The plan was derailed after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of a woman living , arguing it violated the requirement to provide shelter to anyone displaced by a sweep.

Gee Scott is frustrated enough at this point to start advocating for forced removal.

John Curley says there’s a difference between protesters and the homeless, and sometimes that gets lost.

The judge, after considering the arguments, decided to allow the sweep to move forward. Tom Tangney is worried about the clash that might be to come.

Federal judge won’t stop sweep of Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park

Ultimately, this story is another example of Seattle’s active activist culture, a reason some officers cite when they leave the region. Dori spoke to former King County Sgt. Viktor White about why he left for Arkansas.

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According to a , 58% of Americans said they鈥檇 be willing to get vaccinated, which is up from previous surveys, but still might not be enough to reach herd immunity.

Fortunately, it鈥檚 not the first time in American history we鈥檝e struggled with this problem.

In 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk鈥檚 polio vaccine was considered safe and effective. A lot of children were vaccinated, but teenagers didn鈥檛 realize they were at risk, and weren鈥檛 as likely to get it.

About a year later, after a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis Presley received a polio vaccine on air.

In a , journalist and historian David M. Perry credits this broadcast with convincing young people to get the vaccine, and contributed to the eventual triumph over the disease.

The problem now is we don鈥檛 really have an Elvis anymore. Who is the Presley of 2020? Baby Yoda?

Because the internet fractured our pop culture into a million smaller slices, there鈥檚 not an obvious pop star to go to for any vaccine public relations needs. We鈥檒l need to find multiple different kinds of pop stars to reach multiple different demographics.

I suggest we break it up by region. Each state should find a public figure willing to get the vaccine on camera, and then release the video in hopes it convinces the residences of that state to get on board.

I searched for 鈥淔amous Washingtonians鈥� to try to come up with some ideas for us. I鈥檝e also included my thoughts about whether they鈥檇 be a good fit for this:

• Bill Gates: He鈥檚 actually agreed to do this, but I鈥檓 not convinced it will help. Most of my Facebook feed seems to be already convinced Gates is putting some kind of mind-control device into the vaccine. Him making a big show of getting it might actually make things worse.
• Chrissy Teigen: I don鈥檛 think you even need to ask her to do this, I bet she just will. I don鈥檛 know that it would actually result in any more vaccinations, but I would probably watch it.
• Macklemore: I actually think this would make the vaccine seem way less cool.
• Craig T. Nelson: Did you know he was born in Spokane? I didn鈥檛 until now. I think he鈥檇 be a great pick mainly because I know my parents know who he is.
• Loren Culp: I think Culp would actually be the most impactful choice. It seems like he could really change some minds. Would he be willing? I don鈥檛 think so. I suggest we also offer to vaccinate his guns, the things he really cares about. Might make him more amenable.

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A couple 成人X站 Radio shows grappled with why this might be:

Tom Tangney pointed out that some people might actually find negative news comforting somehow.

“It’s like you’re trying to protect yourself,” Tangney said. “You want to know everything bad that’s out there so you can be safe.”

John Curley responded that the problem is this can result in people being less pessimistic than they should be.

“We don’t really see the big picture, we don’t see the progress being made,” Curley said.

Ursula Reutin believes this was more true in years past, but that the media has actually been trying to avoid this reputation.

“There’s always been that line ‘if it bleeds, it leads,'” Reutin said. “We’ve really tried to move away from that. We’ve really gone to the standard of ‘does anyone care? Does this impact people?'”

Gee Scott argued the focus on the negative is also true in sports journalism.

“If they’re going to report something on a player, it sounds like this,” Gee said, “‘This player: DUI,’ ‘this player: domestic violence.'”

“The negative news sells,” Ursula responded.

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Dori Monson worries the vacant seat might open the door for a “true Marxist.” He did, though, make it clear that he won’t be in running for multiple reasons. For one, he doesn’t live in the city. He also doesn’t want to get involved in politics, especially if he doesn’t think he can win. Try checking in with him in four years when there’s another gubernatorial race.

Gee Scott brought up a couple names, including fellow 成人X站 Radio host Dave Ross, or former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best.

Ross was conspicuously silent after his name was brought up, but facetiously brought up someone else.

“Loren Culp is free,” Ross joked. “You want a fresh set of eyes?”

