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Discovery Institute Senior Journalism Fellow. NEWS TIP: jchoe@discovery.org, *Vids branded "DI" represent Discovery Institute. Other views expressed are my own.

Mar 26, 2023, 8 tweets

#BREAKING: Washington State Dept. of Transportation finally SWEEPING two notorious #Chinatown-ID encampments on Tuesday. One at King St. and the other on Jackson St. All on @wsdot property. These camps have been linked to drug deals, fires, a meth lab explosion, shootings,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

NEVER FORGET: I launched this EXCLUSIVE story last month. Summit Sierra High School is caught in the middle of open air drug deals, homeless encampment infernos, and a black market that's thriving in #Chinatown-ID. This is just the latest crisis … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

METH LAB INFERNO: Last month, authorities say a meth lab exploded at the Jackson St. encampment on @wsdot property. Once again
@CMTammyMorales MIA. Auto body shop owner nearby is shocked @KC_RHA's Marc Dones says homeless will only be moved if … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@wsdot @CMTammyMorales @KC_RHA SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: More tents up in flames on this @wsdot property, victimizing #Chinatown-ID again. No sign of @CMTammyMorales coming out to support her dist. after recent string of homeless related fires. Where is @KC_RHA+Marc Dones? Will he show … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

MASSIVE INFERNO: Feb 3 another fire at King St. encampment in #Chinatown-ID on @wsdot property. Notice a theme here? State ignores problems in this minority community. @CMTammyMorales MIA. Where is the equity lens for Asian Americans? #Seattle
@GovInsleetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

TONE DEAF: Last month, parents RAGED on @KC_RHA
CEO Marc Dones earlier about lingering homeless encampments, especially the Ship Canal Bridge encampment near John Stanford Int. School. Dones went on to say WA state law makers put in a funding requirement … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@KC_RHA MINI CAMPS: Tents+ structures remain in #Chinatown-ID on @wsdot property. Some have been here for more than year. Others popped up after massive 10th & Dearborn sweep few months ago.
@KC_RHA @GovInslee @WAStateCommerce @CMTammyMorales @MayorofSeattletwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

NOV 2022: @wsdot Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar said, "When we see something starting, we get in and stop it." 3 months later, structure he was referring to in #Chinatown-ID is still there. BTW, watch
@GovInslee throw Roger under the bus. 🙃

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