I have watched 20 minutes of the program and intend to finish it. Right now, I feel cheated. I have never been to Seattle and have long heard of its beauty. Like San Francisco, I no longer have any desire to visit. We throw around the saying, “Liberalism is a mental disorder,” and nod our heads knowingly. What is happening in places like Seattle screams the fact that there is something wrong, both with those implementing liberal government policies AND with those who keep these people in positions of authority. I really do not understand this at all.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
And what is the local reaction to it?

Everyone here already knows all of this. The problem is Seattle is filled with SJWs who won't do what's necessary because it doesn't make them feel good.

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Originally posted by 380Swift:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
And what is the local reaction to it?

Everyone here already knows all of this. The problem is Seattle is filled with SJWs who won't do what's necessary because it doesn't make them feel good.

Well certainly they must be appalled by the state of things in their city, no?

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by 380Swift:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
And what is the local reaction to it?

Everyone here already knows all of this. The problem is Seattle is filled with SJWs who won't do what's necessary because it doesn't make them feel good.

Well certainly they must be appalled by the state of things in their city, no?

I think some of them are starting to wake up. The head tax fight last year was hopefully the beginning of that. If Kshama Sawant gets voted out in the next election then I'll belive things will change, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

As soon as the courts allow minor violations to go unpunished, it goes down hill from there.

When Julliani was first Mayor of NYC he turned around the city pretty quickly. He pushed the cops to arrest for all minor violations; urinating in public, small amounts of drugs, etc. Those small arrests often lead to felony arrests for carrying weapons, larger amounts of drugs, etc.

Then he pushed the Prosecutors Office to actually dole out jail time.

It worked quite well to clean up NYC.

Seattle is lost until they get rid of the Libtards.

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The problem is Seattle is filled with SJWs who won't do what's necessary because it doesn't make them feel good.

I have a different take. They are cowards. PC rules the city-- and a lot of the state-- and they are afraid to stand up and oppose the Leftist policies that are destroying the once-beautiful city. They don't want to be labeled bigots, and racists. And the favorite for some years now, "haters."

They see what's happening. Who could miss it? They see it... and they look away. They change the subject. They cower.

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Originally posted by gw3971:
Same thing is happening here in Salt lake city. Democrats run Salt Lake city and the Salt Lake county council. They closed the jail to misdemeanors and treat all drug use as a medical problem. Only violent felonies go to jail and they are released after a couple of hours and they haven't even had a chance to let the drugs fade from their system. I haven't been to jail in over a year since the democrat run jail won't take anyone. We cite everyone and they don't appear and that gets them a warrant. Now Salt lake residents are wondering why we have so many hit and run accidents and the answer is everyone here has a damned warrant because we couldn't book misdemeanors. We can't book misdemeanor warrants but people with warrants don't know that so they flee. Its like all of these democrats are running the same dangerous play book in all of these communities.

I flew into SLC many times, Always enjoyed the visit,very clean, and folks were always friendly. It's a real SHAME
for such a beautiful place to be ruined by Communist

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Originally posted by gw3971:
Same thing is happening here in Salt lake city. Democrats run Salt Lake city and the Salt Lake county council. They closed the jail to misdemeanors and treat all drug use as a medical problem. Only violent felonies go to jail and they are released after a couple of hours and they haven't even had a chance to let the drugs fade from their system. I haven't been to jail in over a year since the democrat run jail won't take anyone. We cite everyone and they don't appear and that gets them a warrant. Now Salt lake residents are wondering why we have so many hit and run accidents and the answer is everyone here has a damned warrant because we couldn't book misdemeanors. We can't book misdemeanor warrants but people with warrants don't know that so they flee. Its like all of these democrats are running the same dangerous play book in all of these communities.

I spent a few minutes looking over the biosketchs of the mayor and her senior staff. Unbelievable that this cabal is running the city that still has the Temple on its city seal. I remember when I heard that SLC fell below 50% LDS, that’s been quite a long time ago now (30 years?). Still, I would never have believed this.

Thank you for posting the video, and I will view it in its entirety at home.

It would be awesome if the concerned residents of Seattle passed a law and/or ordinance requiring ALL of the politicians responsible for enabling/creating this fiasco to live in the shit-hole zones they've created until the problem is resolved!