John Curley couldn’t imagine anyone in their right mind would want the job of Seattle mayor. Tom Tangney suggested Durkan could have been dealt an unbelievably unlucky hand, but that doesn’t necessarily mean whoever takes her place will suffer the same.

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George Clooney made headlines this week after telling CBS Sunday Morning that he’s been cutting his hair with a Flowbee for years.

If you don’t remember what a Flowbee is, or, like me, you weren’t alive when they were invented, .

The Clooney anecdote reminded Dori Monson that he had considered getting a Flowbee at the beginning of the pandemic, but they proved harder to track down than he imagined.

John Curley actually believes Clooney is lying about this for publicity.

Listening to Clooney talk about this inspired Gee and Ursula producer Andrew Lanier to suggest Curley sounds like Clooney, which is ironic because Curley was just talking this week about how his son makes fun of him for sounding similar to another public figure with a last name that begins with the letter “C.” But only when he’s angry.

Tune in and decide for yourself.

Apologies to Seattle’s Morning News, they’re way too cool to ever cover a story like this and unfortunately get left out this week.

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Washington launches statewide COVID-19 exposure notification tool

Hanna Scott on Seattle’s Morning News walked us through the premise of the app.

Dori Monson argues this isn’t about public safety but engendering fear.

John Curley and Tom Tangney tried to parse the data and determine whether Washington has been at all successful at contact tracing.

Gee and Ursula consulted virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen about why restaurants are considered vectors of spread even though the data can be so difficult to collect.

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John Curley argues not enough people are acknowledging the deadliness of the lockdowns themselves.

Meanwhile, 成人X站 Radio reporter Hanna Scott presented clips from her interview with the head of the Washington State Medical Association on Seattle’s Morning News.

Dori Monson spoke to a gym owner who is intentionally ignoring Inslee’s updated order.

Since the lockdown was announced, a lot of industries are coming out to argue their case for why they don’t think they need to be shut down. Ursula Reutin asked virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen if restaurants are common vectors of spread.

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Jay Inslee, accompanied by his wife Trudi, implored Washingtonians to reconsider holding a conventional Thanksgiving dinner with extended family this year.

“Please do not have Thanksgiving gatherings unless you’re positive that everyone there has quarantined successfully for 14 days,” Inslee said during a press briefing Thursday evening, “which would start today.”

成人X站 Radio hosts have been grappling with this question all week.

Ursula Reutin is almost hoping Inslee makes the decision for her, announcing a lockdown that precludes her from having to tell her sister not to come over.

Gee Scott says a good rule of thumb is to not hold a gathering you’re uncomfortable posting photos of on social media.

John Curley won’t be meeting with family this year, but that has nothing to do with his interest in complying with Inslee’s recommendations. He just doesn’t like the cooking of the family members that will have him.

Donald Trump hasn’t conceded the 2020 election, even after the major media outlets declared Joe Biden the winner. What do the 成人X站 Radio hosts think?

Dori Monson laid out the pathway Trump still has, but he acknowledged it’s a long shot.

Dave Ross got Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Fahrenthold to weigh in on the same question.

Gee Scott compared the whole situation to another infamous moment of litigation (don’t want to give it away).

John Curley and Tom Tangney contrasted Trump’s situation with Al Gore’s in 2000.

Finally, we venture over to KTTH to see if those hosts think Trump’s situation is any less dire than the 成人X站 hosts made it out to be.

Mike Lewis of 成人X站 Nights talked to University of Washington Professor Mark Alan Smith who offered a theory as to how the polls were as wrong as they were.

“With voter registration this is typically a face-to-face enterprise,” Smith said.

Because Republicans were more willing to interact with people during a pandemic than Democrats, it’s possible they were able to register more voters.

“It’s tricky for the polls to pick that up because the thing about an election is you’re trying to project who the voters are going to be when in fact you don’t know who the voters are going to be,” Alan said. “With election data it varies from one election to the next. So, you never really know how many Republicans are going to show up to vote, how many Democrats are going to show up to vote.”

Smith was emphatic this is an unverified hypothesis and he’s still waiting for data to back it up, but it could explain why polls for a state like Florida ended up being five points or so off.

