A Seattle tech entrepreneur has authored a withering evaluation of how political progressives in West Coast cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles have failed to produce better results with their vaunted agenda.
Steve Murch writes, ” Despite lots of promises and years of investment, it’s hard to think of many significantly improved outcomes for public safety, education, addiction, health and urban ecology that came from Progressive policy pushes in the past decade.”
His essay comes back to a fundamental concern I have been voicing on the John Carlson Show in recent months, which is that Progressives fail to deliver what they promise with their political agenda.
A few examples:
- –Reimagining policing will reduce crime
–People are homeless because rent is too expensive
–Restricting police pursuits will make communities safer
–“cap and invest” fossil fuel auction law will only raise gas prices a few cents - –Buearucratizing homeless services will bring down homelessness
These are just a few policy examples that Washington Democrats in Olympia and King County have promised but have failed to yield the corresponding results.
As Murch notes in his essay, it’s okay to admit you’re wrong. But that seems unlikely from the current crop of elected Progressives and activists setting the agenda. That means it’s up to voters to reject those incumbents in the 2023 and 2024 elections and vote in realistic candidates that can actually produce results for a better Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest and West Coast.
–written by John Carlson Show producer, Phil Vandervort, who speaks for no one but himself.
