News Oct 4, 2016 at 6:28 pm

The City of Seattle Wasted $65,000 on Failed Whistleblower Witch Hunt

Ansel Herz
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What I like here is the unbiased reporting from someone with no vested interest in the matter.

Do they teach the phrase "full disclosure" in the "strife tourism funded by my parents" school of activist-journalism?
robotslave on October 4, 2016 at 6:52 PM Report this
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I hope Patty Eakes takes Ed out to lunch.
DOUG. on October 4, 2016 at 6:53 PM Report this
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Is there a mashup of You Can't Always Get What You Want and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For? Because there should be.
TheMisanthrope on October 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM Report this
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Is Ms. Eakes related to Ed Murray?
johnjacobjingleheimerschmidt on October 4, 2016 at 7:32 PM Report this
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This entire debacle was infuriating on so many levels - the fact that basic police accountability was a bargaining chip in a labor negotiation, Murray telling the public they were bad progressives for wanting information on A LITERAL LIFE OR DEATH MATTER TO BLACK PEOPLE, $65,000 of city money down the drain in what was obviously a goose chase from the very beginning. Keep up the good work, Ed!
Hutch on October 4, 2016 at 8:01 PM Report this
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I found a quote from Aristotle which might support your story.
Atratinus on October 4, 2016 at 8:06 PM Report this
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Bullshit. No money for dog parks but there's money for this bullshit.
j2patter on October 4, 2016 at 8:19 PM Report this
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I heard it was Marla Maples anyway. Good for her.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn on October 4, 2016 at 8:36 PM Report this
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@1

So what you are saying is that when Ansel writes that the investigation began after the Stranger published something, he should point out that he works for the Stranger, which runs Slog, which is where Ansel is posting this?
seatackled on October 4, 2016 at 9:29 PM Report this
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@9, thank you.

I hope Murray loses next year, unless Burgess runs, in which case I hope they both lose to just about anyone else.
sarah91 on October 4, 2016 at 10:03 PM Report this
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I'm actually more surprised that both the SPD and FBI are directly communicating with Ansel, when he was presumably the one that communicated with the whistle-blower (since he wrote the piece that kicked this off).
Knat on October 4, 2016 at 10:26 PM Report this
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@11

Thank you.
robotslave on October 4, 2016 at 11:26 PM Report this
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@11, @12

So you are surprised that the SPD and FBI are behaving professionally? How sad.
seatackled on October 4, 2016 at 11:33 PM Report this
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I'm finally glad to be old.
56bricks on October 5, 2016 at 5:32 AM Report this
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Patty Eakes is a lawyer, not a private investigator. She has done work for the city in the past. Don't know if you were trying to be snarky by calling her a PI but it reads better if it is accurate.
http://www.calfoeakes.com/profile/partne…
Arglefargle on October 5, 2016 at 6:56 AM Report this
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Not only is that 65K pissed away from the tax coffers, what is the justification for even worrying about THE LEAK? Presumably mayor mayor wants to ascribe blame and fire someone to show how spiffy he is. Does that achieve anything for the taxpayer? No, that is merely vendetta. THEY BLEW A SHIT TON OF MONEY on a vendetta against someone who allegedly shamed them. This is what they think about spending your money.
Achaiwoi on October 5, 2016 at 9:31 AM Report this
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@13: Not that they're behaving professionally. I was under the impression that you don't communicate with someone on that unless you're questioning them, as part of the investigation. I assumed it was a conflict of interest, or something along those lines.
Knat on October 5, 2016 at 9:35 AM Report this
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@17- I'm sure they didn't tell him anything he wasn't going to read in the papers anyway.
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on October 5, 2016 at 11:30 AM Report this
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Ed Murray can't accep lunch from Patty Eakes, but there wouldn't be anything stopping her from giving him a big fat campaign contribution.
Mud Baby on October 6, 2016 at 7:24 PM Report this
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Freedom is nothing without Free.

#OneTermMayor
Will in Seattle on October 7, 2016 at 8:49 AM Report this

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