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Seattle’s Little Saigon Cleaned Up for Mayoral Visit

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Human Dumping Ground

Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood has been a human dumping ground for homeless drug addicts and is now the epicenter for the black market of stolen goods.

But Saturday afternoon, we saw the potential of this Asian American community when it’s actually cleaned up. Of course this was in preparation for Mayor Bruce Harrell’s visit to the street festival.

I asked Harrell how he plans to keep this neighborhood safe and clean.

Right after my interview with the Mayor, some unhinged drug addicts attacked me for recording. Just another routine day in the hood.

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.