Letter to the Editor: Watch ‘Seattle Is Dying’ TV Special

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If you haven’t watched the KOMO news special “Seattle Is Dying,” I recommend everyone do it.  This video (on YouTube with the same name) is a dramatic example of how Seattle city fathers are destroying Seattle.  

Last year, the greater Seattle area spent over $1 billion trying to correct the homeless situation. Without identifying the “real” problem, they continue to pump money into offering more and more services and benefits. More food, more services, weekly showers, and yes, more drugs.  

The city fathers still haven’t realized that the more services you offer, and the less police enforcement you have, the more transients will invade the city. The more you give, the more “takers” you will attract. Seattle has now been renamed as “FREEattle.”

Other than San Francisco; Seattle has the highest petty crime rate in the U.S. Chicago and Detroit aren’t even close. Seattle residents are finally waking up. They voted these city council members in. Now they need to vote them out.

Rhode Island may have discovered a way to correct this problem. I hope all city fathers throughout Lewis County can learn from Seattle failings.  



Again, I encourage everyone to watch this well-done documentary.  Go to YouTube and input “Komo News Special – Seattle is Dying.”

 

Dale Luger

Centralia