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Bellevue Mayor Ducks Questions About Crime-Ridden Permanent Supportive Housing

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“I Will Never Talk to You”

Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson has failed to address the crime, chaos, and death associated with the Plymouth Housing/PorchLight campus in the Eastgate Neighborhood.

Robinson helped bring in this permanent supportive housing nightmare even though residents and business owners opposed the plan.

Nearly two years later, this campus triggers the most 911 calls in the city for fights, thefts, open-air drug use, and other problems.

It’s also stressing resources at Bellevue PD and is a massive drain on taxpayer dollars.

So I simply asked Robinson for her thoughts on this cancer in the community. Here’s her response.

Not Running for Re-Election

Tuesday evening, Robinson told the city council that she will not run for Mayor after her term is over. It’s unclear if the ongoing Plymouth/PorchLight debacle had anything to do with her decision.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.