by Rich Smith • Jan 26, 2021 at 9:00 am
The cops who guard Durkan and her property from protesters and people who say they want to kill her would like the wifi password. LESTER BLACK
A Seattle cop who has been guarding Mayor Jenny Durkan s $7.5 million mansion said the post sometimes leaves shifts at the North Precinct understaffed and subjects officers to hours of boredom without relief. We don’t even have a bathroom out there. There s no bathroom. And [her street] has the worst fucking cell phone service. You just sit there and stare and think about how shitty your life is for four or five hours, said one officer who requested anonymity.
No job for the faint of heart
Mon, 12/21/2020
By Jean Godden
As we sit down to smaller than usual holiday celebrations, Seattleites are confronting an interesting dilemma. Who s going to be leading our city in future years?
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, after a tumultuous three years at the helm, decided not to run for a second term. In announcing her Dec. 7 decision, the mayor said she wanted to serve her final year restoring the city economy after months of being buffeted by riots, violence, hate crimes and ravages of the covid-19 crisis.
That makes Durkan the city s fourth mayor out of the last five to serve only one term. King County Executive Dow Constantine acknowledged that Durkan was handed a mess that no one could have foreseen. It has been chaotic: a pandemic, homelessness, nightly demonstrations and unrest. Dow s conclusion: The job chews people up.