Recently I dropped off some clothes at a charity compound in Federal Way when the attendant asked if I wanted…
Why would anyone want to be the King County assessor? Two decades ago, Bruce Holland passed away suddenly just a…
By ANDREW VILLENEUVE, Northwest Progressive Institute The waiting, arguing and litigating is finally over. Sound Transit inaugurated service last Saturday…
It’s about time. The Senate finally approved a measure that expands the reach of current federal hate crimes legislation. Earlier…
When Eric Faison decided not to seek re-election, the Federal Way City Council lost one of its more knowledgeable and…
“Try Federal Way First. Shop local. Buy local.” Reading those words from the Federal Way Chamber of Commerce’s newest ad…
Washington’s tax system is broken.
Ever since a plan to collect revenue more progressively backfired in the 1930s — when our state and our country were in the midst of the Great Depression — Washington has been clinging to an outdated, regressive tax system that is unfair, unstable and outdated.
In a baseball game, you have two teams and an umpire. The umpire is like the police. He enforces the…
By Jerry Galland, resident of unincorporated King County The governor took away your right to vote, this time on annexation….
Summer reminds me of one of my simplest tips for being green: Washing your car…in the right place. Unlike me,…
What do the citizens of Federal Way want in a judge? Incumbent Judge Michael Morgan has drawn five challengers with…
Kudos to the fireworks show July 4 at Celebration Park in Federal Way. Thousands of people packed the park to…
Leave it to the bureaucrats and the politicians to get it wrong again. The state of Alabama has gone to…
It was my 15th post-Fourth of July day as a resident of Federal Way, but this “day after” became more…
I don’t usually read Cosmopolitan magazine. However, in the name of research, I recently picked one up. The women in…
The most exciting race for King County executive in 20 years is now under way. But when voters changed county…