Harger: The tents stay as Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson pauses encampment sweep in Ballard

The trucks were ready. The schedule was set. City crews were supposed to be in Ballard this morning to clear a homeless encampment near the Burke-Gilman Trail.

Then the email went out to KOMO News at 5 p.m. last night. The removal is off. Indefinitely postponed.

This was the first real test of the Katie Wilson era as Seattle’s mayor. And we just got our answer on how the next four years are going to look…

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