Jim Ferrell has a chance to be a really good mayor, maybe even better than good. But he appears headed toward the same mistakes for which he criticized his predecessor Mayor Skip Priest.
The surprising announcement by Federal Way City Council member, Bob Celski, that he would not seek re-election has thrown a huge curve ball at a candidate pool that was starting to take shape.
With the future of education in question; need for improvements in services for the poor, infirm and elderly; significant needs in transportation
Think holding public office sounds like fun? Then this is the year for you.
The only people who enjoyed the process to fill the legislative vacancy created by Roger Freeman’s passing might be chess players,
The top political stories of 2014 were: Council passage of the Performing Arts and Conference Center; state Rep. Roger Freeman’s passing;
The “Artful Dodger” award goes to Mark Miloscia for successfully switching to the Republican party after 14 years as a Democrat office holder,
In politics there is always humor. Most of it is funny, some is sad and some revealing. Here are some samplings from this year.
Jim Ferrell has brought much needed energy, activism and a sense of urgency to the mayor’s job.
Apparently the solution King County, Federal Way and Auburn arrived at weeks ago to save the King County Health Centers wasn’t quite the study in harmony we were told at the time.
Earlier this week the 30th District Democrats met to determine a list of nominees to replace the late Roger Freeman in the state Legislature.
“I have been blessed to be able to serve in the Legislature; it is the last place I never thought I would be … politics,” says retiring state Sen. Tracey Eide.
What do Carol Gregory, Shari Song, Greg Baruso, Roger Flygare, Richard Champion and Martin Moore have in common?
Turnout, turnout, turnout! Those who vote get to decide for everyone else what is important and who wins!
How could Federal Way be ranked the ninth most stressful city in the state?
As always, I have sought out the best advice possible to make my annual predictions of the winners in the key political races.
Most of the statewide media attention during this election season has focused on the race between Republican Mark Miloscia and Democrat Shari Song because the winner may determine control of the state Senate.
It would probably be impossible to have an election that didn’t have at least one controversial initiative on the ballot to help boost turn out. And this year’s hot topic: guns.
