Except that I have friends living in Seattle, I would agree with you.Robert Wilson said:
I hope they do it. Let's see what happens. This is what federalism and local control are all about. I enjoyed watching their autonomous zone police itself.
Yeah, I'm kind of tongue in cheek with that comment (but not totally). If you're a sane person living in Seattle, you should seriously consider moving. Your local governance is going to hell.Booray said:Except that I have friends living in Seattle, I would agree with you.Robert Wilson said:
I hope they do it. Let's see what happens. This is what federalism and local control are all about. I enjoyed watching their autonomous zone police itself.
Property insurance is going to be hard to come by there.
Booray said:Except that I have friends living in Seattle, I would agree with you.Robert Wilson said:
I hope they do it. Let's see what happens. This is what federalism and local control are all about. I enjoyed watching their autonomous zone police itself.
Property insurance is going to be hard to come by there.
I wonder when the next city council election in Seattle is?. There is no way that a majority of voters support this nonsense.Robert Wilson said:Yeah, I'm kind of tongue in cheek with that comment (but not totally). If you're a sane person living in Seattle, you should seriously consider moving. Your local governance is going to hell.Booray said:Except that I have friends living in Seattle, I would agree with you.Robert Wilson said:
I hope they do it. Let's see what happens. This is what federalism and local control are all about. I enjoyed watching their autonomous zone police itself.
Property insurance is going to be hard to come by there.
But, hey, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. Maybe all these extreme leftists are correct. Only one way to find out for sure. Let 'er rip. I do think we should largely give local governments the ability to govern in the way they see fit. All those various experiments let us see what works. And different things work in different places at different times.
All that said, if I lived in Seattle, I would be marketing my house and deciding where I was going to live next.
Yikes. Good info.Booray said:I wonder when the next city council election in Seattle is?. There is no way that a majority of voters support this nonsense.Robert Wilson said:Yeah, I'm kind of tongue in cheek with that comment (but not totally). If you're a sane person living in Seattle, you should seriously consider moving. Your local governance is going to hell.Booray said:Except that I have friends living in Seattle, I would agree with you.Robert Wilson said:
I hope they do it. Let's see what happens. This is what federalism and local control are all about. I enjoyed watching their autonomous zone police itself.
Property insurance is going to be hard to come by there.
But, hey, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. Maybe all these extreme leftists are correct. Only one way to find out for sure. Let 'er rip. I do think we should largely give local governments the ability to govern in the way they see fit. All those various experiments let us see what works. And different things work in different places at different times.
All that said, if I lived in Seattle, I would be marketing my house and deciding where I was going to live next.
Just looked it up-no one rotates off until 12/31/2021; at that point it is only two members out of nine. The other seven are there until 21/31/2023. Seattle may be screwed.
Sad to see,. A beautiful city that's being destroyed by absolute lunatic leadership. Even if you want to move, property values will be taking a hit.Booray said:I wonder when the next city council election in Seattle is?. There is no way that a majority of voters support this nonsense.Robert Wilson said:Yeah, I'm kind of tongue in cheek with that comment (but not totally). If you're a sane person living in Seattle, you should seriously consider moving. Your local governance is going to hell.Booray said:Except that I have friends living in Seattle, I would agree with you.Robert Wilson said:
I hope they do it. Let's see what happens. This is what federalism and local control are all about. I enjoyed watching their autonomous zone police itself.
Property insurance is going to be hard to come by there.
But, hey, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. Maybe all these extreme leftists are correct. Only one way to find out for sure. Let 'er rip. I do think we should largely give local governments the ability to govern in the way they see fit. All those various experiments let us see what works. And different things work in different places at different times.
All that said, if I lived in Seattle, I would be marketing my house and deciding where I was going to live next.
Just looked it up-no one rotates off until 12/31/2021; at that point it is only two members out of nine. The other seven are there until 21/31/2023. Seattle may be screwed.
That was my thinking ... the quicker you move the better.Redbrickbear said:
Basically its a strange place with lots of overeducated and well off people. They can afford to fall down the liberal rabbit hole for a while at least.
Redbrickbear said:
Honestly Seattle is one of the cities that might be able to get away with limited police (for a while anyway)
The demographic breakdown of the city is:
White: 69.5%
Asian: 13.8%
.
