by DCG Did you know seven of the nine Seattle City Council members’ terms expire next year? In early May the Seattle City Council approved a new business head tax to combat the homelessness crisis. From my post: “The tax is an amount businesses pay …
by DCG King County’s medical mobile unit Seattle’s homeless crisis is exacerbated by the fact that the local area politicians and government officials believe that enabling an addiction is part of the solution. Taxpayers are coughing up MILLIONS of dollars to provide …
by Martin Armstrong Business Insider has published a map of the top 10 most expensive places to live and work and guess what – Seattle is in the list even before they impose this new outrageous tax of $275 per …
As more and more American communities grapple with opioid addiction, the human toll of the epidemic has grown in both scope and severity. And now, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have found evidence that drug’s impact has literally flowed …
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Seattle created its homelessness crisis; now it’s trying to make it worse. So now that we know Seattle’s own laws created a shortage of housing in the city while at the same time reducing …
by DCG Seattle’s Fair Chance Housing: Build a small city for criminals in your backyard! Keep in mind that Seattle’s “Fair Chance Housing” Ordinance went into effect on 2/19/18, meaning a landlord cannot unfairly deny applicants housing based on criminal history. …
by DCG Last week the Seattle City Council approved a new head tax on big businesses. The tax is an amount businesses pay per employee ($275 per year), with a sunset clause of 2023 (don’t hold your breath that this tax will …
by Martin Armstrong The outrageous tax of $275 per employee for companies that do more than $20 million in business annually by the city of Seatle for the claimed housing of homeless people is really over the top. It’s not just Amazon, there …
by DCG Seattle socialist councilmember Kshama Sawant protests Wells Fargo More like no other bank wants to deal with socialist councilmember Kshama Sawant and the attacks on Seattle businesses. From Seattle Times: The city of Seattle will keep banking with Wells Fargo & Co. …
By Bob Shanahan On Tuesday, I wrote about the spike in homelessness on the West Coast and the insurmountable problem politicians face in tackling this troubling issue. There is no clear cut solution, but something needs to be done. California …
The city attempts to wring more money from its employers rather than fix its housing problems. Well. Amazon already is doing a great deal to fend off homelessness. For starters, it is employing tens of thousands of people—thereby providing them …
by James Hall Another day, one more government outrage. The social Do-Gooders in Seattle approves business tax for homelessness. You can hear the cries for social justice all the way from the heart of the grunge ghetto. “The Seattle City Council has approved a …
These are commonly found in 3rd world countries How is this legit? Am I missing something here? “ARTICLE I. General Rights and Liabilities Section 1. MUNICIPALITY; NAME, BASIC POWERS: The municipal corporation, now existing and known as The City of …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_MsqOZuRzg https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/12-million-per-mile-for-a-bike-lane-that-should-trigger-a-civic-heart-attack/
by DCG Guess how much it costs (per mile) to build a bike lane in Seattle… Take. A. Wild. Guess. And then imagine a private construction firm trying to justify their inability to magnificently under estimate projected costs. From Seattle Times: Move …
by DCG You CANNOT make this stuff up… From MyNorthwest.com: When the escalators at the University of Washington light rail station go down there’s only one solution. Make everyone stand in line and wait for the elevator. That was the case March …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMWczbIlGkM Christian Datoc for the Daily Caller reports, Seattle police have lawfully confiscated 27 firearms from residents since July 2017 thanks to the help of a new “Extreme Risk Protection Order.” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/03/pol…
SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department used the “red flag law” warrant for the first time by taking a handgun from a man in downtown Seattle on Thursday, according to a Seattle Police Department. Washington state is one of five …
by DCG And she’s not speaking about the Second Amendment right. She’s speaking about the right to tax big businesses to solve the city’s homelessness crisis… From MyNorthwest.com: The city’s latest attempt at a business head tax will not only solve the homelessness …
by DCG The article below has been updated since I scheduled my post. It’s now touted as “safe-storage” legislation. From Seattle Times: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Councilmember M. Lorena González plan to propose legislation to require gun owners to lock up firearms …
by DCG From Seattle Times: One of Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s top goals is to make community college free for every Seattle high-school graduate, and last week, she rolled out a program that would do so over several years. The plan, which would likely work …
by DCG Last month I did a blog post entitled, “Armed robbers breaking into homes, restraining & hitting victims yet Seattle Police doesn’t believe “public is at risk.” From my post: “A violent series of armed robberies have hit the Seattle’s Beacon Hill where …
by Dr. Eowyn On March 1, 2018, Seattle’s police department became the first law enforcement agency in Washington state to confiscate a firearm under a new law known as an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) — a gun control law that permits police or family members, with a …
by DCG But, but, the public is “not at risk.” From Dori Monson at MyNorthwest.com: Bo Saxbe has become the mouthpiece for a collection of small businesses and food truck operators in Seattle. They have a simple message to city leaders: Help. Saxbe …
by DCG And by “shared prosperity” she means you gotta pay for the free stuff she’s promised others. From Seattle Times: Telling an enthusiastic crowd she’s been nicknamed “the impatient mayor” at City Hall, Jenny Durkan vowed to attack Seattle’s homelessness and affordable-housing criseswith …
by stockboardasset Two years ago, Seattle and King County officials declared homelessness an official emergency. Millions of dollars from the city and county’s coffers were drained to combat the crisis, but since, the problem has expanded and got much worse. King County …
by DCG The city of Seattle has a major homelessness problem. It’s so bad that the former disgraced homosexual mayor, Ed Murray, declared a State of Emergency on November 2, 2015. From my blog post in April 2017: “In 2016, the King County …
by NEE Seattle’s Sugar Tax Drives Up Cost of Dr Pepper by 76 Percent Many in Seattle are taken aback by the true cost of the so-called “sugar tax” the city recently enacted. The tax of 1.75 cents per ounce …
by Robert Carbery There’s no real estate bubble, what’re you talking about? At least that’s what Zillow’s Chief Economist Dr. Svenja Gudell told Curbed Seattle recently about the national housing market. “We aren’t in a bubble, and won’t be …
by Robert Carbery Seattle, Washington, with its highest-in-the-nation minimum wage, has discovered how high is too high. In January 2016, Seattle’s minimum wage jumped to $13 an hour from $11 for large companies. New research released in late June …