I grew up in Shoreline, a suburb about 5 miles north of Seattle city limits and 15 miles or so as the crow flies from downtown.

As a kid in the 70’s I thought it was great and enjoyed our trips into “the City”.

Headed off to the Marines in 1981, returned to the area in 1990 and noticed the shine was gone.

Worked for about 10 years in downtown and really had my eyes opened to the stuff that goes on there. Add in almost 27 years of doing the 9-1-1 thing and know what really goes on and you will understand why I know avoid it like the plague.

If I have to go into town for any reason now, I “gun up”. Taking a larger higher cap handgun, with an extra mag or two vs my “normal” carry of the P365 and maybe a spare mag.

I am proud to say I have never been, and will never be, a Seattle resident. I am about 4 years out from retirement and looking forward to leaving this state as soon as possible. Beautiful, but just can’t stomach the way it is being run into the ground.

I am looking forward to watching the piece on my weekend in a few days.

Meanwhile here is another example of the utter disregard those “in power” show to their constituents...

http://mynorthwest.com/1314461...st-listening-public/">Rantz: Voter delivers devastating takedown of Seattle Council’s disinterest in listening to the public

This is just one of the reasons why I decided early on not to retire back to my home state.

Seattle has been going down the tubes for a long time. They really need another good fire and start over.. again.

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PC rules the city-- and a lot of the state-- and they are afraid to stand up and oppose the Leftist policies that are destroying the once-beautiful city. They don't want to be labeled bigots, and racists. And the favorite for some years now, "haters."

Yeah... Leftist policies are destroying the once-beautiful city.

But they are not alone, and they are not even among the worst, at least financially.



https://www.truthinaccounting....Cities-Report--1.pdf

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Originally posted by nojoy:
All part of the Master plan. To grow Marxism in Seattle. And other large cities. We have a couple of these Marxist people in the Seattle city council. Socialist Alternative.

https://www.socialistalternati...-now-more-than-ever/

And then destroy the structure in government that prevents the large cities from taking it over.

flashguy

That's a great video. It's worth the hour of your time. I completed my expense reports while listening in.

The property crime statistics are not surprising. Seattle and SF have the highest rates.

Are there any surplus military flame throwers in the area? I like the idea of using the empty former military base to house them while the get detox treatment.

Portland OR is next.

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Originally posted by 911Boss:
Worked for about 10 years in downtown and really had my eyes opened to the stuff that goes on there. Add in almost 27 years of doing the 9-1-1 thing and know what really goes on and you will understand why I know avoid it like the plague.

Last summer I downloaded a scanner app on a whim, and selected the Seattle-SEATAC stream. Hole-lee-fook!

anyplace you get libtards in power you get destruction and waste

doesn't matter the city - I am convinced one of the main reasons that Tucson isn't faring as well as the rest of the country is because Tucson has a libtard socialist government and is grabbed by the balls by the teachers union and others - they've pretty much destroyed any meaningful chance at prosperity when they're doing everything they can to subvert the laws of the US and create yet another sanctuary city

the socialist and libtards here are absolutely disgusting

The leftists ruin everything they touch. They could fuck up a steel ball with a rubber mallet.

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Originally posted by BDA220:
Portland OR is next.

It's pretty much already there, or at least in the ballpark.

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Originally posted by justjoe:

I have a different take. They are cowards. PC rules the city-- and a lot of the state-- and they are afraid to stand up and oppose the Leftist policies that are destroying the once-beautiful city. They don't want to be labeled bigots, and racists. And the favorite for some years now, "haters."

They see what's happening. Who could miss it? They see it... and they look away. They change the subject. They cower.

I just moved from there and you’re partially correct. Remember this is also a socialistic BS experiment led by Kuntshwama Sawant. Remeber this is the same city that banned brown bag lunches, because somewhere some libtard "read" that you were allowed or disallowed into functions based on the color of your skin compared to a brown bag.
I about died laughing when I read this as every racist I have ever met, didn’t need a paper sack to help determine hate.

So while you are partially correct, the fact that the SJWs are turning the city to the terrible, isn’t untrue. The capital Olympia is just as bad and is actually the leader of all the issues. It’s just not as noticed because of the smaller population.