Summer of LoveDurkan
...Democrat Maress of Seattle, who allowed a chunk of the downtown of her city to be turned into an autonomous combat zone...announced on Monday that she won’t seek reelection. This almost ensures the unthinkable: Seattle will drift even further to the left.
The news didn’t come to me as a shock. I have been hearing rumors for the last couple weeks that Durkan was reconsidering reelection after being rendered powerless by a City Council that repeatedly stands in her way. After the last Council election, she was left with a majority of members who would never be her political allies.
At the same time, the mayor faced daily political pressure from the city’s most vocal and fringe activists, pressuring her to adopt their dangerous plans, including defunding the police.
She attempted to curry their favor, allowing the notorious "Summer of Love" to continue with the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ).
We all know how that went. She hired a former pimp to offer her some ’street cred’ but the streets decidedly distrust the figurative version of "the man."
If Durkan had a council to support her, she could withstand activist pressure and lead the city. But the Council is with the activist community. And Durkan hasn’t been able to lead.
Suburban Seattle police report cases of people knocking on doors, claiming they’re rightful homeownersVideo
With the current mayor now on her way out, the city will become even more unbearably progressive.
Durkan was as close to a mainstream Democrat that could be elected by Seattle residents and still be popular enough to have a shot at reelection. But since she took office in 2016, the political environment witnessed a tectonic shift after the election of President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
Since then, progressive and socialist activists have become more urgent in their political fights. They saw a country turn away from their political beliefs, towards a man they loathed. Not only was Trump brash, but he was also the epitome of everything they hated about capitalism: a system that lets a white man gain power.