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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Crime increasing in Burien, along with everywhere in S. King County, Chief says
By Jack Mayne Burien’s crime rate is increasing as it is in other cities in south King County, according to Police Chief Scott Kimerer in his annual report to the […]
Lauren Berkowitz can keep on phoning it in while Tweeting commentaries
By Jack Mayne Burien City Councilmember Lauren Berkowitz can still attend sessions by telephone, despite having long been criticized by some members of the Burien public. Berkowitz has physically attended only […]
Burien City Council passes ‘sanctuary’ law that protects immigration status
By Jack Mayne A loudly clapping and cheering audience at the Burien City Council meeting Monday night (Jan. 9) welcomed the 4–3 vote approving a revised ordinance that said city […]