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Mayor’s Director of External Affairs resigns, facing “alcohol facilitated” rape allegations

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Pedro Gomez, the now-former director of external affairs in Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office, has been accused of alcohol-fueled sexual assault in the second degree, according to a report filed last summer with the Seattle Police Department (SPD).

Seattle’s CID public forum addresses wave of stabbings, safety concerns

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Residents of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) gathered with crucial council members and public safety officials during a public forum on Nov. 19 to address a recent wave of stabbings that has left the community on edge.

Is the CID being spied upon? Surveillance legislation passes, in spite of significant opposition

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For its third straight meeting, Seattle’s Public Safety Committee listened to dissent against proposed pieces of legislation from a majority of public commenters—one of whom brought a detailed opposition letter from Seattle Solidarity Budget, signed by 60 organizations and 431 individuals—and voted unanimously to pass them, anyway, at its Sept. 24 meeting.