King County Long march into Seattle for a living wage A “Long March” for a living wage took 100-plus hearty demonstrators from a hotel at SeaTac to Seattle City Hall Thursday, coinciding with a national day of action in which fast food workers marched off the job in 100 cities across America. The movement scored a…
King County Seattle Council considers controversial rules for new police chief The search for a new police chief will begin in earnest next year, and the City Council is proposing a rule change designed to attract stronger candidates. A bill from Council member Bruce Harrell, first heard in his public safety committee today, would allow a new chief…
King County Democratic Party PCOs appoint Albertson, Walkinshaw to House seats from 33rd, 43rd Legislative Districts Democratic Party precinct committee officers appointed outgoing Kent City Council member Elizabeth Albertson and Gates Foundation program director Brady Walkinshaw to vacant state House seats in the 33rd and 43rd Legislative Districts, respectively, at separate meetings Tuesday night. Albertson…
King County King County Council votes to ignore certain “hold” requests from federal immigration officials Immigrants rights advocates were celebrating Monday after the King County Council narrowly passed an ordinance that says the county can ignore certain requests from federal immigration agents. Under the new law, the county narrows the criteria under which it will…
King County Wage war: Is Seattle the next battleground for $15 minimum? Council, voters are likely to act in 2014 One way or another, Seattle voters will be asked to approve a $15-an-hour minimum wage next November. And the whole nation will be watching. “There is a lot of momentum,” says Seattle City Council member-elect…
(Daily Clips will be taking the rest of Thanksgiving week off. See you Tuesday at the November meeting of the King County Democrats.) King County Rainier gets a ‘Wow!’–Obama in Seattle fundraising for party Air Force One landed in a golden Northwest sunset bringing President Obama on a mission he doesn’t particularly enjoy — raising…
King County Constantine: Time running out for state to save Metro services; King County to revert to ‘Plan B’ if necessary King County will take its own measures to save Metro Transit services if the state Legislature fails to pass a transportation package in time, King County Executive Dow Constantine said Thursday. “Let me be clear:…
King County Study: Sodo arena has $732M in hidden subsidies for Hansen Seattle taxpayers would end up subsidizing the proposed Sodo sports arena by nearly $732 million, according to an analysis by a Bellevue business valuation company. The group that commissioned the study said Tuesday that this situation would violate Initiative 91, which Seattle voters passed…
King County Financial crisis threatens Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center To claim the Discovery Park bluff that serves as a spiritual and cultural respite in Seattle, local Native Americans in 1970 surrounded a military fort and scaled the fences. The invasion of Fort Lawton, when more than 100 people covered razor wire with blankets to ensure…
King County Supporters brave rain, rally to Machinists’ cause Several hundred union workers and others rallied Monday in Seattle to support Machinists union members who voted last week to reject Boeing’s proposed contract that would have meant the 777X is built in Washington (at the expense of their secure pensions and cost-of-living raises). Union leaders, Mayor…