August 26, 2020


Federal agents are investigating the Monday evening efforts by protestors/rioters to set fire to the Seattle Police’s East Precinct building while at the same time attempting to seal the exit doors with quick-drying cement.  Reacting to the attempted mass murder of police officers and the lack of response from Democrat elected officials, the President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild said, “I’m fearful that someone will lose their life in the coming days. This could all stop if our public officials would decry and push back against these criminal acts.” Meanwhile complete silence from Governor Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson. U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, and Washington State Democrat Party Chair Tina Podlodowski – whose silence indicates they either support the violent acts against police officers or feel they need the votes of the perpetrators and their supporters.
As virtual candidate forums begin to occur in the coming weeks, we would be interested to hear from our readers how Democrat candidates (at all levels of government and throughout the state) respond to these two simple questions, 1) “Do you condemn the actions of protestors who are inflecting harm on Seattle Police officers?” and, 2) “If you do condemn these violent actions, do you also condemn the silence from statewide Democrat officials on this very important public safety issue?” (MyNorthwest)
The Democrats on the Seattle City Council admit that they need to change how they interact with the city’s Democrat mayor.  Council President M. Lorena Gonzalez said that the dysfunctional relationship between the council and mayor needs to be “reset” and that she will use the upcoming two-week council recess to “identify how we as elected leaders are going to engage with each other.” The on-going inner-party battle between extremely liberal “establishment” Democrats (like Mayor Jenny Durkan) and even more extreme Left-wing activists (like many councilmembers) will likely determine the future of the Democrat Party in Washington State.  It has been interesting to watch establishment and status quo Democrats like Governor Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, and Washington State Democrat Party Chair Tina Podlodowski abandon Mayor Durkan during the biggest political battle of her career, as she has sought less radical measures than the defunding of the Seattle Police Department supported by the city council. (Seattle Times) 
A Lakewood family has filed a lawsuit against the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department over its directive that all private and public schools in the county must start the school year with remote learning.  The lawsuit contends the department failed to follow proper procedures in filing the directive and that it “ignored the current and pre-eminent scientific and medical information” on the health of school-aged children and the coronavirus. Health officials have yet to formally respond to the lawsuit, but did say they were following the guidelines set by Governor Inslee. (News Tribune)
Snohomish County has seen a spike in overdose deaths during the six months of economic shutdown caused by Jay Inslee’s coronavirus outbreak edicts.  Since March, 119 people have died from a drug overdose in the county, which is more drug deaths than in all of 2019.  Officials believe this is due to economic anxiety and isolation experienced by many individuals, and restrictions placed on treatment facilities that make it more difficult for some to receive assistance. (Everett Herald)

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