Durkan proposes $20 million in cuts to Seattle police as part of proposal to balance budget

Seattle Times ^ | 6/23/20 | David Gutman

[inchworm]

Good bye businesses.

[Covenantor]

Excerpts:

“....Durkan has also asked her staff and the police department to prepare models by the end of July of what 20%, 30% and 50% budget cuts would look like.....”

She’s also proposed spending $100 million to invest in communities of colors in the 2021 budget, but the specifics have not been defined....”
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[The Great RJ]

Why not also cut the fire department so the rioters can burn the city to ashes. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to live in Seattle let alone operate a business there with soon virtually no police force and a mayor who allows a large area of the city to be occupied by anarchists.