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.
Lining Up One of the longest lines I have ever seen to enter Seattle Council Chambers. Neighbors and biz owners who support the SODA/SOAP bills are here to support laws that could help curb open air drug use and prostitution by creating “no-go zones.” But most of the people here are the usual far-left activists opposed to the legislation. Ground Rules Seattle Council President Sara Nelson just laid down expectations after far-left activists disrupted last week’s Public Safety Committee meeting. Some idiots also chanted “Cathy Moore is a wh*re,” totally disrespecting the lead councilmember behind the SOAP bill. Bingo is Back! Bingo the “disabled survival sex worker” is back and is still opposed to the SODA/SOAP bills. Now What? With Read More ›
Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood continues to attract all kinds of characters who just want fentanyl. When all the hard-core drug addicts get cleared from 3rd Ave & Pike St, they all jump on a bus and end up here. Seattle Police and King County Sheriff’s deputies do routine patrols, but it’s still not enough.
New Parts of downtown Seattle and Chinatown-ID are on life support. Drug addicts and criminals have taken over entire street corners. Look at the situation on the ground right now in Little Saigon. It’s devastating this Asian American community. That’s why today, the Stay Out of Drug Areas (SODA) and Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution (SOAP) ordinances will be in front of the full Council for a final vote. If enforced properly, these could be game changers. Neighbors and business owners hope common sense prevails. And just to be clear, what you are seeing on the streets is NOT an affordable housing issue. This is ALL being fueled by hard-core drug addiction. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. Read More ›
New Another violent incident in Seattle’s Little Saigon hood right in front of Hoa Mai Park. Authorities say two men got into an argument Friday afternoon and one of them pulled out a pistol and fired shots into the air. No one was hit but they both took off running. Councilmember Woo Calls for Action Councilmember Tanya Woo issued a statement about Wednesday’s shooting near the corner of 12th Ave & Jackson St in Little Saigon. She says the open-air drug use and crime are devastating Asian American businesses and disrupting life for neighbors. She’s calling for more action by the city. Drug Addicts Take Over Meanwhile, drug addicts have taken over the brand-new Hoa Mai Park in Seattle’s Little Read More ›
Happening Now Emergency crews are on scene in downtown Seattle as a one-legged homeless woman was found lying in a pile of trash. Problem is, she is alert and now rejecting offers of help. She just said “I’m comfortable here.” So paramedics and fire have to leave. Rinse repeat. Streets Are the New Asylums The far-left activists call this compassion. Streets are the new asylums.
Happening Now 8:41 pm — Friday night spectacle in downtown Seattle as dozens of law enforcement officers are engaged in a standoff with a homeless man who allegedly assaulted a cop. Witnesses say the fella went on a bender and also threw debris on I-5. He’s now hiding under the Boren Ave bridge. Taser Attempted and Failed 8:57 pm — Sun is setting and the homeless dude is hunkering down under the Boren Ave bridge. Unclear why all these officers aren’t going in there to smoke him out. But a cop on scene just told me dude showed a knife. Taser was deployed but that did not work either. Negotiations 9:20 pm — It appears we are getting closer. The Read More ›
Seattle’s nonprofit affordable-housing providers are finding themselves in deep water. According to an Alex Fryer column in the Seattle Times, the City of Seattle has recently given $14 million in emergency funding to affordable housing nonprofits and developers in an attempt to stabilize them and mitigate their losses. The article reports the financial losses of several nonprofit housing providers due to non-payment of rent, costly evictions, vacancies, and behavioral challenges with tenants. However well-intentioned the efforts to finance nonprofit housing have been, the properties have been plagued by policies that strip tenants of accountability at the cost of landlords and a legal system that seemingly stonewalls attempts to remove non-paying or destructive tenants. But the problem isn’t isolated to urban Read More ›