Crystal Fincher

Today we have  Brianna Thomas, candidate for Seattle City Council, Position 9  (Citywide). With Crystal, she dives into her knowledge of how Seattle does work, and vision for how Seattle could  work. They touch on the causes of and solutions to homelessness, where  public safety in Seattle goes from here,

Erica C. Barnett joins Crystal on the show this week to discuss developments in Seattle’s response to the homelessness crisis, the ironic language of the Compassion Seattle Initiative, the cancellation of a needle exchange program in Federal Way, and calls for the King County sheriff to resign in light

This week Crystal and Marcus Harrison Green, publisher of the South Seattle Emerald and columnist with The Seattle Times,  go over the Kshama Sawant recall petition being allowed to move forward  by the WA Supreme Court, a pro-encampment sweep Seattle charter  amendment coated in flowery language about compassion, and Marcus’

This week Seattle  mayoral candidate Andrew Grant Houston chats with Crystal about his  plans if he becomes mayor, including: rapid housing in tiny homes for  our unhoused population, restoring transit up to pre-covid levels, and  public safety efforts becoming less than 50% police focused. He also  covers how he -

This history of  police reform in Seattle is long and winding, and today Crystal is  joined by former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn to get in to how we got to  our present point. Additionally, they cover what may come next in  Seattle policing, and how this will affect this year’

This week Crystal dives into discussion of the Seattle mayoral race with candidate and City Council President Lorena González. Topics include what Council President González would require in the Seattle Police Officers Guild contract, how she would work with the city council once she becomes mayor, and what she would