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As Fentanyl Crisis Wreaks Havoc on Blue City, Mayor Fights for More Food Trucks

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As downtown Seattle struggles with an ongoing fentanyl crisis, Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell’s downtown revitalization plan emphasizes cleaning services and an expansion of food trucks, according to local outlet KOMO News.

Local business leaders have stressed the need for the city to crack down on drug possession downtown, but while the plan included the opening of an alternative crisis care clinic next year, it did not directly address the issue of fentanyl use, according to KOMO News. The plan will, however, waive fees for food truck operators, expand lighting and cleaning services and update several zoning regulations.

“The first goal of the mayor’s Downtown Activation Plan is to make Downtown a safe and welcoming place for everyone,” the mayor’s office said in a written statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “To that end, the mayor issued an Executive Order on fentanyl and synthetic drugs focused on arresting dealers and traffickers when we announced the Downtown Activation Plan in April. As part of that Executive Order, the mayor also convened a work group which is developing a revised ordinance to address public consumption of drug use.”

The executive order prioritizes efforts to stop the sale of narcotics in partnership with law enforcement. It also promotes voluntary participation in rehab programs by rewarding participants with gift cards and expands services available for those who overdose on drugs. (Read more from “As Fentanyl Crisis Wreaks Havoc on Blue City, Mayor Fights for More Food Trucks” HERE)

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Lawyer Waiting for Rideshare Is Stabbed Just 2 Hours After Arriving to Democrat-Controlled City

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Attorney Joshua Pond flew to Seattle on May 7 for a business trip. Just two hours after his arrival, he became the victim of a brutal knife assault in the Democrat-controlled city.

Pond was standing outside his hotel in downtown Seattle, waiting for a rideshare to take him and a colleague to dinner. While they were waiting, a “very disgruntled-looking” man approached Pond and tried to rob him.

Pond recalled that the man shoved him twice — and the shoves were “sharp.”

“As we waited on the sidewalk outside our hotel, I got a sharp shove on the sidewalk,” Pond told KOMO-TV. “I turned around and saw a very disgruntled-looking man. He said at that point something to the effect of, ‘Give me your cell phone.’

“The shoves were sharp, there was something different, so I reached back on my shirt and pulled out blood on my hands,” he explained. “That was the first time I realized I had been stabbed and the first time I knew he had a knife.” (Read more from “Lawyer Waiting for Rideshare Is Stabbed Just 2 Hours After Arriving to Democrat-Controlled City” HERE)

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Starbucks CEO Demands Employees Come Into the Office at Least Three Days a Week After Employees Refuse to Meet One Day per Week Commitment

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Workers at Starbucks’ corporate office in Seattle, Washington, will be required to work in-office at least three days per week, if within commuting distance, a memo from CEO Howard Schultz describes.

Starbucks is one of several large corporations putting their foot down about employees working from home over COVID-19 safety protocols, joining Disney, which announced in early January 2023 that employees need to go to work four days per week.

Apple recently instituted a three in-office days per-week policy, and Snapchat’s parent company is requiring 80% of employee work to be done in-office, according to CNN.

Any employee who lives “within commuting distance” of the Starbucks Support Center will have to start heading to the corporate office three times per week, including Tuesday and Wednesday, starting Jan. 30, 2023.

The memo stressed that the company’s culture of togetherness and in-person connection was damaged greatly by lockdowns, both at its headquarters and its stores. (Read more from “Starbucks CEO Demands Employees Come Into the Office at Least Three Days a Week After Employees Refuse to Meet One Day per Week Commitment” HERE)

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Public Schools Tell Fourth Graders To Write Letter Giving Advice to Trans Kid

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Seattle Public Schools (SPS) published a lesson plan instructing fourth graders to write a letter giving advice to a child who knew he was a girl “from the time she was two years old.”

The lesson plan from SPS is part of their “K-5 Gender Book Kit,” which allegedly offers “age-appropriate lessons that align with the Washington State Health Education standards related to self-identity.”

One plan, intended for fourth grade students, centered around the book “I am Jazz,” which is about a child who identifies as transgender. The book’s description reads “From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl’s brain in a boy’s body.”

The corresponding lesson plan says that “by the end of the lesson” the fourth graders will “define transgender and explore an example of gender identity.”

The lesson also has a “writing activity” portion, where students are told to “write a letter to Jazz telling her what you think she should do.” Children are asked, for example, “should she continue to wear girls’ clothes because that’s what makes her comfortable or wear boys’ clothes because that’s what society expects?” (Read more from “Public Schools Tell Fourth Graders To Write Letter Giving Advice to Trans Kid” HERE)

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‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Easter Bunny Greets Joe Biden in Seattle

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President Joe Biden was greeted in Seattle Friday by a protester who mocked him for getting confronted by the Easter Bunny earlier this week.

