Link to Part One From her extremely privileged upbringing to her self-induced eventual downfall, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has relied on a sordid family history of baiting Black and Brown voters with sugar-coated promises that get exposed as being inedible.…
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The Miseducation of Jenny Durkan: Part 1
From her extremely privileged upbringing to her self-induced eventual downfall, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has relied on a sordid family history of baiting Black and Brown voters with sugar-coated promises that get exposed as being inedible. Despite her repeated claims…
Meet Jenny Anne Durkan
Jenny Anne Durkan was born in Seattle on May 19, 1958 to Martin Durkan and Lorraine Durkan (nee Noonan). Her family lived on Mercer Island in the mid-1950s and Bellevue in the early 1960s settling in Issaquah by 1963. She…
2020 Handling of George Floyd Protests
On June 1, during the George Floyd protests in Seattle in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, police in full riot gear barricaded the SPD’s East Precinct building from protesters, using blast balls, flash bang grenades, and pepper spray against the crowd…
2020 Encampment Sweeps During Public Health Emergency
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Durkan continued sweeping homeless encampments, forcing homeless people to leave their campsite and find a different place to live. Homeless shelters had gone on lock down in late March and had limited capabilities. The Centers for…
2019 Racist Workplace Allegations
In April 2019, two of Mayor Durkan’s staffers accused her of mistreatment and called the working environment “toxic“. One alleged that Durkan “grabbed her face and forcibly turned her head” when the employee was making suggestions on how to handle…