Seattle’s business elite is taking aim at Mayor Katie Wilson, demanding she get tough on public safety as the city grapples with deadly violence, open-air drug markets and concerns over police response times.
In a blistering letter Thursday, the CEOs and leaders of some of the region’s biggest companies — Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Zillow, Nordstrom, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile and the Seattle Mariners — called on the City Council to deliver a “credible public-safety plan” with measurable results.
“A credible public-safety plan and a budget that protects the investments behind it are inseparable. Seattle voters have made clear that they expect both. We are ready to be partners,” the letter signed by 38 leaders reads.
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