Do you know your Superior Court Judges... many never appear on the ballot. Trooper Gadd THE way Superior Court Judges are elected came to light recently, to this reporter, in the case of a state trooper that was killed on the Freeway in Marysville. A suspect in the case just had his bail reduced from $1,000,000 to $100,000 by Judge Richard Okrent in Snohomish County. This suspect was in Snohomish County jail ...
John Lesow Guest Writer “Planners on Both Sides of the Border are on the Same Page…And it’s the Wrong Page.” At their April 24 meeting at the Bellingham Yacht Club, the Bellingham City Club hosted a pro-development panel discussing the pressing issue of “Balancing Policy, Population and Preservation”. At issue were the recent legislative edicts from Olympia, demanding more housing density in Bellingham and prohibiting Single Family Zoning. The Washington State legislation, ...
How did Skagit County Complete their Justice Center Project. The slides below highlight the process. Beginning with the passage of the proposition to build the Justice Center until Finishing around the ribbon cutting in July 2017 was just less than 4 years for the $62,602,000 Project. This made Skagit County the First County in the Fourth Corner to build a modern jail in their community. The leaders in Skagit County got the job done. ...
The Governor' Budget 2024 By The Political Correspondent A Fact based opinion by the Political Correspondent The Governor just made his budget for 2024 public. What does that mean for you? First, you will want a quick overview of the budget process that the Legislature goes through each year. · There are 3 Operating Budget documents that get introduced every year. The Governor’s comes out first. Then a budget ...
