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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray faces Ron and Don live on-air

Mar 9, 2017, 12:36 PM | Updated: 7:41 pm

KIRO Radio’s Ron and Don sat down with Mayor Ed Murray Thursday at 6 p.m. to talk about the homeless crisis in Seattle and his multi-million dollar proposal to clean it up.

Murray faced off live with the radio hosts, tackling issues from homelessness, addiction, crime, derelict RVs and much more. He even asked Don what he would do about the problem. Listen below to hear the results.

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