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Posted: 6/15/2020 3:30:49 PM EST

@Lug1

Fire Station No. 6, 101 23rd Avenue South

Official Press Release from the City of Seattle

We at the City of Seattle understand the urgency behind making bold investments in the Black community and increasing community ownership of land in the Central District.
The City believes in the vision behind the William Grose Center for Cultural Innovation and we remain committed to making the transfer of Fire Station 6 to the community a reality.

We have received Africatown's list of community requests along with a longer list of asks from other black-led organizations. Deputy Mayor Shefali Ranganathan has already met with the King County Equity Now coalition and, on behalf of Mayor Durkan, she will be working with Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development to work on next steps with the community.

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Posted: 6/15/2020 3:32:26 PM EST

[#1]

Stupid fucks.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:33:07 PM EST

[#2]

jesus christ

there building the wall along the wall border

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:36:48 PM EST

[#3]

commies going to firefighter larp now?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:40:36 PM EST

[#4]

Africatown?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:41:17 PM EST

[#5]

This shit needs to stop now.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:42:25 PM EST

[#6]

Should make for an interesting Cops vs Firefighters charity event.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:42:45 PM EST

[#7]

Africatown?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:43:04 PM EST

[#8]

This an onion article

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:43:09 PM EST

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Africatown?

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Someone call Wilson Goode!

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:43:54 PM EST

[#10]

ladies and gentlemen, the next detroit

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:44:16 PM EST

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Africatown?

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Yeah, did I miss this becoming an "Official" name somewhere?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:44:18 PM EST

[#12]

Just give them the whole city and get it over with.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:44:25 PM EST

[#13]

Firefighting call performed after owner has been subjected to a political background check.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:45:48 PM EST

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Africatown?

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Seriously, the fuck?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:45:57 PM EST

[#15]

Africatown is a group that acquires land throughout Seattle for the blacks. Apparently not by purchasing it but by demanding people give it to them

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:46:02 PM EST

[#16]

We know who's gonna wash the trucks, BUT who's gonna put gas in em and pay the taxes? They gonna run around with new temp tags that are 2 years expired?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:46:04 PM EST

[#17]

The equipment will be stolen and pawned within a week.
Fucking Africatown. Lol.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:46:22 PM EST

[#18]

I guess Seattle wants them to burn themselves out in 3, 2....

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:46:58 PM EST

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Posted: 6/15/2020 3:47:08 PM EST

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Africatown is a group that acquires land throughout Seattle for the blacks. Apparently not by purchasing it but by demanding people give it to them

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I mean, I can't fault them for other people being dumb enough to just give things away...

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:47:51 PM EST

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Like they give a shit about putting out the fires they start. Honk honk.

Give them a couple garbage trucks next.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:48:32 PM EST

[#22]

FPNI.

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Posted: 6/15/2020 3:48:40 PM EST

[#23]

This is a whole lot of crazy.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:49:19 PM EST

[#24]

its amazing to me that people still think giving into demands will make the problem go away....

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:49:26 PM EST

[#25]

That station looks like a dump.

eta- Is station 6 even active or was it closed/browned out and just being used for equipment storage?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:49:33 PM EST

[#26]

Communist Insurgency

Local Seattle Gov + State and National Gov from Seattle area that are not calling on local officials to provide security and continuity of order are complicity with the insurgents.

REAL question for anyone in Gov in Seattle:

* What is the tenor of your department (could be public works, admin - whatever)?
* What are your supervisors saying?
* What are the patterns of conversation at work with co-workers regarding all of this?

TIA, BTW

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:49:46 PM EST

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People are going to find out in short order just how incredible municipal services really were.

I hope this continues across the country, so there will be no question as to the outcome of emotion based decisions. It will end the exact same way in all but probably 2% of cases.

Of course, in a few years everyone will forget or say they didn't do it right and try again.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:50:03 PM EST

[#28]

We firefighters an shit now!!!

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:50:21 PM EST

[#29]

How broke is Seattle?

I wonder if this isn't a plan to save a few bucks by getting out from under maintenance costs?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:50:31 PM EST

[#30]

So property taxes are just not a thing anymore and people can COC anyone that comes to try and collect? Right?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:50:51 PM EST

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Attached File

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:50:56 PM EST

[#32]

Do the firefighters come along with the deal or just the station. This is pretty crazy next level stuff they are doing there.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:51:46 PM EST

[#33]

What's going on here? Are they creating "reservations" for blacks? So confused.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:52:32 PM EST

[#34]

I'm impressed daily with the lunacy of Seattle lol

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:53:07 PM EST

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This an onion article

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It is a .gov website and the article is reposted elsewhere.

https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/06/spurred-by-seattle-protests-city-says-will-finally-transfer-central-districts-fire-station-6-to-africatown/

https://www.king5.com/article/news/seattle-will-transfer-fire-station-6-into-a-community-center-for-the-central-district/281-bdb2ec97-9005-4afc-a77d-350ce2396520

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:53:07 PM EST

[#36]

All I got is, when did the word 'ask' become a noun?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:53:41 PM EST

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That station looks like a dump.

eta- Is station 6 even active or was it closed/browned out and just being used for equipment storage?

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It was closed and operations moved to a new station several years ago. So what was given away was an old, empty fire station.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:54:01 PM EST

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The ISO ratings are going to suck and folks insurance is going to skyrocket.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:54:18 PM EST

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Attached File

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:54:26 PM EST

[#40]

Fire trucks?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:54:41 PM EST

[#41]

Who rule Afrikatown?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:55:43 PM EST

[#42]

a station wagon is about to get the ultimate set of rims

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:56:23 PM EST

[#43]

https://africatownseattle.com

For everyone with the same question as me.

ETA: there's no about page so I'm still confused.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:57:43 PM EST

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This an onion article

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My first thought. It looks like a legit link though. I don't know whether to shit or go blind.

I really don't know how much more of clown world I can take. This must have been how the Romans felt when Hannibal was marching on their gates.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:57:50 PM EST

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How in the hell do you "transfer" a Fire Station to private ownership ? ? ?

If it now becomes a "private" property, in lieu of a "city" property, will the new Owners now be liable for property taxes ? ? ?

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:58:07 PM EST

[#46]

So the community group that took over the fire station has trained and certified fire fighters already in place? Impressive...

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:59:02 PM EST

[#47]

You need to stop the spread of this virus.

Posted: 6/15/2020 3:59:37 PM EST

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Posted: 6/15/2020 4:00:57 PM EST

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* Many / most Building Hazard INS policies on Commercial buildings contain a provision exculpating the INS company from having to pay for damage associated with Rioting or mayhem resulting from War or Political Upheaval. When they burn down, even if the tenant wants back on to the site someone is going to have to come out of pocket to put the building up. The tenant is more likely to move to the next closest freeway exit in an area that was not damaged

* Blight makes for opportunities. Initially it is about taxpayer sponsored programs to help the area, then it is about beefing up LE to deal with the area, and eventually about public private partnerships to redevelop. Wash, rinse, repeat.