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Jun
30
TACOMA, Wash. - The new Gray Middle School in Tacoma isn’t really gray, it’s green.
It has impressive environmentally friendly features everywhere you look. Some of them include banks of windows for lots of natural light, recycled beams from an old high school, rubber flooring that doesn’t require chemicals, drought tolerant landscaping, and a filtration system that circulates fresh air all day long.
Read more of the KING 5 investigation here.
Jun
30
Editors note:
This data has been available for years. The University of Washington created an application called Busview over 7 years ago. If you want to read the history of the project, it is available here.
This is the same data that Microsoft and Google use to feed their bus route and bus mapping systems.
And why in the world would King County need to be publishing restaurant reviews? How about they review some of their bus stops. We’ve got a couple of locations in mind that could use some sprucing up.
by TERESA YUAN / KING5 News
KING5.com
Posted on June 29, 2010 at 7:53 AM at King5.com
SEATTLE - These days it seems like there’s an app for everything. Now, King County is considering using new apps to give residents access to public information via the Web or mobile applications.
For Jen Joyce of Seattle, getting ready for work revolves around her smart phone.
“It’s pretty sad to say it (smart phone) has my life on it,” Joyce told KING 5.
Every day, Jen saves ten minutes with one mobile app in particular — One Bus Away.
Read the rest of the story at King5.com.
Jun
30
The City of Renton, and returning Title Sponsor “The Landing,” invite you to celebrate Independence Day in Renton. Enjoy free children’s activities and face-painting from 12:00 - 8:00 p.m., stage entertainment from 1:30 - 9:30 p.m., and a professional fireworks display from a barge in Lake Washington at 10:00 p.m.
Average attendance at Gene Coulon has been 20,000 for Renton’s 4th of July event, with many more viewing the beautiful night-time fireworks display from boats, canoes, kayaks, West Hill, Mercer Island, Newcastle, and Renton’s Kennydale and Highlands.
For additional information and a schedule of events vist the City of Renton’s web site.
Jun
30
Jun
30
Here we go again. Yet more government empmloyees making more money that average citizens. And let’s not forget it wasn’t that long ago when Ron Sims was threatening to shutdown some parks.
We need to vote the people out that approve these salaries. If that means voting out the entire King County Council then so be it.
It’s nice to see the media is finally doing their job. King5 exposed the ferry system fiasco and now we have Kiro exposing King County.
From KIROTV.com
Chris Halsne
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter
This is the kind of thing that really makes a lot of tax payers mad.
A dozen King County parks managers just scored 20 percent pay raises - plus a sizable pile of extra bonus cash.
Now Team 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne unravels how union maneuvering and backroom politics put “The Supervisors” in the money.
King County has been slashing budgets everywhere. Departments are under a hiring freeze and to save money, they’ve been giving away parks and pools to local cities. Now, we’ve learned the King County Parks Department is being forced to make more emergency cuts this month after losing a battle with the employees union over pay scale increases for 12 top level managers.
Read the rest of the story at KIROTV.com.
Jun
26
Dates
Friday, June 25, 2010 - Sunday, June 27, 2010
10am - 5pm
365 Renton Center Way (external link)
Fred Meyer
Renton, WA 98055
The Wastemobile travels to many communities to provide household hazardous waste disposal services for King County residents. The Wastemobile accepts a wide variety of materials. The pilot project to accept business waste from conditionally exempt small quantity generators (SQG) has been extended throughout 2010. Amounts and types of business waste are restricted. For more details and to find out if you qualify as an SQG, contact the business waste line at 206-263-8899 or see the website for more details.
No latex paint accepted. There is a limit of 50 gallons total liquid hazardous waste per residential customer per day at all Wastemobile events. No more than 30 gallons of gasoline will be accepted from residents. No containers over five gallons in size will be accepted.
Amounts and types of business waste are restricted. See the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program Business page for complete details.
Proper handling and transportation of hazardous waste can reduce the chance of accidental spills.
For your safety and the safety of the Hazardous Waste Program staff, please:
The Hazards Line
Telephone: 206-296-4692
Jun
21
This one will shock you. We’ll maybe not…
Jun
21
This story leaves out the fact that we also have a Motor Voter Law. So the illegals get a two fer!!!
Getting a driver’s license in Washington State doesn’t require you prove you’re in the country legally, and the US Attorney’s office says people are coming from far and wide to take advantage of that fact.
Department of Licensing spokesman Brad Benfield says the problem is hard to avoid in Washington because we’re one of just a few states that doesn’t ask applicants if they’re here legally.
Read the rest of the story at MYNorthwest.com.
Jun
21
Thanks to Judith White for bringing this to our attention.
Public Notice: King County Assessor Town Hall meetings in Auburn, June 22, 2010 and Federal Way, June 23, 2010.
KING COUNTY, WA - “Wondering where your property tax dollars go?” and “Seeking property tax relief and answers on your property valuations?” King County Assessor Lloyd Hara and King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer (District 7) will be co-hosting Town Hall meetings with representatives from the Board of Equalization, King County Treasury and King County Tax Advisor Office on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 and Wednesday, June 23, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to discuss property valuations and the services that the Department of Assessments provides to assist property owners in light of the current economic downturn.
WHO: King County Assessor, Lloyd Hara
King County Councilmember, Pete von Reichbauer (District 7)
King County Board of Equalization
King County Treasury
King County Tax Advisor Office
WHAT: Town Hall Meeting on Understanding Property Valuations
WHEN: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 *Auburn
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 *Federal Way
TIME: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
WHERE: Auburn High School - Library Room
800 4th Street Northeast, Auburn, WA 98002-5078
Federal Way 320th Library - Conference Room 1 & 2
848 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003-5346
Jun
17
There goes the City of Renton looking for additional revenue streams. The officer had no evidence. Read this story and it should shock you. We should all hunch over now in protest.
RENTON, Wash. — On the very first day the new cell phone law took effect, Dixie Mosher got pulled over.
“I’ve got the lights behind me, from across. He came across traffic,” she said. “I was like, ‘Is there a problem?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, I pulled you over, because you were using a cell phone.’”
But Mosher claims she never had her cell phone.
Read the reset of the story at KOMONews.com.