embrace, in response to the left. Back in #7. The point wasn’t to make the thread about race, but rather to respond to the do-the-same-thing-back-to-them theme.
It isn’t helping LA, San Fran or Portland either
Great piece, I really think the GOP should be ferociously targeting Washington, Oregon and California. It would mean having to swallow a few things such as so-called social issues- abortion, gay marriage, etc.- and I’m sorry that some might not like this, but Trump as well. Crime, taxes, terrible schools should be a winning message. I wouldn’t rule out Kevin Faulconer winning in California soon enough but not in the recall election unfortunately.
With respect, that’s a mistake. It’s tempting to write off Seattle (and Portland and San Fransisco — heck, all of California) as irredeemable, and leave them to stew in their own juices, the fact is, these are great American cities with lots of great, if somewhat blinkered, Americans living in them. We’ll all be a lot better off if these places can get back on track.
Besides, just as fleeing Californians changed Washington forever, they’ll do the same to Arizona and Texas if we’re not careful. Then what?
somethings you have to reach rock bottom, this happened in NYC. Anyone who went to NYC from mid-70s to early 90s, knew what a horrible place it was. it finally got bad enough for them to try Guilliani. It might take 20 years
More bad news I saw this morning:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/seattle-police-chief-nearly-20-percent-officers-quit-18-months
Does that story really hold water? Murder rates went down everywhere as the crack-boom tapered off. Did the election of Giuliani in New York reduce the murder rate in Dallas? And anyway, murders in New York were down maybe a third from their peak by the time Giuliani took office.
Nah.
That’s not to say Giuliani did anything wrong, and I happen to like many of the policies he implemented. But conservatives are supposed to be interested in facts.