We Heart Seattle booked nearly $300k in revenue in 2021 in the form of charitable contributions and closed the year with $200k in the bank. Why haven’t these funds been spent on reducing homelessnes
This episode of the FOIA Files is brought to you by none other than We Heart Seattle Exposed and the results of our FOIA request with the Seattle Police Department.
Between September 25th, 2020 and March 28th, 2022, Andrea Suarez placed 52 known calls to the Seattle Police via 911 and believe there are likely to be others. We are still waiting on records to come back for April of 2022 onward.
Unlike the many reports we’ve fielded here from mutual aid volunteers and park residents themselves, which our opposers are quick to strike down as illegitimate for whatever reason they can concoct that conveniently allows them to do so, our FOIA requests have unearthed many more that cannot be so easily discounted. There are many letters written to city officials in various governmental offices, ranging from the Mayor’s office and city council, to the Parks department and beyond, recanting lackluster experiences with We Heart Seattle that don’t support Suarez’s party line.
Andrea Suarez and members of We Heart Seattle flee by car when caught demolishing a man’s camp site without permission. No offers of help were ever made.
A Sandel Park encampment resident threw a hatchet at Andrea Suarez for trying to take his tent while he was actively inside it and then she had him arrested.
A Seattle Parks department employee files a report after being verbally assaulted by two We Heart Seattle staff members, Tim Emerson and Charles Woodward.
It's been a minute After an extended hiatus we're getting back up to speed on all things We Heart Seattle. So many noteworthy things happened while we were away! Lyle Cooper is back on the scene As if it would just blow over after some time had gone by, Lyle Cooper has been...
The story A firsthand account, relayed and submitted by one of our friends in the field last week: Wayne states that Suarez told him that he and his partner could get into a hotel that she would pay for. He didn't realize until after they started that the rest of the WHS group...
We've already explored our skepticism of Andrea Suarez's claims that she has saved the city over $10 million, and we now have cause to be equally as skeptical about the other metrics We Heart Seattle frequently references. The Receipts Some interesting records came into our...
One of the consequences of offering anonymity to our visitors so that they might feel a bit safer sharing their experiences of We Heart Seattle with us is that we also open ourselves up to anonymous attack from supporters (and presumably members) of We Heart Seattle as well,...
