Protesters & Police Clash In Seattle Again – Blast Ball Grenades & OC Spray (CHOP Round 2) While covering protests in Seattle I got gassed again and hit with probably pepper spray because I couldn’t see, my eyes were burning and my respiratory system was in distress as I coughed and stumbled off to […]
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Report on police action against Seattle CHOP
Early this morning Seattle police entered the CHOP zone pushing people out of the area with batons and using pepper spray which has been banned by the city council. (Apparently that doesn’t mean anything to SPD who do pretty much whatever they want while thumbing their nose at the courts and the council’s oversight, much […]
The non sequitur in Seattle is Dying
The KOMO documentary Seattle is Dying is a powerful and angry film, denouncing the city council and courts for allowing homeless camps, tents, filth, and crime to fester. It depicts the low-functioning homeless who are drug addicted, mentally ill, and/or criminal. It condemns the inability or unwillingness of the police, courts, and city council to […]
Without Amazon’s interference, San Francisco taxes big business
By Melanie Mazza at EOI Online Two cities struggle to fund homelessness relief. One succeeds. San Francisco just did something Seattle couldn’t manage: on Election Day, they voted to tax big business to fund homelessness relief. Like Seattle, San Francisco is a tech city whose rising costs have pushed people out of the area and out […]
InspireSeattle: Nick Licata's Observations of ALEC
Hi everyone! Below is an invitation to our next InspireSeattle Social, Sunday November 15th at 5:30PM at Dave and Pat Griffith’s home. We have scored again and will have a great speaker, Nick Licata to discuss his Observations of ALEC. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE FROM OUR USUAL DAY AND TIME! Remember – IT’S A POTLUCK!! Come join us! www.inspireseattle.org InspireSeattle Invites YOU […]