KIRO Newsradio Host

Dori Monson

Dori Monson was the host of The Dori Monson Show on KIRO Newsradio (weekdays Noon-3). Dori passed away in December 2022 and is survived by his wife, Suzanne.

Dori: God bless Pastor David George, Walmart Good Samaritan

Dori lauds the armed pastor who took down the gunman at the Tumwater Walmart on Father's Day, potentially saving many lives.
8 years ago

Dori: Focus on problems at home, Jenny Durkan

Jenny Durkan announced she is off to the Texas-Mexico border to speak out against family separation, but Dori wonders why she doesn't focus on the assaults, drug use, and homelessness in Seattle instead.
8 years ago

Dori: Democrat politicians’ hypocrisy on illegal immigration

Dori points out the hypocrisy of politicians on the United States' border policy.
8 years ago

Dori: Alleged Father’s Day attack just part of Durkan’s collateral damage

A dad and daughter were allegedly attacked by a man in Seattle while on a Father's Day outing. It's just the latest statistic in a weekend full of violent crime.
8 years ago

Dori: Now homeless people are attacking Seattle tourists in this nightmare city

After a homeless man from a tent encampment attacked Seattle tourists at the Space Needle, Dori says that the city has become a real-life nightmare.
8 years ago

Dori: Sally Bagshaw backpedals in panic mode over injection sites

A week after saying that she wanted to "explore" the government buying heroin for addicts at safe consumption sites, Councilmember Sally Bagshaw has retracted her statement in a panicked blog post.
8 years ago

City Hall as a homeless shelter epitomizes Seattle’s problems

The City of Seattle's latest brainwave of lunacy is to turn the lobby of City Hall into a homeless shelter. What's more, Jenny Durkan wants the entire region to pay for Seattle's failure to address homelessness.
8 years ago

Dori: Bicycle, walking more dangerous than driving

After it emerged that pedestrian and bicycle deaths have doubled in Washington in the last four years, Dori exposes the fact that people are far more likely to die on foot or on a bike than in a car.
8 years ago

Dori: Seattle has money for World Cup, but not for cleaning up the city

Dori says that Seattle hosting 2026 World Cup matches would take billions of dollars from taxpayers and hand it to FIFA, a corrupt organization.
8 years ago

Dori: Mooching deer in my yard are like homeless people in Seattle

Dori draws a metaphor between some freeloading deer frequenting his backyard and eating his plants and Seattle's epidemic of homeless people.
8 years ago

Dori: Sanctuary city status attracts crime to Washington

It turns out that a man who attempted to abduct a teenage girl in Auburn is an illegal immigrant who has been deported twice before. Dori points out how sanctuary status raises the crime rate by acting as a welcome mat for illegal immigrants.
8 years ago

Dori: Repealing Seattle head tax is all about saving $630M levy

Dori exposes the real reason that the Seattle City Council suddenly wants to repeal the head tax -- the city is trying to make sure that a different tax gets passed on the November ballot.
8 years ago

Dori: Detaining illegal immigrants just enforcing laws on the books

Dori points out that detaining illegals and separating families at the border is a law that has been on the books since the Clinton presidency. Jay Inslee and Bob Ferguson are hiding the truth.
8 years ago

Dori: Cowardly council covering its hide with head tax repeal

With the Seattle City Council announcing that it will repeal the head tax, Dori reaffirms his point that the council is made up of nothing but incompetent, under-qualified people.
8 years ago

Dori: Councilmember wants to explore buying heroin for addicts

A member of the Seattle City Council actually suggested that the city look into providing addicts with heroin at the council's proposed mobile safe consumption sites.
8 years ago

Dori: A King County court let a rapist walk free

Dori is incredulous not only that a local woman's rape kit took nearly a decade to be sent for testing, but also that the alleged rapist got out of jail on $1 bail.
8 years ago

Dori: How I would fix the city if I was Seattle mayor

Dori discusses his priorities if he became Seattle mayor. First on the list? Revamping the Magnolia Bridge, adding more police officers, and slashing the wasteful spending.
8 years ago

Dori: Dean Logan stole ’04 governor’s race, and he’s at it again in California

Dori shows how the man behind the engineering of the 2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Dean Logan, is now pulling the same fast ones in the California governor's race. 
8 years ago

Dori: Christian soccer player persecuted for beliefs

A professional soccer player gave up her dream career based on deeply-held religious convictions. Now she is being persecuted for that decision.
8 years ago

Dori: Politicians create affordable housing crisis, get rich off homelessness

Dori shows how the affordable housing crisis in this region is largely due to politicians. He further theorizes that politicians want to keep people homeless for their own profit.
8 years ago

Dori: Teen’s heartbreaking letter sheds light on Lily Christopherson

After receiving a letter from a friend of missing teen Lily Christopherson, Dori discusses bullying in high schools and what could push a teen to grow close to online sexual predators.
8 years ago

Dori: The obvious double-standard with Roseanne and Samantha Bee

Roseanne Barr and Samantha Bee both made vile public statements. Yet while one lost her job, the other was applauded.
8 years ago

Dori: Durkan hypes tiny houses as documentary exposes Seattle’s drug crisis

The same day that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan promised new tiny house encampments allowing drug and alcohol use, an interesting National Geographic documentary aired.
8 years ago

Dori: Is this really a racial incident? You decide

A Portland woman is claiming that she was not served at a bakery after closing time because of racism.
8 years ago