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…
Durkan Goes Full Bunker Boy
Like Trump, the only thing greater than Mayor Durkin’s arrogance is her ignorance. Late Friday night, Consent Decree Federal Judge James Robart ruled in favor of the United States government to halt a Seattle ban on police use of tear gas…
Where We’re At: A Candid Look Into Our Legal Case
Elliott Harvey is Chair of The Committee to Recall Jenny Durkan and Legal Director of Fire the Mayor. On July 10th, 2020, Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts ruled that one of our campaign’s seven charges against Seattle’s Mayor Jenny Durkan…
Bertha Landes: America’s First Female Mayor
Bertha Ethel Knight Landes was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily with women’s organizations, she was elected to the Seattle City Council…
Daddy Durkan
Martin James Durkan Sr. (June 30, 1923 – May 29, 2005) was an American politician from the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1957 to 1959 and in the State Senate from 1959 to…