Worst Embarrassment Yet for Ailing Woke Seattle Mayor as Locals File Papers to Fire Her Over Crime Chaos, Just Seven Months After She Was Sworn In

Seattle’s progressive mayor is facing a potential recall after locals criticized her handling of public safety and filed paperwork to get rid of her just seven months after she was sworn in.

Local couple Melinda Jacobson and Dale Osterud filed a recall charge against Democratic Mayor Katie Wilson, blasting her for being ‘derelict in her duties for public safety of the city of Seattle,’ according to the Seattle Times.

Jacobson accused Wilson of having ‘sort of ignored the public safety part of her job, which is a huge part, and that is not right.’

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Specifically, the couple’s letter noted that Wilson ‘made a hasty, rash decision to force a resignation’ from Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes, 55, over his handling of the shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival on July 27 that left three people dead.

Barnes’ ouster showed a ‘lack of fiscal responsibility’ and sought ‘distrust among the citizens of Seattle’ in Wilson, according to the recall, which was published by KUOW.

Black community leaders, including the NAACP, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Byrd Barr Place and Community Passageways, also criticized Wilson after Barnes’ resignation.

The recall effort is the latest controversy Wilson has faced. Past dramas include criticism over her support of Washington state’s new millionaires’ tax and and her own pitches to enact higher taxes on Seattle’s most affluent residents and businesses.

Wilson was also criticized for turning off cameras in the Stadium District after the World Cup, while the city continues to be plagued by crime and squalor.

The letter said the cameras had ‘proven to be a crime-fighting help’ and that local residents and businesses were clamoring for them.

The couple’s recall noted that the North Aurora neighborhood in Seattle had featured ‘frequent gun battles by pimps, bullets through resident’s homes and businesses in the area, and ongoing human sex trafficking and prostitution’ from January to June.

Residents repeatedly tried to contact the mayor about the ‘serious and life-threatening conditions’ in their neighborhood but received no response, according to the letter.

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The recall charge was received by the King County Elections on Tuesday, and it will now be sent to the King County prosecuting attorney’s office for a technical review.

If the charges meet the technical requirements, a ballot synopsis will be written within 15 days by the prosecuting attorney’s office and filed with the King County Superior Court for a hearing, according to the Seattle Times.

After that, a judge will determine if the process can continue.

Supporters of the recall effort would then have 180 days to gather roughly 69,000 eligible signatures for an election, per the outlet.

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