Consensus is the lack of leadership.
Former British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Last year a Burien political action committee, Citizens for Honesty in Government, backed three candidates for election to their city's council.
All three won.
But two of them, Mayor Joan McGilton and Councilwoman Rose Clark, aren't taking marching orders from that PAC.
A couple of lightly rainy days will not make up for the long summer of dry weeks and weeks. So, it's not yet time to get out and make new gardens or transplant what really needs a better location.
Hold off on major work until we have a dependable twp weeks of rain. In the meantime, bulbs are coming into the nurseries and garden centers.
Mainstays of the spring garden, hardy bulbs should be purchased as soon as they're available for the best, healthiest selection.
Having encouraged their constituency to vote for yet another levy to ensure the North Highline Fire Department has the necessary tools for our safety, the Commissioners of the Fire District voted unanimously to give the Fire Chief a salary increase to $16,500 a month.
That's correct-$198,000 a year. It's incomprehensible that one of the lowest income urban areas in the state has one of the highest paid public servants in the state. Go figure!
So the Burien City Council wants to put in for a full site Potential Annexation Area to prevent Seattle from being able to do so. That is really a good reason.
When council members start making statements like "We know there is a huge deficit coming along with North Highline, but we want to get the county to agree to fund the deficit for 10 years as a condition to a full PAA," what are they thinking?
The council says there are grants available and then there is the 10-year reimbursement from the state for taking on the huge obligation.
The City of Burien's Arts Commission and Discover Burien were pleased to co-sponsor the Downtown Art Walk on Saturday, Sept. 9.
Unfortunately, when the City submitted event information to the Highline Times for their Sept. 5 edition, we erroneously listed the name of a wonderful new business in downtown Burien, which participated as one of the event supporters.
Please note the correct name of the business is Vino Bello, not the incorrect name that was listed. The wine shop is located at 636 S.W. 152nd St.
and Burien:
On behalf of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the entire staff of King County Fire District 2, we thank you for your support in the recent property tax levy lid lift election.
We are honored by the confidence you have shown in your positive support of the Fire Department.
I have a story and a thank you that I would like to share. On Monday Aug. 28, at about 9:45 a.m., I was at the new Midway Lowe's in the self-checkout lane where I was almost done paying for my items.
I had my toddler with me in the car cart and I had my purse in front between the cart and the handle. The front of the cart was facing away from me.
SeaTac voters appear to have narrowly rejected last week a property tax increase to fund the replacement of two fire stations and hire more firefighters.
On Sept. 25, King County Elections reported 1458 yes votes (49.49 percent) and 1488 no votes (50.51 percent) on Proposition 1, which would have lifted SeaTac's property tax levy lid for six years.
Late election night returns on Sept. 19 had the proposal ahead by 15 votes.
Election results must be certified by Friday, Sept.
Burien lawmakers indicated Sept. 25 they may appoint a blue ribbon committee to study North Highline annexation. Who would be on the committee was not decided.
Motivated by frustration over Seattle's lack of cooperation to find mutually acceptable annexation options, the Burien City Council voted Sept.
Burien City Council members have been threatened with recall if they vote to designate any part of North Highline as a potential annexation area.
The recall threat was communicated in an undated notice sent by certified mail recently to the home addresses of all seven lawmakers.
It was paid for by the Burien Residents Against Annexation Political Action Committee.
