Is Seattle Ready to Stop Deteriorating?

null By James FreemanSept. 20, 2023 2:25 pm ETIn 2022 a homeless man checks on a friend who had passed out after smoking fentanyl in Seattle. Photo: John Moore/Getty ImagesIt’s not easy to be hopeful about a restoration of public safety given Seattle’s heartbreaking homicide surge this year. But there are signs that even the progressive pols who run this troubled city are not content to allow a continuing doom loop of human degradation. Sarah Grace Taylor reports for the Seattle Times:Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscriptionSubscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign InAbout this articleBest of the Web Today“Best of the Web” highlights the most interesting and important stories of the day—often suggested by readers—and also features constructive media criticism and sometimes even poetry. It appears every weekday online. James FreemanJames Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Str

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Is Seattle Ready to Stop Deteriorating?
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James Freeman

Sept. 20, 2023 2:25 pm ET

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In 2022 a homeless man checks on a friend who had passed out after smoking fentanyl in Seattle. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images

It’s not easy to be hopeful about a restoration of public safety given Seattle’s heartbreaking homicide surge this year. But there are signs that even the progressive pols who run this troubled city are not content to allow a continuing doom loop of human degradation. Sarah Grace Taylor reports for the Seattle Times:

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