(Natural News) Once upon a time Seattle was one of my favorite cities in the world. Situated as it is beside the beauty of Puget Sound with the Cascades in one direction and the majesty of the Olympic Peninsula in the other, it is placed in one of the world's most beautiful locations. The climate also is enviable, never too cold, never too hot, perhaps a bit damp but nothing compared to the nearby rain forests. Wandering through Pike Place market was a magical experience then.

(Article by Charles "Sam" Faddis republished from ANDMagazine.com)

Not anymore. Seattle has gone mad, lost to the inherently irrational "progressive" agenda that is raging across the United States. Nothing makes sense. Nothing is logical. It is as if the madness of Alice's Wonderland had come to life all around you.

Witness the ongoing consideration of a bill by the Seattle City Council, which will make it impossible for the city to prosecute "crimes of poverty." If approved, the ordinance would excuse and dismiss, effectively legalizing, misdemeanor crimes committed by any offender who could show:

=Symptoms of drug addiction. No medical diagnosis necessary.

=Symptoms of a mental disorder.

=Poverty and that the crime was committed to meet an "immediate and basic need."

So, if this ordinance becomes law in Seattle and you are a junkie you will be handed what is, in effect, a get out of jail free card for any misdemeanor you desire to commit. If you are clean and straight and sober but don't have a job and decide you need to walk out of the local supermarket with an armload of steaks and a case of Coke, you skate. And, if you have a mental disorder all bets are off. Commit whatever misdemeanor you want.

Scott Lindsay, the former public safety advisor for Seattle, had this to say. "I'm not aware of any legislation like this anywhere in the United States (or) even globally. All cities have criminal codes to protect their citizens from criminal acts. This would essentially create a legal loophole that swallows all those codes and creates a green light for crime."

"If you don't feel very protected right now, this would wipe out almost all remaining protections that we have," Lindsay added. "This would absolutely open the floodgates for crime in Seattle, even worse than what we often currently struggle with," Lindsay said. "It's basically a blank check for anybody committing theft, assault, harassment (and) trespass to continue without disruption from our criminal justice system."