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How did these two get honored on July 4th?




I wasn't going to post until Monday but seeing Carmen Best, former Seattle Police Chief who poorly presided over the Capitol Hill protests, and Eric Johnson, the KOMO guy who said 'Seattle Is Dying' end up on the fireworks show, infuriated me.  This Queen and King Neptune stuff doesn't wash with these two..  Just dumb tone deaf selections.    Both tried to ruin this city by bad decision making,  Seafair should be embarrassed.   

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  1. IDC9July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM

    Definitley not the best selections. Seafair could have done so much better. I don't know how Queen and King Neptune are selected (I've never been much of a Seafair person), but some changes to that process may be needed to prevent future humilation.

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  2. Wayne LJuly 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM

    Well the Seafair Prez is a former KOMO producer and EP, if memory serves, so she might have pushed Eric, but not sure why Best was selected. They all looked the other way, but it looks like nobody cared (but me..LOL)

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    1. IDC9July 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM

      It would make sense that the Seafair president would push for Eric to be given the crown if she worked with him in the past. Then again, it may have just been Eric's popularity with the general public (even though Seattle is Dying and its sister documentary turned you against Eric, and you sucessfully got me to reconsider my stance on Eric, there are many people out there who still like him) that made him seem like a good choice.

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  3. Wayne LJuly 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM

    It's simply the high irony of these two being honored by the organization. Maybe next year Edwin Diaz and Jenny Durkan? Or maybe the DUI-laden RIchard Sherman and Jamie Tompkins???

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    1. IDC9July 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM

      Richard Sherman may be DUI-laden, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him get the nod at some point in the future given his status as a Seahawks icon. That may matter more than his DUI offenses, since Sherman, like Eric Johnson, is still well liked by the public at large (I've never been a Sherman fan, and his DUI offenses certainly didn't help), even though it shouldn't for an honor like this.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM

    Might as well give Warren Moon the title too!!

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    1. Wayne LJuly 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM

      Yeah another who wasn't what he seemed to be.

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  5. Wayne LJuly 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM

    Well liked by fanboys, as far as Sherman is concerned. Johnson is living off his Heroes legacy. It's cover for his sins against Seattle. But as Carson once said, 'You buy the premise, you buy the bit."

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