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Just a few weeks before the start of Seattle鈥檚 cruise ship tourist season, it has been a deadly, crime-riddled nine days in the downtown corridor.

Two people were shot and killed in the past week 鈥� including a 15-year-old boy on Wednesday night — and another man was shot in the face. A stabbing occurred not far from a carjacking and subsequent accident. Each of these incidents happened near the epicenter of downtown Seattle鈥檚 Pike/Pine corridor at Third Avenue 鈥� an area some now call 鈥渕urder alley.鈥�

Two years ago, after former Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan heard nearby owner Mauro Golmarvi describe rising crime while on The Dori Monson Show, Durkan told him it was going to get better.

Known on a first-name basis to his Italian restaurant guests simply as “Mauro,” the restaurateur now tells Dori鈥檚 listeners it has only gotten worse.

鈥淛enny Durkan is lucky for COVID, otherwise she would be prosecuted for everything she has done,鈥� Mauro vented in frustration.

In the wake of the most recent killings, Mauro is now concerned about what鈥檚 next.

鈥淗ow are we going to do this summer when the cruise ships start coming back?鈥� Mauro asked Dori. 鈥淚鈥檓 already worried about how we are going to handle these things. … There is no time that has been more critical than right now.鈥�

Mauro鈥檚 solution?

鈥淲hat we need is to get criminals arrested again,鈥� the restaurateur said. 鈥淭he city needs to be clean again. We need cleaning. [The focus should be] on downtown, Westlake Center. … We people pay so many taxes, why don鈥檛 we get help? Why don鈥檛 we get a cleanup?鈥�

Open-air drug deals, attacks, and other crimes weigh heavy on Mauro.

鈥淭his city has been good to us, so good to me,鈥� he continued.

In the past, he said any time that he has been asked for a donation, he would give it right away to support his city.

“I was saying to myself, ‘how lucky I am to come (to Seattle) from a different part of the world,'” Mauro said. “… I worked my heart out, and I have the most successful restaurant, get to know the greatest people, get to live in an amazing city.鈥�

鈥淭o me, Mauro, you are the American dream,鈥� Dori responded. 鈥淏ut I have to ask you: Is there still an American dream in Seattle?鈥�

鈥淣o,鈥� Mauro replied. 鈥淭here is no American dream in Seattle.鈥�

While he says he would like to be able to 鈥渕entor those chefs, those managers,” Mauro said he feels sorry for “the new kids” who want to open a new place.

“I鈥檓 worried about those people. Right now, I鈥檓 just trying to survive,” he said. “I鈥檓 in survivor mode.鈥�

But Mauro assured Dori and his listeners that he won鈥檛 give up on the city and the people he loves.

鈥淚 feel responsible for downtown Seattle,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 want to be responsible. I don鈥檛 want just to make money. I want to be part of support, action, and responsibility.鈥�

Listen to Dori鈥檚 interview with the owner of Assaggio Ristorante, Mauro Golmarvi:

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