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[[Image:Space Needle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Space Needle]], a Seattle icon.]]

[[Image:Space Needle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Space Needle]], a Seattle icon.]]

'''Seattle''' (47.606N. -122.33W) with a population 621,000 in 2012, is the largest city in the American state of [[Washington]] and in the [[Pacific]] Northwest. It was named after [[Chief Sealth]], a Suqamish/Duwamish [[Native American]] leader.  

'''Seattle''' (47.606N. -122.33W) with a population 621,000 in 2012, is the largest city in the American state of [[Washington]] and in the [[Pacific]] Northwest. It was named after Chief Sealth, a Suqamish/Duwamish [[Native American]] leader.  

Seattle was officially incorporated in 1889, but had been a town since 1851, when a group of pioneers from [[Illinois]] settled West Seattle, a peninsula within the current city limits to the west. From about 1960 until about 2000, the population remained relatively static, just under 600,000.  However, the population increased into the suburbs north toward [[Everett]], south toward [[Seatac]] and [[Tacoma]] and east (across [[Lake Washington]]) to [[Mercer Island]], [[Kirkland]], [[Redmond]], [[Bellevue]] and [[Issaquah]]. As fuel prices have increased and zoning has allowed more growth, Seattle has grown about 40,000 in the last 6 years.

Seattle was officially incorporated in 1889, but had been a town since 1851, when a group of pioneers from [[Illinois]] settled West Seattle, a peninsula within the current city limits to the west. From about 1960 until about 2000, the population remained relatively static, just under 600,000.  However, the population increased into the suburbs north toward Everett, south toward Seatac and [[Tacoma]] and east (across Lake Washington) to Mercer Island, Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue and Issaquah. As fuel prices have increased and zoning has allowed more growth, Seattle has grown about 40,000 in the last 6 years.

Long influenced by [[liberal]] policies, Seattle has been in a state of decline,<ref>Jasper, William F. (April 11, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31992-seattle-is-dying-radical-progressivism-is-the-reason Seattle Is Dying: Radical “Progressivism” Is the Reason]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 11, 2019.</ref> particularly in recent years under current [[Democrat]] mayor [[Jenny Durkan]], an open lesbian who has drawn criticism for her racism and sexism for her attacks on white men (along with throwing around accusations of "white privilege"), claiming them responsible for the rioting and destruction being caused in the [[2020 Antifa riots]] (while ignoring that she herself is white and that those she blames for the chaos are actually leftists like herself).<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/06/lesbian-mayor-blames-white-men-violence-destruction-riots/ Lesbian mayor blames 'white men' for 'violence and destruction' at riots] at WorldNetDaily</ref>  On July 10, 2020, it was announced that a King County Superior Court judge had approved a petition to recall Durkan due to her poor handling of the Antifa rioting in Seattle.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/12/judge-approves-petition-recall-democrat-seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan/ Judge Approves Petition to Recall Democrat Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan] at Breitbart News Network</ref>

Long influenced by [[liberal]] policies, Seattle has been in a state of decline,<ref>Jasper, William F. (April 11, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31992-seattle-is-dying-radical-progressivism-is-the-reason Seattle Is Dying: Radical “Progressivism” Is the Reason]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 11, 2019.</ref> particularly in recent years under current [[Democrat]] mayor [[Jenny Durkan]], an open lesbian who has drawn criticism for her racism and sexism for her attacks on white men (along with throwing around accusations of "white privilege"), claiming them responsible for the rioting and destruction being caused in the [[2020 Antifa riots]] (while ignoring that she herself is white and that those she blames for the chaos are actually leftists like herself).<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/06/lesbian-mayor-blames-white-men-violence-destruction-riots/ Lesbian mayor blames 'white men' for 'violence and destruction' at riots] at WorldNetDaily</ref>  On July 10, 2020, it was announced that a King County Superior Court judge had approved a petition to recall Durkan due to her poor handling of the Antifa rioting in Seattle.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/12/judge-approves-petition-recall-democrat-seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan/ Judge Approves Petition to Recall Democrat Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan] at Breitbart News Network</ref>

