Uncovering the mysteries of telephone poles, RVs, and more
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Ashley Archibald, reporter at Real Change, David Kroman, city reporter for Crosscut, and Eli Sanders, associate editor at The Stranger.
Who parked an RV in front of City Council member Lisa Herbold's house? Not a political activist, as social media and news sources first reported.
Also, the city warned employees that they might have been exposed to toxic chemicals while cleaning a homeless encampment. But according to a Seattle Time's investigation, they forgot to tell someone else. The people living at the encampment.
A new report shows that Seattle's Navigation Team isn't getting the same number of people into shelters as other non-profit homeless outreach programs. Should they be judged by those measures, or do they get a pass for also removing unsanctioned encampments?
And we've finally solved the mystery of why 26 utility poles fell in Tukwila last April! Now, what do we do about all the other poles that need replacing?
Plus, the city has reached a settlement with the owner of the Showbox music venue. They'll be paying that owner almost one million dollars. Was it worth it?
And finally, the Washington Board of Health voted to ban flavored vaping products for 120 days. Will it actually help with vaping related lung diseases?