Dow Constantine To Meet With Local Leaders To Determine Fate Of Puget Sound Park

by Ralph Nichols King County Executive Dow Constantine, whose first full day on the job was Monday (Nov. 30), reportedly plans to meet with all interested parties before deciding the future of Puget Sound... [Read more]

County’s Stealth Attempts To Sell Puget Sound Park May Postpone Official Annexation

by Ralph Nichols For the second time in three years, King County is attempting to renege at the 11th hour on a deal with the City of Burien. The King County Library System reportedly has entered into a... [Read more]

Looks Like Official Annexation Day Will Be March 2, 2010

by Ralph Nichols The effective date for annexation is now all but official. At their next meeting on Nov. 23, Burien council members are expected to approve March 2 as the day that some 14,100 residents... [Read more]

City Of Burien Seeks Input On Zoning Designations For Newly-Annexed Area; Public Hearing Nov. 24th

As the City of Burien prepares to annex the North Highline “South Annexation Area,” most likely in March 2010, its Planning Commission is considering converting zoning designations there. The... [Read more]

ELECTION UPDATE 9/2: Final Results Certified – “For Annexation”: 55.56%; “Against”: 44.44%

UPDATE 4:30pm WED. 9/2/09: King County certified the Aug. 18th election results today, and the final tally for Burien’s annexation bid for the North Highline Area has the following returns, from... [Read more]

Big Day At City Hall As Burien Celebrates Successful Annexation Vote; Special Council Meeting Is Aug. 24th

Cartoon by The Mad Artist www.theMadArtist.org by Ralph Nichols With North Highline voters approving annexation to Burien by a comfortable margin, Mayor Joan McGilton declared Wednesday morning (Aug.... [Read more]

It’s Official: Annexation Vote Will Be Tuesday, August 18th

On April 21st we first reported that the city of Burien was proposing August 18th as the day for the vote on its annexation of the North Highline area, and Monday (May 11th) it was made official by a King County Council confirmation vote.

Burien’s annexation attempts have been going on for several years, and this will give residents of the proposed “Area X” (seen in the map above in yellow) a chance to decide whether they want to officially become Burienites or not…

Boundary Review Board Annexation Meeting Set For 3/30

A public hearing on Burien’s proposed annexation of the North Highline area will be held with the Washington State Boundary Review Board on Monday, March 30th at 7pm at the Riverside Residences in... [Read more]

Report From Tuesday Night’s Burien Annexation Open House

Burien Councilmember Kathy Keane shows a resident part of the annexation area. by Gina Bourdage Tuesday night (Jan. 6th), the City of Burien held their third public “Open House” meeting to... [Read more]

Annexation “Open House” Is Tuesday, Jan. 6th

Curious about how Burien plans on annexing parts of North Highline and White Center? The City of Burien is holding its first in a series of informational open houses next Tuesday, Jan. 6th from 6:30pm... [Read more]

Report On Thursday Night's Annexation "Open House"

B-Town Blog’s Mark Neuman filed this late-night missive with Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer around 11pm Thurs. night: Scott - Got back, about an hour ago, from the City of Burien’s community... [Read more]

Burien Mayor Responds To Seattle Councilmember Conlin

We just got an exclusive response from Burien Mayor Joan McGilton on this entire annexation withdrawal issue, and here’s the latest: First, a snippet from Seattle Councilmember Richard Conlin as... [Read more]

Annexation Update: Councilmember Shaw Calls It "BS"

  Just got off the phone with Gordon Shaw, Burien native and City Councilmember, who offered up this exclusive, yet rather fiery quote about the North Highline/White Center annexation withdrawal political... [Read more]

UPDATE: Burien Withdraws Its Request For Annexation

UPDATE 8/28/10:30am: Tonight’s Annexation Open House is still scheduled to occur starting at 6:30pm at Boulevard Park Presbyterian Church (located at 1822 South 128th Street in SeaTac), despite the... [Read more]

Annexation Open House Set For Thurs. Aug. 28th

The City of Burien will be holding a series of informational open houses, at various locations, to answer questions about what annexation will mean for the people within the proposed annexation area. This... [Read more]

Annexation Meeting Set For Sept. 2nd

The Washington State Boundary Review Board for King County will be holding a meeting on the proposed annexation of the “North Highline” area on Tues, Sept. 2nd at 7pm at Riverside Residences... [Read more]