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Taking Back Harm Reduction
By David Prestonfor Emmaline Many of us in recovery say “I’m so glad I’m not trying to get sober now, I’d be dead if I was out there.” –Ann, a recovered addict and addiction treatment counselor..Heroin saved my life. –Shilo … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, General, Politics, Squalor
Tagged 12-step program, harm reduction, heroin, Insite clinic, MAT, medication assisted treatment, recovery, safe injection sites
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Over the Top
Is King County Metro running an entitlement program for managers? King County has an incentive pay program called Merit Over the Top for “senior employees” (i.e., lower and middle management) who are judged by their supervisors to be outstanding performers … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, COVID, Equity, General, Government Waste, King County Government, King County Metro, Pandemic
Tagged buses, COVID, Dow Constantine, entitlement program, incentive program, King County Auditor, King County Metro, Metro Transit, Over the Top, pandemic, Terry White
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The Abolitionist
By David Preston One evening last week, a police contact whom I’ll call Officer Terry messaged me to say he’d just finished a mandatory (WAC 130.11.020 (1)(r)) two-hour online “anti-bias” training course. The course, entitled “The Criminal Legal System: Structural … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Equity, General, Police, Politics, Race
Tagged Abolition, Alexes Harris, BLM, Criminal Justice Training Center, depolicing, equity, police, racial disparity
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Sawant on Trial: Deconstructing the Recall
Below is an overview of the case for and against recalling Kshama Sawant. Bear a couple things in mind as you read it. First the definitions. “Malfeasance” and “misfeasance” in this context mean, respectively, a public servant intentionally causing harm … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, General, Kshama Sawant, Politics, Seattle City Council
Tagged Kshama Sawant, marxism, Seattle City Council, socialism
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Community Leaders Support Sawant Recall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 23, 2021CONTACT: Henry Bridger IISawantRecall.org OVER 70 RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS REBUKE SAWANT’S ACTIONS – CALL FOR “YES” VOTE ON DECEMBER 7TH RECALL SEATTLE, WA – Today, Seattle city leaders representing multiple faiths and backgrounds are releasing … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Crime, General, Seattle City Council
Tagged corruption, Kshama Sawant, marxism, Seattle City Council, socialism
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Prostitute Shot in Seattle, Won’t Cooperate With Police
The material below is in an excerpt from private security cam footage taken at the corner of 97th and Aurora Ave North in Seattle on October 20, 2021. Watch the first part of the video paying close attention to the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, General, Police, Prostitution
Tagged Aurora, Dre Taylor, pimps, prostitution, Raz Simone
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Show us your papers!
September 17, 2021 Reader: This is a COVID testing station at Seattle’s Alki Beach. It’s been there a couple months, one of several that have popped up around town during the pandemic. Yesterday the King County Health Department decreed people … Continue reading
Posted in COVID, General, Photos (Stuff), Politics, Privacy Law
Tagged COVID, privacy law
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Slumdog Billionaires
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. –Sinclair Lewis This image of homeless tents against the backdrop of lavish sports stadiums near downtown Seattle reminds me of a … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, General, Homelessness, Media, Politics
Tagged Frank Chop, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Seattle City Council, Sharon Lee
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Green Lake Treasure Hunt
Seattle’s Green Lake Park boasts everything the modern family could want in an urban recreational opportunity. Campsites galore… First aid stations throughout the park… Handy ID bracelets for visitors… And an online database to keep track of campers’ itineraries… A … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Drugs, General, Homelessness, Squatters
Tagged Green Lake Park, heroin, Nalaxone, needles, Seattle, squalor
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He was taking a shit right in front of them
August 20, 2021 Reader: Not to add more fuel to the downtown inferno, but this picture was sent to me by two out-of-state attorneys who came to meet with me and other clients last week. As they left their hotel … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Panhandling
Tagged nudity, Panhandling, Seattle, squalor, taking a shit
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He kept trying to pay her for who knows what
David: This might sound like an odd question, but how do you know she was pooping? Reader: An odd question for an odd situation. I don’t know it for a fact, but at one point I saw her goodies and … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, General, Homelessness
Tagged drug use, Pioneer Square, recycling, Seattle
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They’ve nodded off
At 2 pm, they were still out. I came by and shouted at them to see if they were OK. The guy in the plaid shirt opened his eyes, told me to fuck off, then nodded back off. I walked … Continue reading
You can’t go home again
This was my first time in downtown in Seattle in over a year. Sadly, nothing has changed. The smell of urine and garbage is overwhelming. It’s a cesspool. Ghostly. That about sums it up. Got a shopping list? I’m sure … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Drugs, General, Homelessness, Squatters
Tagged homelessness, Panhandling, Pioneer Square, Seattle, squalor, trash
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You got any money for me?
