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Rantz: Seattle Fire hired ‘anti-male’ partisan to investigate gender discrimination
The Seattle Fireplace Division’s new Equal Employment Alternative Investigator (Strategic Advisor 2) has a controversial historical past. She’s been concerned in two lawsuits for allegations of gender bias, with one lawsuit labeling her “anti-male.”
Jyl Shaffer landed in Seattle after holding two controversial positions at two separate schools. She was named as a defendant in two lawsuits alleging gender bias and a scarcity of due course of rights for the accused. SFD management was conscious of the lawsuits after they interviewed and subsequently employed her.
The place’s essential duty at SFD is to research and resolve office complaints. These embrace complaints of gender discrimination and hostile office. However given Shaffer’s historical past, some throughout the division now marvel how males can be handled if she is concerned with the investigation.
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After almost three and a half years with King County Metro, Shaffer was employed by SFD. Her hiring was introduced internally throughout the final two weeks, in accordance with a supply. The rent has some SFD staffers involved.
Shaffer began as Montana State College’s director of the Workplace of Institutional Fairness and Title IX coordinator in April 2016. However 4 months later, the Bozeman Each day Chronicle stated Shaffer left the place. Shaffer was named in a lawsuit by a pupil who stated she favored transgender college students over straight male college students.
After privately expressing his objections on transgenderism to one in every of his professors, pupil Erik Powell was banned from campus. Based on studies, Shaffer claimed his feedback had been threats. However, the lawsuit alleges, neither the dean of scholars workplace nor campus police believed the feedback had been threats warranting campus elimination. Powell, by his attorneys, says he was focused as a result of his so-called sufferer is transgender.
Based on studies, Shaffer instructed the transgender pupil she was “an aspiring ally” and stated, “I’m grateful you trusted us.”
The lawsuit additionally claimed Shaffer “has firmly held anti-male beliefs that she shared on her Twitter account.” It cited a tweet labeling an article about “entitled poisonous masculinity” as “correct AF [as f***].” Shaffer’s bio stated she’s “an aspiring ally” into “queer stuff.”
MSU settled the lawsuit with Powell for $120,000 after the varsity did not persuade a choose to toss the lawsuit. Roughly seven months later, Shaffer took a job as EEO Investigations/Program Supervisor at King County Metro.
This wasn’t the one lawsuit she was concerned in.
A second lawsuit about bias
Shaffer was a Title IX coordinator on the College of Cincinnati between October 2014 and March 2016, in accordance with her LinkedIn web page.
Scholar Tyler Gischel alleged gender discrimination after being discovered answerable for sexual assault. However he claimed in a lawsuit that investigators ignored the allegation that the accuser was not as drunk as she claimed and that she was romantically concerned with the college police detective dealing with the case.
Based on studies, the varsity additionally knew that Gischel could have been too intoxicated to consent to sexual conduct with the girl who later accused him of assault. She allegedly kissed and groped an intoxicated Gischel, however the college didn’t examine.
Shaffer was one of many defendants named within the go well with. Court docket paperwork point out the lawsuit was later settled.
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Why rent a partisan?
Why would SFD rent such a partisan for an company that’s overwhelmingly staffed by males when her alleged bias is towards them?
An SFD spokesperson acknowledges that the division was conscious of the lawsuits and that Shaffer “underwent a number of interviews and was provided the place based mostly on her success within the choice course of.”
Firefighters and medics have lengthy complained that, beneath Fireplace Chief Harold Scoggins, the division has grow to be unnecessarily political and woke. Staffers routinely complain that Scoggins is much less fascinated with preventing fires and serving to in medical emergencies and extra fascinated with making political factors. It explains why, throughout a staffing disaster, Scoggins has been extra engaged in phrase policing.
After an nameless grievance claimed the time period “brown out” (which is used to categorize an SFD unit as unstaffed) was racist, Scoggins banned its use. However the complainant was a fraud, admitting to the Jason Rantz Present on KTTH that he made the phony grievance to focus on the out-of-control political correctness of the division. Even after discovering out it was a phony grievance, SFD wouldn’t reverse its choice.
It’s unclear why Shaffer left King County Metro, however an company spokesperson confirmed that she resigned from her function. Given her historical past, this doesn’t look like SFD employees can be finest served.
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SEATTLE – On the eve of his major league debut, as he unsuccessfully tried to get some sleep, Cole Young’s mind raced through all the various scenarios he might find himself in the next day.
But there was one situation that never crossed his mind.
Perhaps because it would’ve seemed too good to be true.
Young delivered a walkoff in the 11th inning of his first big league game, chopping a grounder to first base that brought home Miles Mastrobuoni for the winning run in the Seattle Mariners’ 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday evening.
“That was unreal,” Young said, still trying to grasp the dream-like whirlwind that had just ensued. “I can’t even describe it. The past 24 hours, it has been insane. I mean, I never thought I would be in that situation hit a walkoff in my debut. That was unreal.
“I didn’t sleep last night,” he added. “I was just thinking of every scenario that could happen, (but) a walkoff was not in my mind.”
Young also picked up his first career hit in the ninth inning. After falling behind 1-2 against Minnesota reliever Griffin Jax, Young dipped down and pulled a low-and-inside sweeper into right field for a single.
And in the 10th, Young helped turn an inning-ending double play that prevented a run from scoring.
