It’s discouraging to wonder how deeply taxpayers were wounded in this/these antics.Josh wrote:Taxpayer-funded unemployment of $600/week plus half of whatever your wages were.
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https://mynorthwest.com/2236407/rantz-s ... ce-exodus/
A new forum thread on gratitude/gratefulness:
http://forum.mennonet.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3196
Wade:
I'd suggest she send a bill to the protestors to pay for the water, sewer, and electrical services provided by the city at least.
Maybe even the lost tax revenue by the businesses they have shut down.
With a warning these services will be shut down within a couple days upon default of payment.
And then do it.
Someone has to work to pay to maintain these services while these protestors
even the "peaceful ones" deface, abuse, and take for granted the work of others they disrespect while being supported by them.
.. A pleasant fiction obscuring an ugly truth.
Today, Denny Park is a crime-ridden, garbage-strewn, rat-afflicted encampment which is avoided by all but the addicts and criminals who’ve taken it over. Tents are everywhere. In October, a KOMO TV News reporter spotted a pile of used needles near the children’s play area.
The Seattle police have said an active crime ring works within the park.
The place is dangerous and filthy.
Many other Seattle parks have been ruined.
The charming Ballard neighborhood—once the home of immigrant Scandinavian fishermen and boat builders—opened a new park in 2005, occupying almost a full block, with a skate park, water feature, and long stretches of grass. Five and six-story condominiums quickly sprang up with views overlooking it. A neighborhood group, the Ballard Alliance, wants a new children’s play area in the park: “Our vision is to provide a new opportunity for year-round active play for young children and their families.”
Oops.
The last time I drove by the park, 24 tents filled it.
Gesturing widely and angrily, two men yelled at each other as I walked by.
A woman had nodded off, and was slumped sideways on a bench. The day was sunny and warm but no children were in the park, no families. A breeze lifted several pieces of garbage across the grass.
For a while, the city tried clearing the camps.
In 2019, 833 camps were removed by Seattle’s Navigation Team, which is a group of outreach workers and policemen.
The tents pop back up as quickly as they are removed. .. ..
These posts could go in mike’s “Preparing for a ‘K Harris’ presidency” thread.Josh wrote:Of note in California is these booming homeless populations are exempt from mask and lockdowns orders.
Josh wrote:Can we rename this to “preparing for a Kamala Harris Presidency” already?
.. “We had one female employee chased into a Starbucks," Gluth-Bohan said. "Business partners coming in for meetings were dodging human fecal matter and homeless people on the sidewalk. We had an employee paying for parking after work. She had her driver's side window down working the parking machine, and someone attempted to enter her car." ..
Please do not discuss the politics of this (during the forum’s politics sabbatical). .. The recall effort was based on claims that she opened city hall to demonstrators during a protest,
disregarding Covid-19 restrictions,
used city resources for a “Tax Amazon” effort,
and led a march to Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan’s home despite the address being protected under state confidentiality laws.
The Kshama Solidarity Campaign has pushed back on the charges, and Sawant said the recall was rather an “attempt to have a do-over of the election result in 2019 which big business did not like”.
She added: “In reality if the rightwing, if big business was allowed to win in this recall [then] they would only be emboldened to go after progressive movements both in Seattle and nationally.”
The election drew widespread national attention and both sides have seen substantial financial contributions, some coming from states away. ..