Reply #19: Take a CLOSER look...

[JailBush]

"And it seems like a pretty cool place..."

Seattle IS a cool place, superficially.

"but all you've been saying is making me nervous."

If you live in Seattle, you should be a little bit nervous.

"What makes it 'extremely creepy' - most people I've met here seem really nice."

Of course; Seattle is a very friendly city - superficially. Even the city's biggest crooks are friendly.

"What am I missing, and how have you been able to peek behind the facade?"

What makes Seattle creepy is the stuff that goes on behind the scenes, and peeking behind the facade requires little more than curiosity.

In a nutshell, I was politically ignorant when I began working for the Seattle School District more than fifteen years ago. I loved working with children, but I was appalled by the disorganization and even more so by the tyranny. After years of abuse, I decided to try to figure out what made the school district tick.

I eventually discovered that I wasn't just dealing with a dysfunctional school district - it's organized crime. I then discovered that the school district is tightly linked to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the media and the Mayor's office.

Of course, this is old news to people who have been involved in politics longer than I have. But the degree of the corruption in Seattle is truly frightening - and it can be dangerous. Remember the Garfield High School teacher who committed suicide a few years ago? Remember the arson attack on his classroom? I think he was framed. I don't know how big a conspiracy it was, but, at the very least, the media were CRIMINAL in tarring and feathering him the way they did.

Even alternative newspapers like the Seattle Weekly are corrupt. However, the Seattle Weekly has printed some good stuff over the years. Visit them online and do a search for two of my favorite articles. The first is "The Olchefske Files." See if yo can count the scandals mentioned in that article, from a bizarre 4th of July burglarly (still not solved and never even mentioned by the Seattle Times and Seattle P-I) to embezzling to lying. (As a bonus, my name is mentioned - David Blomstrom!)

The other is "Who REALLY Runs Seattle?" That is a classic, and every Seattleite should have a copy of it. (I kept several copies of that issues.) Here are a couple interesting points:

1. The original article includes two photo sections with brief bios of some major movers and shakers. The online article has forms for linking to the bios - except there are no links. It's as if someone very powerful said, "We don't want this information online."

2. The author told me he was working on an even more daring article, focusing on Seattle's corrupt lawfirms. I couldn't wait to read it, so I was shocked when I received an e-mail from him one day that read, "I'm outta here!"

That was the last I ever heard from him, and the article never appeared. Go figure.

Another AMAZING story concerns Judge Gary Little. The best article is on my website, though I'm not sure if you can access it right now; my website is being revised and is in disarray. But do a search and you might find it. Then check http://www.historylink.org, run by corporate historian Walt Crowley. That jackass scarcely even mentions Little, even though he was one of Seattle's most powerful individuals.

Gary Little is just one of several frightening phenomena that converge on Garfield High School, thus the term "Garfield High School Conspiracy of 1970." I could go on and on, yet I've barely scratched the surface.

I wish there were ten more people in this city with a desire to learn the truth and the willingess to do a little research. The stories we could tell!