Budgets demonstrate values and priorities and a majority on the Seattle City Council just sent a clear message that the police don’t matter. The recently approved 2023 budget eliminated 80 unfilled police officer positions with no provisions for restaffing the severely depleted police department. But here’s what the...
Seattle’s absurd giveaway proposal for drug addicts
The Seattle City Council needs a shakeup
Seattle voters have made it adamantly clear what they want when it comes to public safety, as polling has repeatedly demonstrated. They want crime reduced so they feel safe, and more police officers on the force, not fewer. Yet, the majority of the City Council isn’t listening. Recently the council...
Western State Hospital has become Arkham Asylum – if the Joker ran it
A recent expose by The Tacoma News Tribune of the state’s largest mental health facility is not only perhaps one of the most glaring examples of the inmates literally running the asylum as you’ll ever get, but it’s also a vivid example of how failings within the state’s mental...
Why we are thankful
With Thanksgiving this week it’s a good opportunity to take time to discuss what we at Change Washington are thankful for. Our heartfelt thanks go to those who financially support Change Washington. Your contributions allow us to continue tracking and monitoring public policies in Seattle and King County that...
