1. Something needs to be done, because the article is correct that downtown is becoming worse than it has been in recent memory. Many businesses have closed and

1. Something needs to be done, because the article is correct that downtown is becoming worse than it has been in recent memory. Many businesses have closed and boarded up without re-opening. Seattle is becoming SF in terms of street issues but without the vibrant SF culture to keep people going outside. Seattleites love to stay in side it seems. 2. I’ve talked to police officers in seattle - who were currently on duty- who choose to ignore reported issues because “we’re defunded. We can’t do that now”. And I know I’m not the only one who had cops tell them as much. Why fund any police if the ones on duty don’t do their job? The SPD would rather complain about politics instead of doing their job yet they want more money?