Posted on 08/10/2020 6:18:49 PM PDT by Pox
The mayor and police chief urged city council members to slow down discussions about the budget
The Seattle City Council voted Monday to move forward with a controversial proposal that would begin the process of defunding the police department.
The 7-1 vote comes despite objections from the city's police chief, mayor and the Seattle Police Officers' Guild.
The plan would ultimately slash funding to the department but not the 50% some had sought. Seattle currently has around 1,400 police officers, and the current plan would see about 100 cut. It was also cut the police department's $400 million budget by about $3 million, according to KOMO.
Councilmember Kshama Sawant was the sole "no" vote because she felt the proposals didn't go far enough, while Debora Juarez abstained, according to MyNorthWest.com.
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U-Haul and Ryder have a booming business upcoming.
Good, let the leftists live in their own filth
My Uncle moved out last year, he had impeccable timing
We are beyond election remedies at this point - at the local and national level. Almost every one of our Republican senators and congress persons is a joke. I am not sure what is going to happen to this country, but I am not hopeful.
These people really do deserve the fate that awaits them. It’s like they enjoyed sticking their leg down a wood chipper so much, they decided to stick the other one down, too. Mind boggling. Demonic.
Get a job somewhere else and walk away.
Take the house keys to the bank and just leave. You can recover a credit score. Just leave, now
You may as well say President Trump for the next four years.
Go Seattle !
An experiment in Lunacy !
Oh so fun to watch. Am sure Google and FB will block negative stories that Follow but dang ... this is great news for the voters of Seattle.
BE PROUD Seattle
Can you imagine what just happened to the price of your real estate if your a cop and ready to move somewhere else ?
They should sue for damages.
out of a $400 million police budget they will cut 100 cops and only save $3 million?
They cut the budget by less than 1%.
They cut 100 out of 1400 people.
Doesn’t sound like that big of a deal.
Can you imagine what just happened to the price of your real estate if your a cop and ready to move somewhere else ?
They should sue for damages.
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Yeah, there has to be a shyster somewhere looking to regain his good name.
Until then, Chapter 11 or Chapter 9, whatever works.
Just leave. The PD should just resign.
Guess they’ll be calling the Social Services group when they’re in trouble.
reserve your U-Haul TONIGHT!
I don’t enjoy watching people get slaughtered. Kids will be also. I’m glad you find it amusing
Good points.
Still, it does nothing positive for the officers or their morale, and serves as a rallying point for the left to keep pushing for more.
Give them an inch...
The Camel’s nose is under the tent...
Get a grip. Being a WOP myself, I try to find humor in any tragedy in order to maintain my sanity and keep my stress levels low.
Private security will now be in high demand - and pay well.
.7% budget cut and 7% cut in number of officers
they basically chickened out ...
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