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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: Seattle Restaurant Hit 25 Times, Owner BEGS Officials Who Can't Help
Description: Twenty-five break-ins since 2020 at one Seattle restaurant. TWENTY-FIVE. What's the owner's brilliant strategy? Keep calling city officials who can't help him while bleeding six figures in repairs and security upgrades. Meanwhile, Seattle voters just picked a 43-year-old socialist whose parents send her $2,200 monthly for daycare to potentially run the city. You can't make this stuff up.We break down how progressive policies created this crime wave, why the revolving door justice system enables repeat offenders, and what happens when "defund the police" meets reality. From understaffed police departments to judges who think 45 felony convictions deserve diversion programs, Seattle's small...