{"id":287,"date":"2026-02-02T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/?p=287"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:07:34","slug":"seattles-collapse-radical-left-policies-empty-streets-and-a-mayor-making-it-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/seattles-collapse-radical-left-policies-empty-streets-and-a-mayor-making-it-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle\u2019s Collapse: Radical Left Policies, Empty Streets, and a Mayor Making It Worse<br>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seattle\u2019s Collapse: Radical Left Policies, Empty Streets, and a Mayor Making It Worse\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bWhn6ZO6jE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once ranked among the most livable cities in America, Seattle has become a case study in how radical leftist policies destroy cities from the inside out. In this episode of Behind the Wire on Rebel Radio, host Robert Burwell breaks down Seattle\u2019s slow collapse\u2014from tent cities and open-air drug use to skyrocketing crime, mass police attrition, and a commercial vacancy rate exceeding 34%.<br>We trace the city\u2019s decline through failed leadership decisions under multiple mayors, the disastrous handling of CHAZ, the defunding and demoralization of law enforcement, and the crushing tax burden that drove businesses out of downtown. Now, after voters elected activist mayor Katie Wilson, Seattle is doubling down on the very policies that caused the crisis\u2014ordering police to ignore drug crimes and even track federal ICE agents for activist groups.<br>With a $9 billion city budget and a looming deficit, this episode exposes why Seattle\u2019s future looks bleak, why more officers are likely to leave, and why residents across Washington should pay attention. Like it or not, Seattle is a warning\u2014and an example of what happens when ideology replaces common sense.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#Seattle #SeattleCrime #UrbanDecay #SoftOnCrime #DefundThePolice #RadicalLeft #CityInCrisis #LawAndOrder #WashingtonState #RebelRadio #BehindTheWire #ConservativePodcast #AmericaInDecline #FailedPolicies #PublicSafety<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle\u2019s Collapse: Radical Left Policies, Empty Streets, and a Mayor Making It Worse<br \/>\n#Seattle #SeattleCrime #UrbanDecay #SoftOnCrime #DefundThePolice #RadicalLeft #CityInCrisis #LawAndOrder #WashingtonState #RebelRadio #BehindTheWire #ConservativePodcast #AmericaInDecline #FailedPolicies #PublicSafety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78,153,42,238,1,77],"tags":[269,270,267,108,262,258,259,264,266,261,260,263,265,268,271,44],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-prepping","category-rebel-radio-wa3-podcast","category-taxes","category-uncategorized","category-washington-politics","tag-behind-the-wire-podcast","tag-conservative-analysis-seattle","tag-radical-left-policies","tag-rebel-radio-podcast","tag-seattle-business-vacancies","tag-seattle-collapse","tag-seattle-crime","tag-seattle-defund-police","tag-seattle-downtown-decay","tag-seattle-drug-crisis","tag-seattle-homelessness","tag-seattle-mayor-katie-wilson","tag-seattle-open-air-drug-use","tag-soft-on-crime-cities","tag-urban-decline-america","tag-washington-state-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wa3percent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/file_00000000934871fd963371cf37033740_copy_506x337.png?fit=506%2C337&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa3percent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}