News Summary

• Local grassroots organizations, business owners and politicians speak out as Seattle’s new socialist Mayor Katie Wilson rushes to curtail massive homeless encampments, open-air drug use in city streets and parks.
• "You can just see the foil is like blowing down the sidewalks like autumn leaves," Andrea Suarez, founder and executive director of We Heart Seattle, said.
• Local conservative radio host Ari Hoffman said he believes the city is making its problems worse.
• "Seattle and Washington and King County have spent a ton of money on what I call Homeless, Inc., which is fueling this problem," Hoffman said.