Many people have flocked to the Seattle area to work in what's called the "knowledge economy."<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/real_estate/brainiest_cities/ America's smartest cities]</ref>

Many people have flocked to the Seattle area to work in what's called the "knowledge economy."<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/real_estate/brainiest_cities/ America's smartest cities]</ref>

==Politics and homelessness==

==Politics==

===Cleaning excrement off the street is racism===

In Seattle, the Employee Hours Tax (EHT), was passed by the Seattle City Council in May 2018 and was signed into law by Democrat Mayor Jenny Durkan. The 9 member Seattle City Council has 8 Democrats and 1 Trotskyite socialist.  The tax on businesses was set at a rate of $275 annually per employee to fund homeless services.  Seattle city councilmen Larry Gossett objected to cleaning the sidewalks surrounding the courthouse because to pressure wash the sidewalks of urine and excrement, in the Democrat councilman's words, "is racist."<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/leftist-politician-decides-cleaning-poop-seattles-streets-pressure-washer-racist</ref>

In Seattle, the Employee Hours Tax (EHT), was passed by the Seattle City Council in May 2018 and was signed into law by Democrat Mayor Jenny Durkan. The 9 member Seattle City Council has 8 Democrats and 1 Trotskyite socialist.  The tax on businesses was set at a rate of $275 annually per employee to fund homeless services.  Seattle city councilmen Larry Gossett objected to cleaning the sidewalks surrounding the courthouse because to pressure wash the sidewalks of urine and excrement, in the Democrat councilman's words, "is racist."<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/leftist-politician-decides-cleaning-poop-seattles-streets-pressure-washer-racist</ref>

With the contribution figures such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren decried Amazon's “out-of-control corporate greed” and promoted a message that Amazon was “trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections in their favor.” The progressive and socialist candidates framed the election as a choice between Amazon and the #Resistance.  Seattle voters turned out for the progressive-socialist slate. All but one of the most progressive candidates won their districts—including a [[Democratic Socialists of America]] candidate and a [[Trotskyite]] incumbent Kshama Sawant, who demands the nationalization of [[Boeing]] and Amazon. Seattle's ''City Journal'' reported,  

With the contribution figures such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren decried Amazon's “out-of-control corporate greed” and promoted a message that Amazon was “trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections in their favor.” The progressive and socialist candidates framed the election as a choice between Amazon and the #Resistance.  Seattle voters turned out for the progressive-socialist slate. All but one of the most progressive candidates won their districts—including a [[Democratic Socialists of America]] candidate and a [[Trotskyite]] incumbent Kshama Sawant, who demands the nationalization of [[Boeing]] and Amazon. Seattle's ''City Journal'' reported,  

{{quotebox|The progressive-socialist alliance has wasted no time laying out an ambitious agenda. It includes ordinances for rent control, drug-consumption sites, decriminalization of prostitution, legalization of homeless encampments, defunding critical police programs, free public transit, and an array of new taxes, including a “mansion tax,” “excess compensation tax,” and an “Amazon tax” three times larger than the original levy that was repealed last year. Amazon tried to unseat Seattle’s progressive regime, but the progressives have only strengthened their hold on municipal power—and now they’re out for revenge.<ref>https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-progressive-city-council-amazon</ref>}}

{{quotebox|The progressive-socialist alliance has wasted no time laying out an ambitious agenda. It includes ordinances for rent control, drug-consumption sites, decriminalization of prostitution, legalization of homeless encampments, defunding critical police programs, free public transit, and an array of new taxes, including a “mansion tax,” “excess compensation tax,” and an “Amazon tax” three times larger than the original levy that was repealed last year. Amazon tried to unseat Seattle’s progressive regime, but the progressives have only strengthened their hold on municipal power—and now they’re out for revenge.<ref>https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-progressive-city-council-amazon</ref>}}

===Peoples Republic of Chaz===

===Peoples Republic of Chaz===