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McGinn and Murray to Battle for November’s Mayoral Title

Michael van Baker — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:41:35 +0000

With 98,328 ballots counted (and 96,445 on hand to be counted, plus whatever continue to trickle in through the mail), Ed Murray and Mike McGinn have established clear leads over the rest of the field.

Why Your King County Metro Bus Route’s Future is Up to the State

Michael van Baker — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:31 +0000

Surprisingly, the audience for this particular piece of political theatre is the state legislature in Olympia, as they control King County's ability to create more stable funding mechanisms for Metro, but have been reluctant to cede that authority, despite King County's evident willingness to pay.

Seattle Brings Back its Gun Buyback Program

Michael van Baker — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:43:24 +0000

The first gun buyback is scheduled for Saturday, January 26, 2013, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, in a parking lot between Cherry and James Streets, beneath I-5. At present, the buyback program's coffers contain about $70,000 but $100,000 is the goal, said Mayor Mike McGinn

In King County, a Baby Has Died of Whooping Cough

Michael van Baker — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:22:46 +0000

"Infants younger than 6 months account for 90 percent of all pertussis-related deaths and the majority of hospitalizations," reads the Seattle & King County Public Health brief on whooping cough (pertussis). That statistic came into stark relief last Thursday, when a newborn baby died from a cases of pertussis.

Seattle Plans Third Avenue Clean-Out Redux

Michael van Baker — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:53:55 +0000

From South Dearborn to Denny Way, Seattle's Third Avenue marks the spine of an area that could be papered over with the police reports used to track the crime within it. During the past year, it's been the setting for more than 3,800 incidents, everything from shoplifting and narcotics use to car theft, robbery, and shootings. 33 times, someone threatened to kill someone else.

Economy Exerts “Downward Pressure” on King County Real Estate Prices

Michael van Baker — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:36:35 +0000

The health of the home real estate market correlates strongly with people's ability to pay their mortgages, so it's not surprising that three years of chronic unemployment have done little to improve local listings: "King County median home price falls by double digits again," Eric Pryne tells you in the Seattle Times. As a case in free fall, here's a top-floor unit in a 1924 brick co-op condo at 13th and Cherry going for $79,900...somewhat less than its original listing of $184,900.