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Candidates for Burien City Council speak out about Respect WA mailing
In response to a gathering imbroglio surrounding a recent endorsement letter supporting four Burien City Council candidates mailed out by Respect Washington, the candidates in question have taken to social […]
LETTER: I do not respect ‘Respect Washington’; plus, Sheriff responds
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, written by a Reader. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The B-Town Blog nor its staff:] To the […]
City Council rejects safe drug injection sites at Monday night meeting
By Jack Mayne The Burien City Council voted 5 to 2 Monday night (Oct. 16) to ban King County health officials from locating a safe injection site in the city, […]
Landlords can still reject vouchers, subsidies; human service dept. started
By Jack Mayne The Burien City Council rejected on a tie 3–3 tie vote a proposal by Councilmember Lauren Berkowitz to require landlords to not consider whether a prospective resident […]
Safe injection site stalled; Council approves plan to hire human services director
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was revised on Aug. 23, 2017 at 10 a.m.: By Jack Mayne The Burien City Council dodged a quick decision on banning safe drug injection sites […]
Police Chief Kimerer says he’s retiring; Sheriff again explains sanctuary rules
By Jack Mayne Police Chief Scott Kimerer announced to the Burien City Council at Monday night’s session that he would be retiring on Sept. 1 after 38 years in law […]
B-TOWN BLOG VOTERS’ GUIDE: Q&As with City Council Pos. #3 Candidates
On July 6, 2017, we emailed out a list of 11 Questions to all candidates running for Burien City Council in the Primary election, which has an Aug. 1 voting […]
ELECTION: Berkowitz not running, other positions draw largely anti-crime candidates
By Jack Mayne As of Friday’s filing deadline, 17 people are looking to become or remain members of the Burien City Council, but current councilmember Lauren Berkowitz will not be […]
Split City Council vote selects former Federal Way Police Chief as City Manager
By Jack Mayne Within the next two or three weeks Burien should have a new City Manager, following the City Council’s split vote at Monday night’s special session. The new […]