A Fish Stinks from the Head
Only had a chance to glance at your stories. Totally in sympathy but I'm gone, praise be.
The truth about the city (and state) is actually much darker. I'm not naming any names that aren't out already.
About 20% of the power structure is held by truly evil people without any sense of moral values and dedicated to their bank accounts. This includes most of the major politicians who have run the state and city, law enforcement, the legal 'elite' in town, the state and county judiciary, and the unions. The fact that a Supreme Court justice is DUI is nothing -- the dirt is much deeper. Women in power are at least as whorish as the men. When these stories filter out, as they are, and will continue to, you ask yourself: how can this be possible?
Answer: the remaining 80% of the power structure is as stupid as electric nose trimmers. They haven't got a clue who put the t---ds in their shorts.
It's easy to hide the civic cancer under the ginormous blanket of sickening political correctness that covers everything here.
It's a region of the country with a closely-knit mafiosi that would make Rick Perry envious. Huey Long would be proud that his demagoguery flourishes under the pure hypocrisy.
Seattle, in short, is an echo chamber of the vile, demented and imbecilic. If you don't fit in with this crowd, do yourself a favor: leave and warn others.