UPDATED: 2:45 p.m. PDT — Embattled Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Tuesday dropped his bid for re-election with a statement that seemed designed to portray him as sacrificing his career in the interest of the city where he grew up. Murray’s long political career came crashing down amid a scandal that erupted when he was […]
Seattle Police Chief’s ‘Gun Violence’ Remark Stirs Hot Water
Reacting to a string of shootings that occurred during a 24-hour period in Seattle this week, Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole – who came from Boston – evidently lit a lot of fuses when she remarked, “We are outraged by the gun violence, and neither our department nor our community will tolerate it.” Ironically, minutes later […]
‘Shoplift Shooting’ in Seattle Reveals Liberal Mindset
Tuesday’s announcement that a 17-year-old girl whose brother died in a shootout with Seattle police last week will be prosecuted as an adult has provided that city’s liberal mindset an opportunity to shine like a flashlight with a cracked lens. Some Seattle Times readers, weighing in on the story, seem to suggest that nothing could […]
Was Seattle’s Fatal Shoplift Another Gun Control Failure?
Thursday’s dramatic shoplift-turned-fatal-shooting that sent two Seattle police officers to the hospital and one perpetrator to the Medical Examiner’s office is getting national attention for several reasons, including the fact that this whole episode apparently started over the theft of beer. To some observers, that hardly seems worth pulling a gun on police and ending […]
Anti-gun Former Seattle Mayor Running to Regain Office
Anti-gun former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced Monday that he is running to regain the office he lost four years ago to current embattled Mayor Ed Murray, whose own anti-gun track record has the city being sued by The Second Amendment Foundation and other gun rights organizations. McGinn was in office when SAF and the […]
Seattle Mayor Drops ‘Homeless’ Tax Plan for…Bigger Tax Plan!
UPDATED: Evergreen State conservatives are suggesting that Seattle Mayor Ed Murray epitomizes the problem with liberal Democrats everywhere: He’s scrapped an idea to tax Seattle homeowners to finance programs for the homeless in favor of a bigger and more far reaching tax plan. On Monday, Murray announced he was giving up on a proposed Seattle […]
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