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It was only last June that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan was drawing national ridicule after suggesting that allowing a segment of her city’s downtown to devolve into lawlessness could be paving the way for a “summer of love.”
Thirteen months later, and eight months after she signed a city budget that slashed police funding by almost 20 percent, Durkan is singing a different tune — but she isn’t getting a lot of sympathy.
In a news conference Monday, the liberal Democrat who has already announced she’s not running for re-election said the Emerald City is going to have to rebuild its police force.
Seattle Mayor Who Wanted 'Summer of Love' Now Calling for More Cops After Painful Reality Check
Thirteen months later, and eight months after she signed a city budget that slashed police funding by almost 20 percent, Durkan is singing a different tune — but she isn’t getting a lot of sympathy.
In a news conference Monday, the liberal Democrat who has already announced she’s not running for re-election said the Emerald City is going to have to rebuild its police force.
Seattle Mayor Who Wanted 'Summer of Love' Now Calling for More Cops After Painful Reality Check