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Breaking An absolutely devastating blow to King County Executive Dow Constantine and Sheriff Patti-Cole Tindall. A judge tossed their lawsuit against the city of Burien that questioned the constitutionality of the city’s public camping ordinance. Right after today’s decision, Mayor Kevin Schilling spoke to me about the implications. Burien’s Suit Against King County Remains Now that King County has been ordered to enforce the camping ban, it’s still unclear when officers will start sweeping encampments. Making matters worse for King County, Burien is still suing for breach of contract and that’s winding its way through the courts. STATEMENT FROM CITY: Legal Challenge to Ordinance 832 Dismissed – City of Burien (burienwa.gov) Constantine’s Policies Must Be Scrutinized After this massive loss, Read More ›

A Tour Through Downtown Spokane’s leaders are denying it’s out of control. Left-wing corporate media members in this city are too compromised or weak to show the truth. That’s why Pete Serrano and I visited some of the worst parts of downtown this past weekend to see for ourselves. This is not just an affordable housing crisis. This chaos is being fueled by drug addiction, mental illness, and broken relationships. The only ones benefitting are people working in the homeless industrial complex who want more taxpayer dollars to maintain their grift. The current plan is not working. Fentanyl Addiction Making matters worse, Tranq fentanyl is all over the streets of Spokane. Housing First Does Not Work Then you have out-of-touch Read More ›

“Housing First” remains a massive policy failure. Homeless in Spokane are being given free taxpayer subsidized housing, but zero requirements to go into addiction treatment or job training. So they end up back on the streets to get high because they have nothing better to do all day. Rinse and repeat. Listen to this guy describe the scene outside Catholic Charities buildings. Drug dealers are preying on addicts at all hours of the day. When will local politicians address this madness? Spokane is now officially the Seattle of Eastern Washington. Pete Serrano is on a listening tour so he can work with addicts to break this cycle.

Tranq fentanyl is all over the streets of Spokane, Washington. This is a horror show of human suffering and neglect. Attorney General candidate Pete Serrano and I went into the underbelly of downtown over the weekend and witnessed one of the worst drug scenes in the entire state. Local mainstream media is weak and will never show the human suffering and neglect because it’s not “brand safe.” They can’t sell diaper ads next to someone overdosing on fentanyl. In turn, none of the woke elected officials in this city are being held accountable for their failed public policies. They’re more concerned about prosecuting teens who allegedly scuffed up an LGBTQ Pride crosswalk earlier this year. What’s happening in Eastern Washington Read More ›

I was critical of sociologist Matthew Desmond in my last two columns, but I do appreciate that he based his research in Milwaukee. The Midwest is often overlooked in discussions about homelessness. Journalists more often write about California, home to about half of all unsheltered homeless people in the U.S., and New York, flush with immigrants. “Housing First” became a familiar slogan partly because of journalistic near-sightedness: High housing prices in some coastal cities make it easy for coast-based reporters to argue that finances are central to the homelessness problem — but the middle of the country looks very different. Fact: 60 U.S. cities with more than 100,000 residents — many in the north central sector stretching from Buffalo to Read More ›

Victimized Again Graffiti taggers went wild on the old school Mobile Seattle police precinct. It was briefly parked on King St in Chinatown-ID. This city is losing the war on graffiti. Same Mobile Unit Targeted 2 Years Ago A couple years ago, the same mobile unit got hit up by EAGR near 3rd Ave & Pine St in downtown Seattle. Never leave this thing unmanned.

Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood remains a disaster. Drug use is rampant at all hours of the day and the addicts hate being filmed. One dude chased me today after waking up from his fentanyl induced stupor. I managed to escape on to a King County Metro bus. But the moment I entered, passengers were complaining about addicts smoking fetty on public transportation. Can’t make this stuff up. On Tuesday night, the Seattle City Council passed the “Stay Out of Drug Areas” ordinance also known as SODA zones. It would prevent people from re-entering parts of downtown Seattle including Little Saigon if they’ve been tied to drug crimes. Mayor needs to sign it ASAP so cops can start cracking down.

Look at this lost soul in Burien. She’s sitting in a pile of trash next to Camp Constantine and the King County Sheriff’s Office. I tried to connect her with homeless outreach groups like The More We Love. But she told me this is what she wanted and rejected an opportunity to get off the streets. At what point do we say enough is enough and just intervene?

The Sweep is On Accompanied by police, crews moved in Thursday morning and dismantled the drug encampment next to the Starbucks in Burien. Numerous campers rejected shelter or services. Some tried to move into “Camp Constantine” down the street, but that one is currently full. I also noticed several homeless men and women who have been on the streets since last year. Again, they are rejecting the help because they are caught up in the unending cycle of drugs and mental illness. It’s time for an intervention and accountability.

Happening Now Crews are getting ready to sweep the Starbucks drug encampment today on SW 148th St in Burien. Dozens of tents and structures are blocking a city right of way so it’s considered a fire hazard. Outreach teams have been here daily, trying to get people into treatment and shelter. This is just minutes from “Camp Constantine,” another drug and crime infested encampment being allowed to flourish under King County Executive Dow Constantine. Some of the campers being cleared out told me they are planning to make a lateral move. The game of whack a mole continues in Burien. Children Spotted in Encampment The Starbucks camp has been up for most of the summer. Aside from being a revolving Read More ›