About Phil M

Seattle, Washington, USA

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• Comment on TimBurgess's answer…

  0 0 Councilmember Burgess, as a former police officer and as the chair of the City Council's public safety committee, you're uniquely situated to speak about the threat to public safety that SPD officers' rogue actions present. What will you do to help us get our police force under control? Phil M commented about 1 year ago

• Comment on TimBurgess's answer…

  0 0 City policy? It's *the law*. You completely dodged my question. Clearly our police are not making it their lowest priority, because until they're over-funded and looking for busywork, every such arrest ties up resources that could be used on other -- higher priority -- law enforcement duties. Surely when you wrote, "if officers discover marijuana," you meant, "if officers discover something that they suspect is marijuana." They won't know unless they investigate, and every second they spend investigating the possibility of piddly little pot crimes is a second they are *not* spending investigating serious crime: crimes against people and property crimes. I realize we could say the same of any low-priority crimes, but this one is *the lowest* priority. Is there any justification for our police investigating suspicion of possession of marijuana by an adult, much less spending several hours filling out the paperwork that goes with arresting an adult for simple possession? If not, why must we put up with them doing so? Who's in charge? Phil M commented about 1 year ago

• Follow Following 1 How can we make Seattle police deprioritize marijuana arrests as required by law? Phil M asked in Weed Week about 1 year ago 2 Answers by cdc , TimBurgess…

• Comment on Gus Iverson's answer…

  0 0 Spouse is all for more gear, and could swear he remembers wishing he had a stir plate for something one time. Phil M commented about 1 year ago

• Comment on Mayor Mike McGinn's answer…

  0 0 Thank you very much for publicly advocating an end to marijuana prohibition. Phil M commented about 1 year ago

• Comment on Mayor Mike McGinn's answer…

  0 0 If, as you say, simple marijuana possession is the lowest priority for our police department, and if, as our police repeatedly claim, they are understaffed and underfunded, how can they afford to continue making arrests for marijuana possession? Surely until our police are sitting around looking for busy work, it makes sense for them to simply ignore personal possession of marijuana by adults. The fact that these arrests are still happening tells me that our police prioritize them above something else they could be doing instead. Phil M commented about 1 year ago

• Comment on Mayor Mike McGinn's answer…

  0 0 Why not stop prosecution of possession of small amounts of marijuana regardless of whether other crimes are involved? It's our lowest law enforcement priority. How can we afford to deal with small marijuana possession cases at all? Why should we punish someone for something that we don't think is wrong simply because it seems he did something else that is wrong? Phil M commented about 1 year ago

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  What do you think of the new Questionland design?

  0 0 It's way too busy. On every page, I'm interested in about 20% of what you've placed there.  All of my vertical space is taken up by crap at the top that I must scroll past. A paragraph of terms of use (to which I am not bound), including a link to more terms of use, at the bottom of every page? All the "featured" crap at the top, not just on the front page, but on every page? Come on. Phil M answered in Questionland Redesign about 1 year ago Answer, comment & read 16 more answers »

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  Can you recommend any locally made tofu?

  0 0 I recommend Than Son Tofu on 12th between Fir and Yesler. I've been buying there periodically for seven years. Phil M answered in Farmers Markets & Eating Local about 1 year ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

• Comment on Chloe Barker's answer…

  0 0 Uwajimaya sells tofu from Thanh Son Tofu. First Hill / Central District, east side of 12th Ave between Fir and Yesler. They sell retail. Cheap. Tasty. Phil M commented about 1 year ago

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