• Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    It was more than just gay clubs visited all under enforcing liquor laws which begs the question, is this a top priority for Seattle society as surely those same police personnel could have been working on real issues as surely naked nips and exposed ass pants are doing little society harm. Meanwhile, a few more drunk drivers never got stopped. That is the real crime here. Seattle police are distracted with low priority issues. Is this ok with the people living there?

      • Dwemthy (he/him)@lemdro.id
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        9 months ago

        The head of the city council is also against the recent referendum to shift local elections to even years, which would likely increase turn out. Higher turn out usually means more progressive votes

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          9 months ago

          I mean Sarah Nelson thought we could reduce traffic by using kayaks in Elliott Bay for freight, so she’s just a font of good ideas.

          Let’s not forget the major gerrymandering that was done to the 3rd district to push out socialist Kshama Sawant.

    • cassie 🐺@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      SPD has “limited value” to the small biased sample of locals I know. They’re very unpopular in some communities, especially queer/minority communities around where these inspections took place. But as always, many others aren’t directly impacted and so they tend to be quietly neutral or supportive of the police.