MORE OLYMPIA PROBLEMS: This is wild. Just minutes from Governor Jay Inslee's(@GovInslee) Mansion and the Capitol Campus, workers at this Starbucks(@Starbucks, @StarbucksNews) on Martin Way say some nut job recently smashed the drive-thru screen with a golf club. So the store no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
TALE OF TWO CITIES: Last month, I examined #Olympia's homeless crisis on @wsdot properties. But the way @CityofLacey is responding VS @cityofolympia is like night and day. In other words, local jurisdictions can take control and lead the response.
BROAD SPECTRUM: I spent days in #Olympia talking to homeless men and women living in these encampments. Listen carefully to what they're saying. This is not just a housing issue as CERTAIN POLITICIANS want you to believe.

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CRAZY TOWN GETS CRAZIER: Another insane Monday afternoon in downtown #Seattle. I was doing my usual rounds, about to report some POSITIVE NEWS regarding the encampment sweep at 3rd Ave & Pike St this morning. Mayor Bruce Harrell(@MayorofSeattle) defending the corner from "trap… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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FINALLY HAPPENING: On Wednesday, crews are moving in to sweep the problematic #SODO encampment right outside the Salvation Army and BMW dealership. It's been an unsanctioned camp for nearly two years and was supposed to be part of Dow Constantine's(@kcexec) failed HOMELESS… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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@kcexec @SeattleFire @CMTammyMorales @KC_RHA MULTIPLE DRUG OVERDOSES: Back in January, emergency crews saved a woman suspected of a fentanyl overdose in SODO at this same encampment.
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