How important is it that the superintendent of schools lives in the district?
Well, here we go again. It’s 6 a.m. and time for another day on the treadmill. It seems to be staying dark later, and somehow that makes this daily agony even less enjoyable.
In politics, what goes on behind the scenes is always far more interesting than what goes on in public. The recent vote by the King County Council on adding a $20 charge to your car tabs to pay for bus transit is illustrative.
It wasn’t a surprise that Federal Way City Council candidate Susan Honda came out of the primary leading three other contenders. Or that Roger Flygare finished second. The surprise was the margin.
Recently, Mayor Skip Priest and the Federal Way City Council unveiled their plan to challenge Sound Transit’s decision to put off light rail service to Federal Way from 2023 to 2040.
Next week is the end of the primary season, which determines who will go on to the general election in November.
Five years doesn’t seem like a long time? Through the forbearance of three different publishers, one hearty editor, several patient Mirror staffers and, of course, you as readers, I have been writing this column for that long.
For the majority of Federal Way voters who were unable to attend the debate between candidates for the school board and city council, you missed a great opportunity to see the candidates in action.
In the past three weeks, the political landscape has changed more than the Mariners roster.
Many cities seek a community definition with the image their downtown presents. But Federal Way has evolved into what it is today, rather than having been planned.
My recent two-part column about the change in Federal Way’s form of government resulted in several questions from readers. Under the theory that others might have the same questions, I will share them with you.
For a while, I thought we weren’t going to have any races for the Federal Way City Council or Federal Way School Board to keep track of — and that we would have a boring summer.
In what came as a surprise to almost no one, Gov. Christine Gregoire announced last week that she will not seek re-election to a third term.
Bob Roegner brings up interesting points about Mayor Skip Priest’s managerial responsibilities regarding Branches Garden Center.
Like the other candidates for Federal Way mayor last year, Skip Priest made the commitment “to have a business-friendly City Hall.”
The political structure in Federal Way is apparently about to undergo a significant change as two well-known public officials will not seek re-election.
If you were looking for a political issue that is tailor-made for Federal Way’s strong mayor form of government, then Sound Transit just gave it to you.
Who will be Washington’s next governor? The field isn’t set yet, but movements have been going on for quite a while. And there may be a twist coming.
It is May 2011 and we haven’t even had filing week for local fall elections yet, and most of the political speculation is still focused on 2012.
Last fall and again more recently, a group of individuals has been advocating term limits for the mayor and city council here in Federal Way.
