SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES

Coronavirus and Dow Constantine: A serious condition meets a serious grifter

Mar 13, 2020, 6:04 PM

The Mayor of Kent announced Friday that someone suspected of having coronavirus walked out of the quarantine facility in Kent, stole some property from local stores, and got on a bus headed north. This is one-half Dow Constantine’s fault; he set up that facility without telling the Mayor, shoving it down on the people who live in Kent, a beautiful place, and he did it as part of a long-con. 

Kent Mayor says city was not consulted about coronavirus quarantine site

King County Executive Dow Constantine wants to clean up the only part of King County he considers valuable: Seattle. He is building the infrastructure to ship the human beings most addicted to drugs, most committed to refusing help so they can continue taking drugs and paying for them with property theft and sex trafficking to Kent, Renton, Highline, and other areas.

That’s why Constantine used the excuse of the virus to expedite the purchase of a dilapidated motel in Kent. That’s why there is a coronavirus quarantine facility being set up in Highline, against the wishes of citizens there and, again, without consulting anyone.

When the virus is no longer a concern, these buildings will be turned into one of two things: no-barrier drug camps for people addicted to drugs, or, government-funded heroin dens where people addicted to drugs will have taxpayer help shooting up. Neither will restore these people to health, both will degrade the quality of life in the attendant neighborhoods.

These buildings will not be in Seattle, they will be in outlying areas, because, Constantine, the functional boss of the new Regional Homlessness Authority, is going to clean up his town. Your town just doesn’t matter to him. 

What’s my suggestion? When people can no longer care for themselves, we must be willing to apply tough love: People can go to jail with no drugs, or, they can go to treatment and come down from drugs. If they keep choosing jail, they eventually get prison. The fact is, most will never see a prison cell.

When word gets out that the drug laws are enforced, the people who steadfastly refuse help will travel to Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Hawaii. After all, as evidenced by the man who raped the woman in the restroom of a car dealership, and the other who attempted to rape a woman in Sunshine Gardens’ restroom, dangerous felons who want to continue taking drugs have no problem coming to Dow Constantine’s utopia, even when that means leaving warmer climates.

Please follow our Community Guidelines

FILE - A man views the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. ...

Associated Press

Residents near Maui wildfires show elevated metals linked to impacted lung health, study says

Metal mixtures found in the leftover smoke, ash and debris from the deadly 2023 Maui wildfires were harmful to the lung health of people living nearby long after the burning ended, a new study says. The work shows that major wildfires, which are worsening with the planet’s warming, could have lasting effects beyond immediate exposure. […]

27 minutes ago

kent drive-by shooting...

Jason Sutich

2 dead after drive-by shooting near I-5 overpass in Kent; road closed in both directions

A drive-by shooting near the S 272nd Street overpass above I-5 in Kent killed 2 people Monday, shutting down the road in both directions as police investigate.

33 minutes ago

North Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Son Gyong addresses the 81st session of the Unit...

Associated Press

In a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament ‘mutual distrust’ and tension

North Korea used its yearly U.N. platform on Monday to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation,” but said that it would endure and, in a multilateral world, “surely attain all that we plan to, relying entirely on our own efforts.” It was, by Pyongyang’s standards, a […]

38 minutes ago

seattle bite chunk court...

Tim Hohl

Woman accused of biting chunk from stranger’s forehead in downtown Seattle appears in court

A 36-year-old woman accused of biting a piece of flesh from another woman’s forehead during an attack in downtown Seattle made a brief court appearance Monday.

47 minutes ago

recall raw milk cheese e.coli...

Lexi Herda, KIRO 7 News

Recall alert: Sierra Nevada raw milk cheese linked to E. coli outbreak

Check your fridge and freezer. Four types of Sierra Nevada Graziers grass-fed raw milk cheeses are being recalled.

1 hour ago

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike. (T...

Associated Press

Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike was 18 when she killed a classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Now 50, she is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years. Pike […]

1 hour ago

Coronavirus and Dow Constantine: A serious condition meets a serious grifter