Dave Ross of Seattle’s Morning News had Rob McKenna explain what’s going on with Trump’s attempt to challenge results in Pennsylvania.

Dori Monson warned he believes the election is being stolen.

Gee and Ursula had a University of Washington Law Professor tell us when the absolute latest we could see a final winner in all this.

Don’t forget about Loren Culp! All the shows weighed in on his lack of concession and his recently announced job loss.

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That’s the basic thinking behind contingency management, an experimental treatment where you offer rewards, often monetary, to addicts for abstaining. The longer the length of abstention, the greater the reward.

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin weighed the pros and cons of this idea, after .

“Love it, absolutely love it,” Scott said. “Everybody likes rewards. Everybody likes to be acknowledged for doing something right.”

So far, there’s not a lot of support for this kind of treatment, especially compared to how successful it’s been in the clinical trials where it’s been tried.

“One of the things is that it’s a hard sell for any government to budget that kind of money to use for this kind of a program,” Reutin said.

Another suggestion that might be considered radical depending on who you talk to: safe injection sites. They’re back in the headlines after the Seattle City Council started reconsidering their placement. John Curley argues the city shouldn’t stop there.

“Why don’t they just legalize it all?” Curley said. “The reason people are OD-ing is because they’re getting something that’s got too much Fentanyl. You could get rid of the safe injection sites if you just simply legalized it.”

Curley believes a completely legalized system would be safer because the government or private companies could ensure safety.

Also, Dori Monson and Mike Lewis weigh in on whether people experiencing addiction or poverty should get more leniency when they commit certain crimes.

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We’re already seeing previews of what protesters clashing looks like. In Woodinville over the weekend, a Trump supporter pulled a gun on a counter-protester after they threw a liquid at him.

“You need to remember that something can very easily trigger somebody,” Ursula Reutin said. “Everyone just needs to chill out.”

Jack Stine, filling in for Dori Monson, tried to figure out how we’ve managed to maintain this level of intensity for this long.

“If you put people in a situation where they believe their livelihood is going to be taken away from them or their health care is going to be taken away from them,” Stine said, “They will react, they become reactive.”

Tom and John debated which segment of protesters are more prone to violence: the left or the right.

We end the show by hearing from someone we haven’t heard from in awhile.

The state Department of Health released an early draft of their plan. Reporter Hanna Scott went through some of the details with 成人X站 Radio hosts.

“It’s expected it’ll be limited when it is available,” Scott said. “No more than 500,000 doses, I believe, for our state is the expectation in the initial round.”

For Dave Ross of Seattle’s Morning News, the whole thing seems more complicated than it needs to be.

“Why would it be any different than the flu vaccine?” Ross asked. “A month ago I walked in, got my flu vaccine, it took 10 minutes and it was over with.”

The simple answer, Hanna Scott explained, is the limited availability at the beginning.

“Tom, you’ll be in line, you’ll be first in line,” John Curley suggested.

“Actually I’d rather my mother be first in line,” Tom replied.

Jack Stine suggested we’re already ready to reopen schools, with or without a vaccine.

“Critics of Jack Stine say to me ‘think of the teachers,'” Stine said. “To which I say, wait a minute. Let’s say a group of teachers is at risk. Why can’t they Zoom in? Why does it have to be one way or the other?”

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin made plans to start making sacrifices moving into the winter.

“I don’t want us to get back to the very beginning,” Reutin said. “That’s not good for our mental health. That’s not good for business. I’m not going to tell other people what they can do, I’m just going to look at myself.”

“When it comes to U.S. women鈥檚 soccer, the general perception is that 鈥� let鈥檚 face it 鈥� we鈥檙e the white girls next door. The straight, ‘cute,’ ‘unthreatening,’ ‘suburban’ white girls next door. It鈥檚 not actually who we are 鈥� But by and large, that鈥檚 the perception. And it鈥檚 certainly how we鈥檙e marketed to a lot of people 鈥� I guess I just have to wonder, when I see the millions of viewers we鈥檙e getting, and the shine on SportsCenter, and the talk show appearances and the endorsement deals and all of that. 鈥� Where鈥檚 that same energy for the best women鈥檚 basketball players on the planet?? Where鈥檚 that energy for the women鈥檚 sports that 鈥� instead of scanning cute and white and straight 鈥� scan tall and black and queer??”