It was all part of a highly impressive debut for the 21-year-old second baseman, who was promoted earlier in the day after a scorching month in Triple-A Tacoma, where he hit an astounding five home runs, three triples and 10 doubles over his final 24 games.
“He’s a big league player,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “That’s why he’s here, and he made the plays. He did an outstanding job. And that’s not easy to do when it’s your first big league game.
“He was able to go out there and just be Cole Young. It’s just an outstanding ballgame for him and it led to a big win for us.”
Young, ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 43 overall prospect, was drafted by the Mariners as a first-round pick out of high school in 2022. He was highly productive at every level of the minors, all while being one of the youngest players at every stop.
Young was widely expected to reach the majors at some point this season. And after his recent tear in Tacoma, his promotion began to feel inevitable.
But still, Young was caught off-guard when he was pulled in the middle of Tacoma’s game on Friday night.
“Our manager came up to me after the third inning and he was like, you’re going to Seattle tomorrow,” Young said. “And I had him repeat it. I’m like, what? Because I couldn’t believe it. And then he told me (again).
“And so last night I didn’t sleep at all. I was just thinking about what would happen today.”
When Young came to the plate in the 11th inning, the winning run was on third with one out. He fell into an early hole, fouling off three of the first four pitches from Minnesota reliever Cole Sands.
Young then got his bat on a 1-2 splitter and sent a one-out chopper to former Mariners first baseman Ty France. France barehanded the ball and threw home, but Mastrobuoni slid in safely.
It was actually stunningly identical to Young’s walkoff on Thursday night in Tacoma, when he hit a high chopper to first that plated the winning run for the Rainiers.
“It was like the same exact hit, which is crazy,” Young said. “I’m just glad I put the ball in play and good things happen.”
After his walkoff on Saturday, Young was mobbed by his new teammates in shallow left field. Meanwhile, his family and friends celebrated from the T-Mobile Park stands, along with some 37,000 other ecstatic Mariners fans.
“I still haven’t wrapped my head around the game,” Young said, “but it’s been an unreal 24 hours.”
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SEATTLE — One of the Seattle Mariners most elite prospects will finally get a shot at the big leagues.
Top 100 prospect Cole Young was pulled in the fourth inning of a game between Seattle’s Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, and the Salt Lake Bees on Friday. Speculation immediately ran rampant on the reasoning. MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer confirmed soon after the Mariners are calling up the 21-year-old middle infielder.
A subsequent report from Seattle Times’ reporter Adam Jude said that Young is expected to be in the lineup for a game between Seattle and the Minnesota Twins at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Young (No. 46 MLB Pipeline top 100, No. 51 Baseball America top 100) was selected by the Mariners in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft. He’s in the middle of his first season in Triple-A, and has been one of the best hitters in the minor leagues this month.
In 26 games in May, Young has scored 28 runs and has hit 10 doubles, three triples and five home runs with 21 RBIs. He’s slashed .366/.467/.673 with a 1.140 OPS.
Young has scored 39 runs and has hit 13 doubles, five triples and five home runs with 26 RBIs in 54 games this season. He’s slashed .277/.392/.461 with an .853 OPS.
Young had an opportunity in spring training to break camp with Seattle as its starting second baseman, but an arm injury limited him to 12 Cactus League games — six as a designated hitter and another half-dozen at second base. The starting position went to eventual starter Ryan Bliss, who’s out for the season recovering from surgery to repair a left bicep tear.
Young has been considered the team’s second baseman of the future for years. And whether he struggles or succeed in his first stint in the majors, he’ll have a long length of time to prove the organization’s expectations of him right.
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The Seattle Seahawks received high marks for their 2025 NFL Draft class last month, with numerous analysts praising their mix of need-filling picks, high-upside swings and overall value.
But there’s also another area where Seattle’s draft class stands out.
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According to Pro Football Focus, the Seahawks compiled the most experienced draft class in terms of total college snaps. Seattle’s 11-player draft class logged a combined 22,970 snaps over the course of their college careers, which was the most of any team in the league.
And it wasn’t just because the Seahawks were tied with four other teams for the most players drafted. Seattle’s class had an average of 2,088 college snaps per player, which ranked fifth-most in the league.
The Seahawks drafted six players with at least 2,300 snaps: first-round offensive lineman Grey Zabel (2,776), second-round safety Nick Emmanwori (2,341), fifth-round wide receiver Tory Horton (2,370), sixth-round offensive lineman Bryce Cabeldue (3,060), seventh-round offensive lineman Mason Richman (3,050) and seventh-round wide receiver Ricky White III (2,447).
Does all of that cumulative experience mean anything for the Seahawks going forward?
Former NFL quarterback Brock Huard thinks so. During Friday’s Blue 88 segment on Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk, Huard said it can help the Seahawks’ rookies acclimate to the schemes of head coach Mike Macdonald and offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.
“I do think when it comes to Mike Macdonald’s defensive system, when it comes to Klint Kubiak’s offensive system, do you know what is very beneficial in teaching all of the intricacies, all of the calls, all of the steps, all of the details?” Huard said. “Experiences.
“When you’ve been there and you’ve done it, there is no substitute for it. So I love it. I’ve clamored for that for a lot of years. … And the Seahawks checked those boxes many times over in this draft class.”
Listen to the full Blue 88 segment at this link or in the audio player at the bottom of this story. Tune in to Brock and Salk weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.
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