Katie Wilson FAILED Her Cops — $13.1M Payroll Blunder, Now She Wants It Back

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is "absolutely aiming" to claw back $13.1 million the city accidentally overpaid to more than 900 police officers — and now those officers, who did nothing wrong, could each be on the hook for up to $20,000. The root cause: a payroll calculation error that applied 2020 base pay rates instead of 2024 rates when issuing retroactive SPOG contract wages. City Hall didn't catch the mistake until July, two full months after the bad checks went out. The catch is a classic Seattle slow-walk: under Washington labor law, the city must bargain with the Seattle Police Officers Guild before it can recover a single dollar. Mayor Wilson's "absolutely aiming" language — not "it's done," not "it will be done" — tells you everything about the urgency level at City Hall. Sean Reynolds breaks down how a government that botched a basic payroll formula is now asking rank-and-file officers to personally finance a bureaucratic failure they had no hand in creating. Sean also covers the Washington State ferry system's brief wildcat sick-out — and why the elected officials who respond will almost certainly be asking what more they can do for the workers who shut it down. CHAPTERS 0:00 Seattle mayor says city is 'absolutely… 1:04 Seattle Overpays Police $13 Million 3:34 The Case for Police Reparations 5:08 Did Officers Know About the Overpay 6:40 How the Payroll Calculation Went Wrong 9:25 Mayor Wilson Under Fire for Misstep 10:45 CHOP Memories Fuel the Reparations Case 12:24 Police Union Wants Accurate Numbers… 14:30 City Budgeted for the Payroll Error 16:12 Fox News Piles On Seattle 17:13 Washington Ferry Workers Stage Sick-Out 20:02 Thanks for Joining Today Subscribe to @reasonablenews for daily Pacific Northwest politics, urban policy, and the stories the mainstream media quietly ignores. #nfrp #Seattle #KatieWilson 𝗚𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗨𝗠 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘+ 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 🌟 https://ReasonableTV.com/ 🛍️ 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛 - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/ 💬 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 our 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop:   / discord   🌐 𝗡𝗢𝗧 on Discord? 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗧 with us right on the site — free account, no app needed: https://ReasonableTV.com/community/ 👍🏼 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗛 that 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 button & 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 for daily videos that dive into the latest news!    / newsforreasonablepeople   𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗: 🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonabl... 🔗 Facebook -   / newsforreasonablepeople   🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ 🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL