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…
King County Rally Monday at Westlake Park to support Boeing Machinists In America, hard work and success should be rewarded. But this week an American company experiencing soaring profits, stock prices at an all-time high, and decades worth of back orders for its high-quality union-made products, did exactly the opposite. Boeing gave its workforce a…
(Daily Clips will take the rest of this week off, so that the editor can attend the 34th District Democrats’ monthly meeting Wednesday and the Kohl-Welles election recap Thursday. See you there. Daily Clips should return Monday, November 18. Thanks for reading.) King County Sawant pulls ahead of Conlin in Seattle Council race Socialist challenger…
King County Faye Garneau: The woman who transformed city council elections It took a couple of tries, but she finally did it. North Seattle businesswoman Faye Garneau has changed the way Seattle elects its city council members. On Nov. 5, even with just a portion of the votes in, it was as plain as day. The…
King County Crucial Machinist contract vote likely to be close The Legislature Saturday overwhelmingly passed a package of incentives meant to assure Boeing builds the 777X jet in Washington state, but the Machinists who’ll vote Wednesday on their piece of the company’s take-it-or-leave-it proposal face a more personal decision. As the crucial vote loomed, politicians, union…
King County Backers of SeaTac’s $15 wage floor eye Seattle After claiming victory in SeaTac, backers of a $15-an-hour minimum wage are turning their attention to Seattle. Labor activists who backed the measure that raises wages for airport-related workers in SeaTac said Wednesday that the push is on to raise Seattle’s wage floor to $15 for…
King County Murray wins big as voters dump McGinn; it’s all over but the concession State Sen. Ed Murray took a big lead Tuesday night of 56 percent to 43 percent over incumbent Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, a margin that makes the 18-year veteran of the Washington Legislature a nearly sure bet to become Seattle’s…