August 17, 2021 This guy was in Seattle’s famous Pioneer Square downtown today, asking tourists for money. My friend Kimmie said his demeanor was threatening. “You got any money for me?” he shouted at a passing couple with a young … Continue reading
Tales of the Resistance
Reader: I’m sending you before and after pictures of some recent work. As individual citizens, we have to do something to counter the rampant propaganda from leftist agitators! My personal focus is exposing so-called social justice groups for the cash … Continue reading
“This breaks my heart and infuriates me.”
This drama unfolded last week at an ARCO gas station in Seattle’s SODO district, less than half a mile from two major league sports stadiums and in full view of people walking and driving by. Scenes like this are now … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Crime, Facebook, General, Homelessness
Tagged breaks my heart, corruption, drug use
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Mirror Mirror
Reader: I watched a guy shooting up into his neck today, using a Bank of America window as his mirror. This is at 5th and Olive in downtown Seattle. I feel like it says so much about the sad state … Continue reading
Here come da judge
Accused dog killers shouldn’t be tried in the press for the same reason accused cops shouldn’t be. This post isn’t about an accused dog killer, though. It’s about a King County judge who ignored prosecutors’ requests and also probable cause … Continue reading
Everyday Tragedy
This is the uncensored version of a post appearing on the Safe Seattle Facebook page for this date. Reader: I’m an 11-year resident of this city, and sadly I see this literally every day getting to and from my bus … Continue reading
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Do you think she’s in danger?
May 17, 2021 ~ The following post was removed by Facebook from the Safe Seattle page for allegedly violating the platform’s community standards about sexual exploitation. Even though the pictures were blurred and no locations were mentioned. The story is … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Facebook, General
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Protected: PHRA’s New Digs
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What’s your community worth to YOU?
Community Corrections Officers and Public Safety Washington state doesn’t have either parole or probation for state prisoners returning to society. Instead, we have something called community custody, whereby a trained community corrections officer (CCO) will supervise a released offender for … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, General, Politics
Tagged community custody, crime, juvenile crime, law enforcement, LEAD Program, prison reform, Roger Goodman
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The Ed McKenna Affair
Dedicated to the Honorable Ed McKenna The glitter of Seattle’s economic miracle has rubbed off. There’s more money here than ever, but with money comes problems that money can’t solve. Homelessness is one. According to a recent “one night count,” … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Crime, General, Politics
Tagged Anita Khandelwal, corruption, Ed McKenna, Lisa Daugaard, Pete Holmes, Seattle Municipal Court
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Social Justice Hypocrite
By David Preston The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. –Emerson Social Justice Warriors. SJWs. They’re everywhere these days, from the local PTA to the halls of Congress, blaming the rest of us for everything from poverty … Continue reading
Posted in General, Politics
Tagged hypocrisy, phonies, Seattle, social justice, urbanism, Wallingford
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The Stealers
Being a collection of images related to the taking of candidate Ari Hoffman’s yard signs in the 2019 District 2 Seattle City Council race. August 6, 2019. Election eve. A self-styled comedian and Morales supporter named Brett Hamil boasts about … Continue reading
The Peguero Files
August 5, 2019 The material below was sent to the Safe Seattle Facebook page over a period of several days by a reader who was unhappy about the behavior of a man named Christopher Peguero, who was running for the … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Peguero, Seattle politics, sjw, social justice, social justice warrior
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The Academic
For a scientist devoted to social justice, where does science end and advocacy begin? Does the scientist have a right to shape her study results to support a cause she knows to be worthy? Universities take money from corporations and military all the time to fund research that fuels big business and war. Why can’t an individual, socially conscious academic do a similar good turn for her comrades fighting the war on poverty? Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged counter-recruiting, Hagopian, homelessness, School of Public Health, Scott Morrow, SHARE, University of Washington
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Boss Man
November 14, 2018 ~ These documents were sent to me by an inside source at the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (SHARE). SHARE runs a network of more than a dozen homeless shelter facilities around Seattle and King County. These … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, General, SHARE, Tent City
Tagged corruption, Peggy Hotes, Scott Morrow, SHARE, Tent City 3
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The LEAD Program in Burien… and beyond.
September 17, 2018 ~ Last week government officials announced they’d be bringing Seattle’s controversial LEAD drug abatement program to Burien, Washington. LEAD stands for Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, and its stated purpose is to lower recidivism (habitual lawbreaking) by using police … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, General, Homelessness
Tagged Burien, Dan Satterberg, King County Prosecutor, LEAD Program, Lisa Daugaard
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