Seattle is going to hell in a handbasket.
I told you 4 years ago that Seattle had a burgeoning crime problem as our windshields were smashed, my bike lit on fire and a stalker roamed the streets of First Hill. My ex and I were assaulted by a mentally unstable person in our apartment building. Our dog was killed by an unscrupulous day care owner while local municipalities largely turned a blind eye. We had to sue (KOMO coverage). Rest and Play in Peace Livi the Wonderdog, we love you.
When I return to Seattle I feel that the City has lost its harmonic or hormonal balances. There is so much rampant homelessness and mental illness around here it's post apocalyptic. I can't put my finger on it but I feel it is the presence of The Devil. I am definitely on an Exit Seattle plan in the next two years. Just spoke to an old mortgage and radio friend of mine who moved to Arizona recently. She couldn't be happier. I won't be going anywhere near Sheriff Joe's Maricopa County, but there are many other possible venues in AZ and beyond that are not poisoned by the seed of the Devil, IMO. That's all I'm going to say. The crime statistics say the rest.
PS: Meanwhile City Council continues to ignore the possibility of suing Mortgage Electronic Registration Services to help pay for solutions to the homeless epidemic. This in spite of the fact that our tax dollars were paid to my colleague Marie McDonnell to conduct a study of the King County Recorder's Office. She recommended suing MERS but I had to leak the study (The David Dayan Intercept story and report) because they refused to provide it and with the exception of Nick Licata they all refused to even allow her to present her findings in public.
Meanwhile Multnomah County -- Portland -- sued MERS and collected $9M. King County is three times the population so we are turning down approximately $25M there, and then eleven other Counties have sued MERS in Oregon as well, still pending. So next week I am going to print this journal entry out and return to City Council and demand all public records where City Attorney Pete Holmes or any City Councilors individually or collectively studied the possibility of suing MERS and the reasons why they have thus far decided not to do so.
If they claim that there are no responsive documents then I want a written explanation from Attorney Holmes as to why he is not working the the County or others to sue MERS. I like Pete. In general I think he's a good City Attorney. But I have no sacred cows and I'm going to ask the difficult questions. It's what I do.
Now Tim (Burgess) et al, y'all can be as mad as you want to be with me, but I'm not the problem I'm only a messenger. And long after I roll out of here the words falling out of my mouth will echo across your individual and collective conscience for the rest of your lives. Every time you walk into that Council Chamber you will remember I told you so. Remember that.
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KingCast Says Seattle is Going to Hell in a Hand Basket. Meanwhile, a Public Records Request to City Attorney Pete Holmes on Multnomah County et al. v. MERS. - After The Mortgage ADSENSE HERE