Republican Joe Kent ran twice for Washington's 3rd Congressional District, losing to the Democrat both times (surprise!). He's been described by critics as an extremist and conspiracy theorist. (See link in comments below.)
He's a military guy with combat experience, so he'll
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- JACKED! When a Seattle cop friend told me that carjackings are no longer being routinely assigned for follow-up investigation by detectives, I thought I'd misheard him. "You mean car thefts?" I replied. (I already knew those weren't being investigated anymore.) "No. I mean
- This is how local TV news covers everything in Seattle. One inch of snow gets more coverage than 100 overdose deaths or $100 million missing from the city treasury.when it snows for 5 minutes in Seattle
00:00 - Lest we forget... As we criticize state and local authorities in California for starving LA of resources needed to confront the wildfires, we should reflect on the fact that our own mayor, Jenny Durkan, fired 70 experienced firefighters for declining to get vaccinated for Covid.
- Wait... What happened to the money we GAVE you? On the same day I see this headline from Ari about how so many of our 8th graders can't even read or cipher, I get a come-on in the mail from people asking me to renew two school levies. For decades, we've been told that
- "There's nothing here." The costly ($260 million) remodel of Pacific Place Mall is a failure. Overreaction to Covid, BLM riots, safety concerns, online competition, inflation, and the general decay of Seattle's downtown corridor have turned this from a destination to a
- God Save Our Flag The Cancel George Washington bill is dead. Fortunately, the bill's sponsor, Senator Strom Peterson (D, Edmonds), couldn't even get it to the floor for a hearing. Removing Washington from our 102-year-old state flag is a form of historical revisionism and the
- Dear Seattle Times / Blethen family, Take a lesson from the owner of the LA Times and clean up your editorial board now, starting with Dave Horsey. Over the years, Horsey's said some really ugly things about Trump voters, portraying them as Bible-thumping hicks and mostLA Times owner says after election results, the entire LA Times Editorial Board will be replaced - signaling they were out of touch with voters. Some of their recent opinion pieces include: - We should publicly mock the deaths of the unvaccinated during COVID. - Larry Elder is
- On the State of the Roads of the Roads in Our State VICTOR: I just drove from Spokane to Tacoma and back this weekend for the state wrestling finals, and I had a LOT of time to think about how effed up Western WA roads are while puttering up I5/I405/Snoqualmie Pass at 45-50 mph
- "Not Kindness but Cowardice" A Safe Seattle reader describes a recent experience on Light Rail: In regards to the post about Transit from two days ago... This morning’s commute on the light rail was a snapshot of everything broken about public transit culture in Seattle. The
- Running Unopposed It blows my mind that so often we have no real choice when we elect judges because they run unopposed. This became very evident recently with the disastrous rulings of Judge Johanna Bender who literally lets prolific criminals walk away on very low bail. Judge
- You want me to give up my WHAT? News Item: Two people hospitalized after man attacks them with hammer at light rail station. News Item: Washington governor Jay Inslee signs law banning guns at transit facilities. Those of you who take the bus or train in this depoliced and
- For days now, PSE seems to have made no progress in restoring power around Seattle, particularly the East side. They have a placeholder for everyone to expect power restoration at 12 pm on the 23rd, but the power outage number has not been going down at all. Clicking on outages,
- "Respect muh authoriteh" Witness reminds Pramila Jayapal that she's a public servant. Maybe if she bangs the gavel a little harder, he'll take her seriously.Meet the man in charge of implementing Donald Trump’s deportation policy.



















