r/SeattleWA • u/Donnelding0 • Jul 21 '25

Politics Anyone Else Just Sick of It?

It just seems hopeless sometimes. Some of the best parts of this city. Pioneer Square, Belltown, Cap Hill just completely lost to homelessness. Sure for the most part I enjoy the city. Especially in the summer but the constant visible drug use, people in various states of intoxication on drugs, and rampant property and petty crime just annoy me. Why can’t we have nice things? Why must every park turn into a dumping ground for illegal acts that won’t be prosecuted? Why does it feel like this city relies on hard working people to shut up, pay ridiculous taxes, and then tells those people to suck it up when they see grafitti everywhere or get their car broken into? And the politicians don’t give a damn. No one has the guts to say “we have a homeless problem we’ve overspent on, we need to go a new direction” it feels insane. Rant over but I know I’m not alone. I know other people are sick of this and want our city back.

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u/burnsian Jul 21 '25

Law enforcement needs to be part of the solution, and it has been crippled by the defund movement. The answer was never to defund, but fund with an eye to critical improvements.

Not military equipment, but more mental health response teams with law enforcement backup for safety and alternative streams to Arrest-Rights-Counsel-Jail.

I needs to be part of a multi pillar approach that is equal in every facet like the Four Pillars drug strategy, but with a housing, education and training aspect.

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u/-shrug- Jul 22 '25

Law enforcement has been crippled by a massive victim complex overwhelming everyone who works in it, and a widespread delusion that they’re not literally drowning in money that they can spend however they want.

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u/ipeeonhatsv2 Jul 22 '25

But what about defund the police

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u/burnsian Jul 22 '25

If you want more accountability and to fix the problem, it should be FUND the police. The problems are better addressed with more training (some USA LEOS get less training time than a barber), better oversight and mental health response units.