The day after that column was published, Rapinoe’s girlfriend Sue Bird won the WNBA championship with the Seattle Storm.

This weekend, Sue Bird reiterated Rapinoe’s comments in a CNN interview saying, “The problem is how society and how the outside world is willing to accept the cute girl next door, but not willing to accept or embrace 鈥� these basketball players who are tall, black, and gay.”

What do 成人X站 Radio hosts think?

Tom Tangney argued it’s not fair to compare the audience size of a regional team like the Storm to the Women’s National Team saying, “I don’t know that women’s soccer leagues like the [OL] Reign draw better than the Seattle Storm 鈥� I don’t know that that comparison is comparable.”

Dave Boze argued, “To me, people go to sports for an escape 鈥� I always associate women’s basketball with politics and cause, rather than it just being a sport.”

Gee and Ursula spoke to 710 ESPN’s Stacy Rost. She identified the main problem as the fact that women’s sports are still judged through a male lens.

“I think that you change it by changing the way we view and accept women,” she said.

John Curley talked about his personal history with the Storm saying, “You get in with the culture of the Seattle Storm, you’re a part of it, you’re swept up in it. The color and the gender 鈥� none of that matters one iota.”

Every host on 成人X站 Radio weighed in. Here are some of the highlights.

To the question Dave Ross鈥檚 posed, 鈥淚s there anything the Legislature can do?鈥�, reporter Hanna Scott answered, 鈥淭hey could change the valuation system to what was originally asked … closer to , basically.鈥�

Traffic Reporter Chris Sullivan said, 鈥淚t鈥檒l also take some intestinal fortitude and actual leadership out of the governor鈥檚 office to basically do what Governor Locke did, back in the day, call the Legislature back and say listen, we know it鈥檚 terrible, the [State] Supreme Court did this, but this is what the voters wanted and let鈥檚 make it happen.鈥�

Ursula Reutin admitted to voting against I-976, but “because it has been approved by voters, I think this is outrageous.”

Gee Scott said, “I apologize for my emotions, but sometimes you’ve got to put your foot down and say enough is enough, and I’m sick and tired of the people not being listened to.”

John Curley asked, “So, Mr. [Bob] Ferguson, who would like to be governor … did he not see that this thing wasn’t going to pass muster?”

Tom Tangney said, “I don’t understand why they can’t just make it a single issue instead of always trying to add more for political purpose. It backfires on them.”

Also, I rolled out the 成人X站 Radio Time Machine for the first time, a special device that allows us to suck radio segments out of the past that may have some relevance today. Hear what Dave Ross, Tom Tangney and John Curley sounded like in 2014, when Seattle first decided to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day.

President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus right after we uploaded last Thursday’s episode. That means we’ve got a backlog of four days worth of takes from 成人X站 hosts to go over in this one.

John Curley feels like Trump is becoming more and more like a boring TV show character. Dori Monson says the media is intentionally misunderstanding Trump’s rhetoric. And Ursula Reutin is worried we’re not tracing enough of Trump’s contacts.

Listen to more episodes of the 成人X站 Radio Rundown.

Originally, Morgan Freeman was the voice of public transit in Vancouver, B.C., but when , they silenced him. Freeman was quickly replaced by filmmaker and famous Canadian Seth Rogen after he expressed interest on Twitter in filling the role.

Here in Seattle, we’re not nearly so lucky. There are voice commands on Sound Transit’s light rail rides, but they’re not performed by a local celebrity. They’re performed by an Alexa-esque robot voice. This wouldn’t be so bad, except for this robot also happens to be incompetent.

Anyone who’s ridden the light rail to its southern most point knows what I’m talking about. Every time a light rail car passes through the Tukwila International Boulevard Station, the robot voice says this.

“Now entering Tukwell International Boulevard Station, doors to my right.”

I first noticed this mishap when I was in college, and back then I thought it was funny. It’s been years, though, and the laughter eventually gave way to anger. I get that a lot of Washington cities have difficult to pronounce names (I can’t imagine how our robot friend might mangle Sequim or Puyallup), but Tukwila is not one of the most difficult.

