Alex Fryer

Oct 18, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Alex Fryer

During last year’s legislative session, Rep. David Hackney, D-Renton, came home one weekend to get his tires fixed. None of the other customers in the South King County Les Schwab recognized him as they waited for their cars. But when they started chatting, Hackney learned a lot about what was on his constituents’ minds. “Every one of them had a story about how crime had impacted them and how the politicians were doing nothing about it and how mad they were,” Hackney recalled recently.

Jul 10, 2024 | bellinghamherald.com | Alex Fryer

Jul. 10-On a sunny summer day two years ago, Gov. Jay Inslee, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, and other elected officials and local leaders gathered on a rooftop to celebrate the opening of a 211-unit affordable housing development in the Rainier Valley. "We need to build housing, but it needs to be affordable," Inslee told the crowd. By the darkness of last December, the place was in turmoil.

Jul 10, 2024 | tri-cityherald.com | Alex Fryer

Jul. 10-On a sunny summer day two years ago, Gov. Jay Inslee, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, and other elected officials and local leaders gathered on a rooftop to celebrate the opening of a 211-unit affordable housing development in the Rainier Valley. "We need to build housing, but it needs to be affordable," Inslee told the crowd. By the darkness of last December, the place was in turmoil.

Jul 10, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Alex Fryer

On a sunny summer day two years ago, Gov. Jay Inslee, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, and other elected officials and local leaders gathered on a rooftop to celebrate the opening of a 211-unit affordable housing development in the Rainier Valley. “We need to build housing, but it needs to be affordable,” Inslee told the crowd. By the darkness of last December, the place was in turmoil.

Jun 23, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Alex Fryer

Editor’s note: The Seattle Times editorial board video-recorded interviews with the four leading gubernatorial candidates. Jump to video: Semi Bird | Bob Ferguson | Mark Mullet | Dave ReichertIt turns out, would-be criminals are not completely irrational. In fact, they reasonably and predictably consider the costs, risk, and rewards of illegal behavior. And influencing that calculation is where public policy can make people safer.