King County Assessor Should Assess Himself: John Wilson, an elected official (King County Assessor) who wants to be an even bigger elected official (King County Executive), had a no good, really bad day on Thursday. PubliCola reported that Wilson’s ex-domestic partner had filed another restraining order against Wilson and claimed he’s stalking her. This is not the first time Wilson or his partner have filed restraining orders against each other, or filed police reports against the other due to their actions. I know it’s bad form to talk about other people’s relationships but, uh, this one seems particularly fucked. In light of the new allegations and the harassing text messages aired by PubliCola (Wilson tells his partner he’ll never leave her alone, harangues her about his love for her, then asks if she’s watching Pope Francis’ funeral), elected officials across the city are calling for Wilson to resign. King County Councilmembers (and his competition in the Exec race) Claudia Balducci and Girmay Zahilay called for Wilson to step down. So did Mayor Bruce Harrell.
Mass shooting in Tacoma: On Wednesday evening, seven people were shot at Harry Todd Park in Pierce County when a dispute between two groups led to gunfire, according to police. Five of the seven people shot were teenagers.
[“Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac plays]: A giant part of a Swiss Alps glacier sloughed off and destroyed 90 percent of the village of Blatten. Luckily, the village was evacuated last week when geologists identified “an imminent avalanche of rock and ice from above.” However, one person is missing. Hazarding a guess here, but seems like “Swiss Alps Glacial Collapse” can be traced back to one sneaky culprit: Climate change…