It’s just kind of embarrassing, especially when it’s so evident that it’s not difficult to get a celebrity on board. Rogen literally just sent a tweet saying he wanted to do it, they didn’t even have to ask him.

He’s having fun with it, too. that one of the narrations he recorded involved telling people not to clip their toenails on the subway.

So let’s do this, Sound Transit. Like I said, I think it’ll be easy. John Curley already said he’d do it. If we want to aim a little higher, though… What about Chris Pratt? He’s from Lake Stevens and he’s unilaterally beloved. Or, if we wanted someone a little more passive-aggressive and sardonic so as to better represent the personality of the region, we could try reaching out to comic actor and former University of Washington football player Joel McHale. Heck, I wouldn’t even mind Kenny G. as the new voice of the Puget Sound’s public transit, as long as he can pronounce Tukwila.

Why subject myself to such a time-consuming task? Upstream is secretly Seattle’s best music festival. Capitol Hill Block Party can be a little pretentious, Bumbershoot somehow suffers from the opposite problem, and neither festival uses their space well.

Upstream is pleasantly spread out over the entire Pioneer Square neighborhood, you can get comfortably close to most acts with only a few exceptions.

The problem with Upstream is their lineups don’t always blow away the casual music listener. Organizers prioritize local acts and they seem to err on the side of the obscure. Convincing friends to attend can feel like pulling teeth; the names on the poster just don’t engender the “I have to see that” response like some others do. That’s why I took the time to listen to as many acts as possible to figure out which ones are actually worth everyone’s time.

Here was my methodology: I selected the most played song on Spotify for every artist I could find. I figured by listening to the most popular songs I could best evaluate quality.

I do have to admit two things. There were a handful of artists I couldn’t find on Spotify but I promise I tried to find every one.聽 Also, once I got about half way through the list I started to lose my patience and if I knew I hated a song I skipped it after about 30 seconds.

Here are the results, organized by day.

FRIDAY

Miguel

The song I listened to: “Skywalker”

For all her faults, I do have to thank for exposing me to Miguel. The Grammy-winning singer is also the man behind that “” song the NFL used all last season and he’s one of the few Upstream acts with some legit name recognition. His songs are addictively listenable and I’m interested to see how his heavily produced discography translates to the live context.

the moving pictures

The song I listened to: “Song 81”

the moving pictures is the kind of weird, experimental act that I love Upstream for. The Olympia band is described as an abstract indie pop group, whatever that means. I ended up listening to three of their songs and each one led me to ask myself “woah, what is this?” but in a good way.

SUPERDUPERKYLE

The song I listened to: “iSpy”

I’m a little embarrassed聽 I’m recommending KYLE. It’s unabashedly bubblegum pop but it’s executed well and I think it’ll be a fun set.

Little Dragon

The song I listened to: “Wildfire”

Little Dragon is the kind of act some people are probably more familiar with than they think. Lead vocalist Yukimi Nagana’s been featured on tracks by SBTRKT and KAYTRANADA. I’ll watch Little Dragon mainly because other artists I enjoy clearly appreciate her voice and it’s probably worth my time to try to figure out what they see in her.

Colleen Green

The song I listened to: “Deeper than Love”

Green’s beats are simplistic, but maybe that’s because she’s investing so much time crafting eminently relatable lyrics.

Dear Rouge

The song I listened to: “Boys and Blondes”

Listening to Dear Rouge for the first time, I was annoyed this was my first exposure to them. The Vancouver-based duo swirl a classic rock energy with some more modern soundscapes and they should be more famous than they are.

Seiho

The song I listened to: “Do Not Leave Wet”

Seiho won’t perform until 12:30 a.m. Friday morning, which is far too late, but if I manage to stay up it’ll be my second time witnessing a performance by the Japanese electronic/dance artist. He was in Seattle a few years ago at The Crocodile opening for Sophie, I remember the set because he poured milk into a flower pot and then drank the milk — the whole thing was very strange. Beyond the one onstage gimmick, his music is interesting too. “Do Not Leave Me Wet” is a pleasant Baths-esque pastiche of organic sounds and mechanical twirps and whirrings.

SATURDAY

Kristen Marlo

The song I listened to: “Time Waster”

I first heard Marlo’s acoustic stylings at North End Social Club and she sounded worthy of a bigger stage than the back of a random Tacoma bar.聽 She’ll be busking in Occidental Park at 4 p.m. before any of the other acts start if you’re looking to kill time.

