i am so angry that after nearly SIX years of waiting for the SPOG contract to come out from closed door negotiations, we were only given 1 minute for public comment.
here's what i would have said with a whole 2 minutes: 🧵
We’re baaaaaack! Some news:
Crystal & Monisha Harrell have acquired KVRU 105.7 FM, a non-profit, non-commercial community radio station based in South Seattle, with plans to preserve it as a trusted resource through community-driven programming
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If you are part of the 80% of Seattle voters who support civilianized crisis response to low-priority calls, take 30s to sign in PRO to HB 1816 by TOMORROW at 9:30a! 1/3
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On this week-in-review, @finchfrii and @drbestturtle discuss:
📂Filing week & the 3⃣ Bobs
⚖️Boeing to face criminal prosecution
🥡Gig worker rights battle
🤝Mega-coalition criticizes Harrell’s Comp Plan
🚔Disappointing SPOG contract approved
https://t.co/KyfBXDuFuG 🧵 1/12
Passing statewide legislation takes years of coalition building, not just a copy-and-pasted sentence in the City's annual legislative agenda. Seattle must stand firm on what we get out of collective bargaining with SPOG - this contract feels like we didn't even try.
Some point to the state legislature as the solution to the conundrum. We have been there too and no action on this issue has happened since a 2021 public hearing.
The contract before you is already expired. What leverage is left when SPOG walks away with 23% backpay raises in exchange for barely any accountability?
This permissive SPOG contract locks up a quarter of the general fund in the SPD budget. Counter to misinformation from the last several years about SPD getting defunded, it is really SPD that is defunding everything else.
This permissive SPOG contract enables a toxic workplace culture to fester, impacting SPD's recruitment and retention of good officers despite all the City resources that have been thrown at it.
This permissive SPOG contract hampers Seattle standing up a civilian-led alternative crisis response for situations where an armed response isn't necessary and may even cause escalation and be harmful.
Lately, discussion about public safety has been about addressing a "permissive environment" around crime. I would argue that the permissive environment that really needs to be changed is the one that the SPOG contract enables.
i am so angry that after nearly SIX years of waiting for the SPOG contract to come out from closed door negotiations, we were only given 1 minute for public comment.
here's what i would have said with a whole 2 minutes: 🧵
The City and SPOG have had over 5 years to come to this agreement. I expected a massive price tag to come with any gains in accountability, but was honestly not prepared for how one-sided this agreement is.
In 2018, we stood with the coalition of community groups, including the @SeaCPC, against this contract's previous iteration. In December 2019, we spoke at the last and only public hearing on the current contract negotiations.
Hello. I’m Shannon Cheng, Chair of @PeoplePowerWA, speaking in opposition to the SPOG contract. Our group has worked on Seattle police accountability since the 2017 Accountability Ordinance.
The new SPOG contract is up for approval at Seattle City Council next Tuesday.
Trying to advocate and engage with an utterly opaque process over the last 5+ years has been challenging and frustrating. Despite that, I am still shocked at how one-sided the agreement turned out 💔
Hoping everyone listens to this episode about proposed dangerous surveillance technology 👁️ and asks City of Seattle to give us win-wins rather than lose-loses!
Today, guest host @drbestturtle talks Seattle surveillance technology with @amysundberg and BJ Last of Solidarity Budget:
💨 Rushed public input process
💩 Tech is ineffective AND harmful
🫂 Proven solutions for gun violence
📢 Public meeting 2/27!
https://t.co/2YIfpSpfIl 🧵 1/20