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Derek Young
@derekmyoung.bsky.social
Former Chair, Pierce County Council and Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health; mostly politics, economics, Sounders, and Seahawks.
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Based on the previews I hope people watch it. In normal times, public health quietly does important work, keeping everyone safe with few resources. During the pandemic, we leaned on it hard to do the extraordinary. Then came the backlash from the public and politicians.

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That's how you make cashmere.

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We can certainly reduce the number of situations where police are necessary but not eliminate them, and some departments could do with way less staffing. However, the unique problems with county budgets have put sheriff department staffing levels near the bottom in the US.

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There's not much measurable reduction in overall crime since, by nature, they respond to it, but they can help reduce escalation. It gets dangerous for everyone when there's not enough of them to respond to emergencies.

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First two pictures, ok, those are big paws. Last pictures... what the actual f...

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Ahh, now it makes sense.

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From the sounds of it, they used a list of PCOs and didn't bother to filter out Democrats.

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Only time it snows that much it comes out of nowhere. I’m always suspicious of forecasts this far out.

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Thank you for your service. 🫡

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Unnecessary cruelty by my own subconscious.

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Derek Young
@derekmyoung.bsky.social
Former Chair, Pierce County Council and Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health; mostly politics, economics, Sounders, and Seahawks.
348 followers475 following421 posts