when we come back, ask some of the folks what they watched before fox and how it s changed their viewing habits. pete: that s a good idea. steve: all right. see you then. pete: we will. ainsley: thank you, pete. my sister-in-law is from fort myers. so beautiful there love fox. steve: mel s. we have been there a couple of times. four times. brian: madness seattle police officer continues. ainsley: 1 9 officers have officially left the job at seattle police department. that is this year alone with 20 more separations in line to be processed in the coming weeks. but the staffing crisis doesn t seem to phase the city council as it it cutting the police budget by 50%. steve: former seattle candidate lance randal joins us from out west. lance, good morning to you. good morning. steve: okay. so somebody one of the council member s, staff members was emailing saying hey, what if we tut another 50%?
were made public and because that candidate had alliances with some members of the council, that when she won the race, they killed any opportunity for the mayor to create any relationship with the council because there was an alliance and no relationship has ever come to fruition because of the misstep. steve: well, lance, what is your case for the people of seattle, why they should make you the mayor to make, you know, it s safe for somebody like you to be outside your house so you don t get shot? well, the main thing is that i believe in public safety. we need to have a strong public safety service delivery system and that includes the police department, fire department, paramedic and human services providers and there s a system that mayors across the country that have to keep the public safe and protected and right now, one of our agencies that
and campaign filed a lawsuit to oversee and review ballots if necessary. the search is over for the woman accused for causing a crash at the tour of france, arrested in the city s country s west coast, police have been looking for her for days. she could reportedly face up to a year in prison. that s a look at your headlines, steve. over to you. steve: meanwhile in the city of seattle which famously helped and held a chop zone last summer, mayoral candidate randal was nearly shot at his home on saturday after armed criminals were caught stealing converter from a neighbor s car. lance randal joins us right now from the pacific northwest. lance, good morning to you. good morning. steve: you re lucky to be alive. you heard something and you took a look and those guys were willing to kill you because you