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Meh. I don't believe you. I serious doubt a bit of money for black people is breaking the bank for a city the size of Seattle.

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Well you might view it like that, but to me our taxed money is earned by hard work and seeing it wasted on someone’s political goals or activism or grift is offensive to me. And the city doesn’t have money - it’s about to close like 20 schools because of it. And much of the city is ridden with potholes and missing basics like sidewalks. The police force is less than half the size it is supposed to be. The fire department is heavily staffed by volunteers. https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-public-schools-sps-elementary-schools-2025-2026-100-million-annual-budget-gap-65-percent-capacity-student-teacher-ratios-final-recommendation-superintendent-brent-jones-utilization-consolidation https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-public-schools-sps-e...
- vaidhy 2y ago
  Your disagreement with a policy does not make it corrupt. Being part of a democracy involves compromises and often times, you pick the battle you want to win. This article was about explicit corruption where the public funds are transferred into the hands of a few under dubious reasoning.
  - zmgsabst 2y ago
    They’re closing schools but transferred millions to racist grifters on dubious grounds in violation of public funding laws. And that’s ignoring such race-based policies are explicitly illegal under Washington law.
zmgsabst 2y ago
This is taking money from hard working black people and giving it to a handful of racist grifters. Further, it deprives their schools, police, EMTs, etc of tax funding from the wider city to enrich grifters — and these are communities that already struggle with funding. Your comment only makes sense if you view “black people” as an amorphous blob, essentially defined by their ethnicity and not as individually distinct people. Yuck.

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

Well you might view it like that, but to me our taxed money is earned by hard work and seeing it wasted on someone’s political goals or activism or grift is offensive to me. And the city doesn’t have money - it’s about to close like 20 schools because of it. And much of the city is ridden with potholes and missing basics like sidewalks. The police force is less than half the size it is supposed to be. The fire department is heavily staffed by volunteers. https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-public-schools-sps-elementary-schools-2025-2026-100-million-annual-budget-gap-65-percent-capacity-student-teacher-ratios-final-recommendation-superintendent-brent-jones-utilization-consolidation https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-public-schools-sps-e...

vaidhy 2y ago
Your disagreement with a policy does not make it corrupt. Being part of a democracy involves compromises and often times, you pick the battle you want to win. This article was about explicit corruption where the public funds are transferred into the hands of a few under dubious reasoning.
- zmgsabst 2y ago
  They’re closing schools but transferred millions to racist grifters on dubious grounds in violation of public funding laws. And that’s ignoring such race-based policies are explicitly illegal under Washington law.

zmgsabst 2y ago

This is taking money from hard working black people and giving it to a handful of racist grifters. Further, it deprives their schools, police, EMTs, etc of tax funding from the wider city to enrich grifters — and these are communities that already struggle with funding. Your comment only makes sense if you view “black people” as an amorphous blob, essentially defined by their ethnicity and not as individually distinct people. Yuck.