Edmond Bear said:Redbrickbear said:
Honestly Seattle is one of the cities that might be able to get away with limited police (for a while anyway)
The demographic breakdown of the city is:
White: 69.5%
Asian: 13.8%
.
I have to be reading this wrong because it sounds like you are trying to say that there aren't as many black people in Seattle so they do not need as many police.
That cannot be right. Help me out here.
Its actually very sad that this community is beset by crime and social problems. But the facts are the facts.Edmond Bear said:Redbrickbear said:
Honestly Seattle is one of the cities that might be able to get away with limited police (for a while anyway)
The demographic breakdown of the city is:
White: 69.5%
Asian: 13.8%
.
I have to be reading this wrong because it sounds like you are trying to say that there aren't as many black people in Seattle so they do not need as many police.
That cannot be right. Help me out here.
SIC EM 94 said:Edmond Bear said:Redbrickbear said:
Honestly Seattle is one of the cities that might be able to get away with limited police (for a while anyway)
The demographic breakdown of the city is:
White: 69.5%
Asian: 13.8%
.
I have to be reading this wrong because it sounds like you are trying to say that there aren't as many black people in Seattle so they do not need as many police.
That cannot be right. Help me out here.
I think you are reading it right. When blacks commit a much higher percentage of crime, despite being a much lower percentage of the overall population, it makes perfect sense.
Redbrickbear said:Its actually very sad that this community is beset by crime and social problems. But the facts are the facts.Edmond Bear said:Redbrickbear said:
Honestly Seattle is one of the cities that might be able to get away with limited police (for a while anyway)
The demographic breakdown of the city is:
White: 69.5%
Asian: 13.8%
.
I have to be reading this wrong because it sounds like you are trying to say that there aren't as many black people in Seattle so they do not need as many police.
That cannot be right. Help me out here.
And we can argue until we are blue in the face about why these issues are systemic but...
Black Americans: 13%
Murder: 53.3%
Robbery: 54.2%
Car Theft: 32.3%
Forgery: 31.2%
Prostitution: 38.8%
Gambling: 48.6%
Rape: 28.6%
Edmond Bear said:SIC EM 94 said:Edmond Bear said:Redbrickbear said:
Honestly Seattle is one of the cities that might be able to get away with limited police (for a while anyway)
The demographic breakdown of the city is:
White: 69.5%
Asian: 13.8%
.
I have to be reading this wrong because it sounds like you are trying to say that there aren't as many black people in Seattle so they do not need as many police.
That cannot be right. Help me out here.
I think you are reading it right. When blacks commit a much higher percentage of crime, despite being a much lower percentage of the overall population, it makes perfect sense.
Are you suggesting that the color of skin is relevant to likelihood to commit a crime? And, there is not something else that may be driving higher crime rates?
I'm asking because on it's face, your assertion is shockingly racist. We're not talking microaggression or cultural humility racist. We're talking white hood, Robert Byrd racist.
So, help me understand what you mean by this so other people don't get the wrong impression of what Redbrick or you are suggesting.
SIC EM 94 said:Edmond Bear said:SIC EM 94 said:Edmond Bear said:Redbrickbear said:
Honestly Seattle is one of the cities that might be able to get away with limited police (for a while anyway)
The demographic breakdown of the city is:
White: 69.5%
Asian: 13.8%
.
I have to be reading this wrong because it sounds like you are trying to say that there aren't as many black people in Seattle so they do not need as many police.
That cannot be right. Help me out here.
I think you are reading it right. When blacks commit a much higher percentage of crime, despite being a much lower percentage of the overall population, it makes perfect sense.
Are you suggesting that the color of skin is relevant to likelihood to commit a crime? And, there is not something else that may be driving higher crime rates?
I'm asking because on it's face, your assertion is shockingly racist. We're not talking microaggression or cultural humility racist. We're talking white hood, Robert Byrd racist.
So, help me understand what you mean by this so other people don't get the wrong impression of what Redbrick or you are suggesting.
The color of someone's skin does not make them commit a crime.
Are you suggesting blacks do not commit a disproportionately high percentage of crime, in relation to the overall population? The statistics show that they clearly do. The fact that you appear to be denying that suggests that you are more interested in reassigning blame than anything else.