In response to the Seattle City Council vote Tuesday rejecting a bill that would have given the city attorney authority to prosecute drug possession and public drug use cases, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rachel Smith issued the following statement:
“Yesterday’s action by the Seattle City Council was chaotic and disappointing. We know that there is no one solution to keep everyone in our community safe and healthy from the scourge of fentanyl – it is going to take an all-of-the-above approach, but hundreds of people are dying on the streets of Seattle and that is completely unacceptable. It is now incumbent on city leaders to articulate what their plan is to address this crisis, because so far they have failed.”
Media contact: Jillian Henze, APR
Cell: 425-785-6731
jillianh@www.seattlechamber.com
