Seattle’s socialist mayor may be subject to a recall:
Two people in Seattle have filed a recall charge against Mayor Katie Wilson, alleging she has “neglected her legal duty to maintain public safety and peace.”
The recall comes amid a slew of city controversies, the latest being the continued fallout from the deadly Bite of Seattle shooting, and the forced resignation of Police Chief Shon Barnes.
Melinda Jacobson and Dale Osterud filed the paperwork with the King County Elections Office on Tuesday, Aug. 11, alleging that Wilson is “derelict in her duties for public safety” of the City of Seattle.
What’s in the recall charge?
The recall charge points to five specific events: the forced resignation of then-Police Chief Shon Barnes, shootings and sex trafficking in the North Aurora neighborhood, crime and drug use in the Chinatown International District, crime in Belltown and the deactivation of CCTV cameras for police use around the city.
Dig deeper
The filing outlines safety issues across several Seattle areas, including North Aurora, Chinatown International District, Belltown and Third Avenue.
Letting socialists gain power is a disaster. The sooner they kick her to the curb, the better. But with a spirit of full disclosure, I don’t have a lot of confidence Seattle will be able to rid themselves of her until the next normal election.
That last line mentions Third Avene. That is also known in our house and on this blob as Mug Me Street. Part of the time I worked in downtown Seattle my office building was bounded on two sides by Third and Fourth Avenues. The difference between the two streets was amazing. I do not recall ever not seeing at least one police officer near the office exit to Third Avenue. And frequently there would be a canine unit there as well. Your hair would stand on end as you walked out the door, and you knew something was not right there. The street was dirty with lots of people sitting or lying on the sidewalk. Many of the people were dirty and with tattered clothes. On the Fourth Avenue side there was a park, with normal people and shops everywhere you looked.
Apparently, Wilson was able to make an intolerable situation even worse.
The wider people spread the word about the recall, the more likely it will happen. She was already way in the hole with normal folks who didn’t want her, but now even her own supporters are starting to walk away. And she didn’t have majority support on the council to start with, and has managed to alienate even the CMs who liked her. I think maybe Rinck and Lin are the only true believers left, and even Rinck is having to modulate her support.
Firing the police chief was pretty much the last straw.
I’ll be genuinely surprised if she makes it through the term.
I will bow to your better view of her political situation.
I’m just happy to see you posting about it. The more people hear about the recall the more people will talk about it and the more likely it will get real legs.
It’s not even the socialism thing, she’s just straight up incompetent. I don’t think she ever expected to get elected, and now she’s the dog that caught the car (along with her supporters, who are all equally incompetent ideologues who have no idea how to govern. Or even run a hot dog stand, near as I can tell.).