A woman holding a large Easter Bunny head shouted, “Where’s the Bunny?” when the presidential motorcade passed and then shouted, “Let’s go Brandon!” along the street.

One reporter traveling with the president recorded a video of the incident and shared it on social media.

(Read more from “‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Easter Bunny Greets Joe Biden in Seattle” HERE)

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Amazon Relocating Employees From Seattle Office After Violent Crime Surge

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Amazon is temporarily relocating employees from the company’s downtown Seattle office after an uptick of violent crime rocked the area.

Roughly 1,800 employees are assigned to the office space on Third Avenue and Pine Street in the heart of the city, but many of the employees are still working remotely, Amazon said in a statement to KOMO News.

“Given recent incidents near 3rd (Ave) and Pine (St), we’re providing employees currently at that location with alternative office space elsewhere,” an Amazon spokesman said in an emailed statement to the outlet.

“We are hopeful that conditions will improve and that we will be able to bring employees back to this location when it is safe to do so.”

Recent violent crimes in the area include the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy on March 2. The shooter is still at large as of Monday, cops said. (Read more from “Amazon Relocating Employees From Seattle Office After Violent Crime Surge” HERE)

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Insanity: Teachers Union Argues for Continuation of Mask Mandates Until May to Maintain a Sense of ‘Normalcy’

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A Seattle teachers union is pushing for keeping the district’s school mask mandate in place until May, despite the state and county no longer requiring masks, arguing that the forced masking ensures a sense of “safety and normalcy.”

Seattle Education Association President Jennifer Matter told NPR-affiliate KUOW that the mask mandate should remain until at least May 1, two weeks after students return from spring break, saying there “should be no rush to lift the mask mandate.”

“We have people who are immunocompromised, we have pregnant educators, we have educators who have children of their own that are under 5 years of age that cannot be vaccinated,” she said.

This comes after Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee (D) announced last week that the state’s indoor mask mandate, including for schools, would be lifted beginning March 12.

Yet, Seattle Public Schools said in a statement last week that it would maintain its school mask mandate “until further notice.” (Read more from “Insanity: Teachers Union Argues for Continuation of Mask Mandates Until May to Maintain a Sense of ‘Normalcy'” HERE)

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Massive Firefight Erupts in One of the Nation’s Most Liberal Cities

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A massive firefight occurred early Sunday morning in one of Seattle’s most liberal neighborhoods, according to the local police department.

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) responded to calls at 2:30 a.m. Sunday that claimed multiple people were involved in a gunfight with over 40 gunshots reported in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. No individuals were injured in the incident, KIRO 7 reported.

Sunday’s incident occurred two days after Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell pledged to combat the city’s violent crime problem, KIRO 7 reported.

“The fact of the matter, we have seen an increase in violent crime,” Harrell said, according to KIRO 7. “When I see what I continue to see out here, I can’t sleep at night.”

Detectives are now working with local businesses to recover surveillance video that captured the firefight, according to SPD. (Read more from “Massive Firefight Erupts in One of the Nation’s Most Liberal Cities” HERE)

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Rare Win: One Year After ‘Chaz’, Republican Wins Seattle City Attorney

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Republican Ann Davison was elected City Attorney of Seattle on Tuesday, a rare Republican win in the liberal city — just over a year after parts of it were taken over by left-wing activists in the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ).

The Seattle Times reported:

Republican Ann Davison held a strong 58% to 41% lead in the race for Seattle city attorney, with returns Tuesday showing voters rejecting the brash language of her police abolitionist opponent, Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, in favor of Davison’s law-and-order stance.

No race in Tuesday’s city election was more fraught with the potential for unpredictable consequences than the race for Seattle’s official lawyer, who traditionally has prosecuted minor crimes and provided legal advice and defense for the city and its employees, including police.

(Read more from “Rare Win: One Year After ‘Chaz’, Republican Wins Seattle City Attorney” HERE)

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WATCH: Seattle Police, Firefighters Who Refused Vaccine, Drop Their Boots on City Hall After Being Fired

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Dozens of Seattle city police officers and firefighters traipsed up steps to City Hall on Tuesday and turned in their boots after being discharged from service for their refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine, as they were mandated to do.

Video footage posted online shows several people, many with boots in hand and some donning firefighting helmets, walking up steps to the building.

The video clips come as the city-imposed deadline for all first responders to take the jab expired on Tuesday at midnight, which left those who had not complied unemployed. (Read more from “Seattle Police, Firefighters Who Refused Vaccine, Drop Their Boots on City Hall After Being Fired” HERE)

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