Baseball season has started, the flowers are out and occasionally so is the sun. Our dispositions are better and we celebrate that special person in our lives, our mothers. That means it’s May!
This is the second of a two-part column suggesting that by not holding public meetings or confirmation hearings where the…
According to the dictionary, transparency is defined as “easily detected or seen through; clear.”
Three seats on the Federal Way School Board are up for election this fall.
Apparently, conservation of environmentally sensitive property can be added to the list of controversial issues for would-be candidates this election season.
This year, there are four Federal Way City Council positions up for election.
There are four Federal Way City Council seats up for election this year. If you’re thinking about running, there are…
But what used to pass for civil discourse has taken a whole new direction, as “cranky” seems to have replaced “civil.”
For three years and two elections, Federal Way voters debated their form of government.
King County government will be worth watching this year. Not only does the county continue to have budget challenges and…
In a recent column, I mentioned that merging different special purpose districts — such as South King Fire and Rescue and Lakehaven Utility District — with city government would be more effective and efficient.
With many public budgets facing their third year of cutbacks in services and staffing, anything that creates “jobs,” “growth” and “economic development” has started to rival public safety in its level of importance to local government.
Sometime in our lives, each of us encounters a brush with history.
During last year’s election cycle, I wrote a column that suggested that with the economy down, the only thing that might save the Democrats from significant losses was the Republicans themselves.
I receive many questions about my columns. Since other readers might have similar questions, I wanted share a few of them.
It’s that time of year again when the storms, snow and dark days are at their apogee. Much like the swallows return to Capistrano, so does the Legislature return to Olympia.
For several years, the Federal Way School Board was hampered by controversy that overshadowed many accomplishments.
If you thought politics was fun last year, you are going to have a bit of a letdown this year. However, not to worry: 2012 will more than make up for it.
It’s that time of the year again when we acknowledge the contributions, both good and not so good, of our public officials by providing them with awards of absolutely no value.
New Mayor Skip Priest and the Federal Way City Council will be under the big microscope of public observation the next few months as everyone watches to see how City Hall changes under the new strong mayor system.
