ELECTION UPDATE: 2 new candidates file for Burien City Council seats

It’s the second day of the filing season for the 2013 election (the deadline is this Friday, May 17), and two new candidates have appeared on the radar for seats on the Burien City Council: Position... [Read more]

LETTER: Jack Block Jr. Responds to Deputy Mayor Rose Clark

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter was read by Burien City Councilmember Jack Block Jr. at Monday night's (Dec. 3) meeting:] Response to Deputy Mayor Clark: At the November 26th Deputy Mayor Clark read... [Read more]

LETTER: Rose Clark Responds to Nov. 19 City Council Adjournment

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter is included as public record in the packet for Monday night's Burien City Council meeting:] November 19th Burien City Council Meeting by Deputy Mayor Rose Clark The... [Read more]

Vote to Keep Annexation Off Nov. Ballot Echoes at Monday’s Council Meeting

by Ralph Nichols Echoes of the Burien City Council’s recent vote rejecting an 11th-hour attempt to pull annexation from the November ballot reverberated at their Aug. 20 meeting. Councilwoman Rose Clark,... [Read more]

BREAKING: Brian Bennett Selected As Burien’s New Mayor

After being selected as Mayor, Brian Bennett and former Mayor Joan McGilton traded places... ...and Bennett ran the meeting. Photos by Scott Schaefer. by Ralph Nichols Brian Bennett is Burien’s new mayor,... [Read more]

Councilmember Rose Clark Is Running For Re-Election

by Mark Neuman

I spoke Friday (June 5th) with Burien City Councilmember Rose Clark, who is running for re-election, Position No. 5.

As of press time (or in this electronic era, as of “hit send” time), Clark has no opposition in her bid for another four-year term on the council: