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LIHI Says One Thing, Concerned Neighbors Say Another Bombshell allegations made against taxpayer-funded Low Income Housing Institute in Seattle. Several concerned neighbors say LIHI staff told them dedicated “smoking shacks” would be available for fentanyl use inside a new 90-bed tiny house village called Cloverleaf. Grand Opening During the grand opening tour this week, there was no mention of these so-called supervised drug consumption sites. Gregoire Denies Knowledge One of the biggest funders of this project is Challenge Seattle, a non-profit coalition led by former WA Governor Christine Gregoire who told me she had no idea “smoking shacks” would be on site. The City of Seattle and the Seattle Foundation are also chipping in. Director Denies Allegations Despite Video Evidence, Read More ›

The Reality of Service Resistance Mega sweep is about to get underway at Seattle’s Stokes Park. There are more than 30 tents set up across the lawn. Drug activity is out of control. The vast majority of people here say they will simply move down the street to another city park. Meanwhile, socialist Mayor Katie Wilson is holding a press conference Wednesday morning to announce a new approach to solving homelessness by “re-allocating existing resources, drawing upon a nationally recognized framework used successfully in other major cities such as Denver and Houston.” In other words, Wilson is admitting the current plan is not working in her city.

Exclusive Public records show the person accusing We Heart Seattle volunteers of improperly picking up fentanyl foil and needles is James Otton. Otton has triggered an ongoing WA State Department of Labor & Industries investigation into the homeless outreach group. However, We Heart founder Andrea Suarez says Otton has never worked or volunteered for her organization. Incident Report It appears Otton made his conclusions after looking at We Heart Seattle videos and photos on the group’s social media channels. I have reached out to Otton for comment and will post a response if he gets back to me.

“This is…a no-rules playground” Another shooting suspect is on the loose in Seattle after blasting a man outside one of the most dangerous homeless drug encampments in the city. Neighbors are crushing socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and say she is dropping the ball on public safety.

Mayor Wilson Plays Whack-A-Mole Mega drug encampment sweep is underway in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. More than 30 tents are being eviscerated in front of the Fred Meyer. Watch as this man simply drags all his belongings and sets up shop on the other side of the parking lot. The game of Whack-A-Mole continues under socialist Mayor Katie Wilson. YouTube journalist Tyler Oliveira, We Heart Seattle, and I recently spotlighted this crime-ridden hell hole that’s been blamed for sex trafficking, violence, and fentanyl dealing on the regular.

Mayhem Another drug encampment inferno engulfed multiple tents in Seattle’s Mount Baker neighborhood over the weekend. Angry neighbors warned socialist Mayor Katie Wilson this would happen. Instead, city workers dropped off concrete blocks to keep the addicts away. It clearly did not work. We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez has been doing outreach in this part of the city that’s now dealing with a massive inflow of vagrants.

KOMO News hosted a Town Hall on Western Washington’s homelessness crisis on July 13. The Town Hall panel included Daniel Malone, Executive Director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC); Andrea Suarez, Founder and Executive Director of We Heart Seattle; Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association; and Dominique Alex, CEO of Mary’s Place. Among the topics discussed were the root causes of chronic homelessness, whether current policies hurt or help the problem, Housing First and harm reduction, untreated mental illness and substance use disorder, and family homelessness. While Malone of DESC repeatedly emphasized the importance of housing and the role of affordability in homelessness, Suarez strongly advocated for a “treatment first” approach in order to tackle Read More ›

Worse Than Ever Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson wants these homeless drug addicts far away from the FIFA World Cup stadium in SODO. Imagine if fans and visitors saw the open-air drug use, tent encampments, and permissive street culture. What would they think of the city? We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez and I are checking in on the city’s problematic hot spots. Right now, it looks worse than ever as Wilson pushes the addicts further away from the downtown tourist corridor. For whatever it’s worth, there’s another mega sweep scheduled for Friday in SODO. Will it make a difference?

Homeless INC Protests Changes Friday afternoon, far-left activists targeted Cicero Institute’s Homelessness Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. Most of these professional protesters are aligned with Homeless INC and are deathly afraid of losing their gravy train. That’s because the Trump administration defunded Housing First, one of the greatest public policy failures in American history. It’s made the street crisis worse and cost taxpayers billions of dollars. But now the vast majority of that money will be flowing into treatment and recovery focused providers. Discovery Institute and Cicero Institute played a massive role in helping craft the direction of this new approach that will save lives. We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez, Tom Wolf, and North America Recovers Grant Denton are on Read More ›

Disaster Area Why is Seattle’s Lewis Park still open? It is a full blown drug den and playground for addicts, fentanyl dealers, and sex traffickers. It’s also home to many missing people. We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez and I went looking for Benjamin George Petry this week. Sadly, we did not find him. But we saw so many problems on full display like the inflow crisis. Most of the people slinging meth and fetty aren’t even from this area. We also met a baby faced 19-year-old addicted to all kinds of drugs. Meanwhile, elected officials are paralyzed by this issue and the city has turned into a lawless playground.