Tacocat

The song I listened to: “I Hate the Weekend”

I really enjoy Tacocat’s music, but I’ll admit their live show can be underwhelming. Still, they’re colorful and silly and I listened to the music of all the other acts also playing at 5 p.m. on Saturday and they still sound like the best bet.

Great Grandpa

The song I listened to: Actually, all of them.

I’ve seen Great Grandpa perform four times, and this will be my fifth. Sleeping on this local foursome is such a mistake, especially if you’re even the slightest bit nostalgic about Seattle’s grunge era.

Lushloss

The song I listened to: “St Marco”

This is by far the Upstream act I’m most intrigued by. On the first half of her debut album “asking/bearing” Olive June intersperses her discordant beats with . The whole thing is deeply personal and listening feels voyeuristic. I have no idea how she’ll translate it to a live context, but I’ll absolutely be there to find out.

Jawbreaker

The song I listened to: “Boxcar”

I’ve never heard of Jawbreaker, but they’re one of the headliners and Zak Burns said it was one of his favorite bands so now I feel like I have to go.

Special Explosion

The Song I listened to: “Fire”

In an attempt to convince my roommate to attend Upstream with me I played him “Fire” by Special Explosion and within the songs first 30-seconds he had already exclaimed “wow, who is this?” Most of the songs start real slow, but they build to some really exciting crescendos.

SUNDAY

The Brodcast

The Song I listened to: “Somewhere”

The name “The Brodcast” is really hard to google so it was hard to learn anything about this band. Spotify suggests most of their listeners are in Seattle, Tacoma and Federal Way so I’m presuming they’re local. But beyond that, all I know is they have a pretty unique sound. If I had to describe it’s genre I guess I’d slate it as hip-hop, but on “Somewhere” the lead vocalist sounds like he’s rapping over a track. Whatever, ungooglable and undefinable, I’m still really liked what I heard and I’ll be prioritizing their set on my schedule.

Whitney Ballen

The Song I listened to: “Rainier”

Ballen is certainly not for everyone. I wouldn’t say her high-pitched, childlike wail going on about coldbrews and Mt. Rainier has mass appeal. If that’s your thing though, she’s the perfect musician to shame your other hipster friends for not knowing about.

Lena Raine

The Song I listened to: “Resurrections”

Raine is most famous for creating the soundtrack for a game called “Celeste,” which I have never played. Evidently this is so much apart of her appeal her listing on the Upstream lineup reads “Lena Raine (Celeste).” Her 8-bit inspired tunes are alternately foreboding and uplifting, I assume in order to reflect whatever is going on in the game. No idea what a live show for this kind of music looks like, but I’m curious enough to find out.

They want to see a lawsuit as a result, but do the accusations have any merit? Former state Attorney General Rob McKenna says absolutely not.

“This is ludicrous,” McKenna told KTTH Radio’s Jason Rantz. “This is so irresponsible. I haven’t seen anything like it since Councilmember [Kshama] Sawant accused two police officers involved in a shooting of murder.”

, Working Washington cites the part of Washington state code outlawing the use of threats to intimidate public servants. They say Amazon’s decision to halt new construction while they wait for the outcome of the head tax vote violates this statute. They encourage current state Attorney General Bob Ferguson to prosecute Amazon over it.

“They’re relying on the last bullet point under that definition of threat which includes an intent ‘to do any other act which is intended to harm substantially the person threatened or another with respect to his or her health, safety, business, financial condition, or personal relationships,'” McKenna said.

That definition doesn’t apply in this case, McKenna explained.

“First of all, the statute is clearly aimed at threats directed at individual public servants,” McKenna said. “Not at general statements expressing concern over the city’s policies.”

Working Washington is also encouraging their supporters to sign letters to Attorney General Ferguson in an attempt to motivate him to take action. McKenna pointed out there’s an irony to the situation, in that it’s actually possible to accuse Working Washington of extortion for making an accusation they know is untrue.

“I think it’s clearly unethical and hypocritical,” McKenna said. “Which is to say, even if it’s not a crime, it’s wrong to misuse the criminal code to accuse the company for political ends.”