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Seattle Times sues city of Seattle over Mayor Jenny Durkan's missing text messages during protests

2021-06-08

[SEATTLETIMES] The Seattle Times filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the city of Seattle mishandled requests from news hounds for officials’ text messages during a tumultuous period last summer when police abandoned the East Precinct and used tear gas on protesters.

The complaint, filed in King County Superior Court, follows a whistleblower investigation that found Seattle Mayor Jenny Summer of Love Durkan
Jenny <q>Summer of Love</q> Durkan

...Democrat Maress of Seattle, who allowed a chunk of the downtown of her city to be turned into an autonomous combat zone. She just can't figure what went wrong, if anything...
’s office violated state public records laws in its handling of requests after discovering the mayor’s texts were missing for a 10-month period.

Four Seattle Times news hounds were among the requesters affected. Their requests were largely focused on officials’ communications surrounding a series of events last summer, including fatal shootings in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area that formed following the precinct’s abandonment and the resignation of former Police Chief Carmen Best. None of the news hounds were informed that the mayor’s texts had not been retained.

The Seattle Times, represented by attorney Kathy George, claims the city violated the Public Records Act by withholding or destroying the mayor’s records after they were requested. The Times also argues the city did not respond to requests in a timely fashion and with the fullest assistance, as required by state law.

The city has said that one of Durkan’s city-issued cellphones was set to delete texts after 30 days, which goes against state law and the city’s retention policies. It is still not clear who is responsible for changing the retention setting to 30 days, the shortest standard option on an iPhone. Texts from seven police department officials, including the former chief, and the fire chief are also missing.

Posted by:Fred

#5 Hay Jus, I am so tired so people asking someone to do something for them. What has the service industry come to?

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-08 22:23

#4 People of Seattle need to file immediately to stop any further deteriorations of their city.
This is Seattle. 'nuff said.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-06-08 09:37

#3 Durkan is actually more sane than most Dems in Seattle politics. She stopped some transportation projects that were ill advised and over budget.

Durkan has announced that she is NOT running for re-election.

The candidates (so far about a dozen have filed or declared) will range from the extremely loony to the less loony and it is doubtful that a rational person could actually win the contest.

Issues will be crime, managing the homeless population, taxing Amazon and transportation (bicycle lanes and streetcars).

Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-06-08 09:35

#2 ...ah, no. This is what they wanted. The Left lives in la-la land. They will not learn from their self destructive ways.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-06-08 06:25

#1
malfeasance by the office holder is grounds for removal from office and institute an election, by law. People of Seattle need to file immediately to stop any further deteriorations of their city.

Posted by: Omins Sproing8929 2021-06-08 00:44

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