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Renton police photo: Drugs, weapons, and cash from 2021 drug bust
Renton City Council has just 64 days until possession of all drugs is completely legal in our city– fentanyl, heroin, meth, other people’s stolen prescriptions…. everything, thanks to our state legislature. And our seven council members appear split on what to do. It takes four votes to pass an ordinance, and five votes to pass an emergency ordinance (which can move faster). I’m confident Council Members James Alberson, Ruth Perez, and Valerie O’Halloran will vote to make these hard drugs illegal. Conversely, Council Members Carmen Rivera, Ed Prince, and Ryan McIrvin all signed a letter six months ago indicating they favored decriminalizing “low-level non-violent” offences, and the letter implied drug offenses. And in today’s Renton Reporter, Council Member Kim-Khanh Van was quoted using the phrases “over-policing” and “fear of law enforcement” just three days after she punted the topic of legislating drug policy out of her Public Safety Committee. So, it’s not clear Renton has the votes to pass drug legislation. But what does this mean to our city? Some have compared it to marijuana legalization, but it’s night and day different.
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