Washington News links Archive - April 2009
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Washington News Links
- Nickels pushes for bigger affordable-housing levy (Seattle Times, April 30, 2009)
- Form of government vote is a community ordeal (Bainbridge Review, April 30, 2009)
- Cuts: Tacoma City Council gets hard budget facts (Tacoma News Tribune, April 29, 2009)
- King County gets an "F" for dirty air (Seattle PI, April 29, 2009)
- County Auditor recommends $1 Million budget cut (Islands Sounder, April 28, 2009)
- Puyallup may ditch at-large voting proposal (Tacoma News Tribune, April 28, 2009)
- Castle Rock to ask voters for library, police levies (The Daily News, April 27, 2009)
- Crime-fighting tax sought (Tri-City Herald, April 26, 2009)
- Mobile home parks allowed in more places (Whidbey News Times, April 24, 2009)
- Commissioners agree to layoffs, other cost-cutting measures (The Daily News, April 21, 2009)
- Latest round of cuts claims 22 county jobs (Whidbey News Times, April 21, 2009)
- County to adopt four day work week (Port Orchard Independent, April 21, 2009)
- For Grandview's town portrait, everyone is invited (Seattle Times, April 21, 2009)
- With profits down, Port of Tacoma plans layoffs (Tacoma News Tribune, April 21, 2009)
- Lacey firefighters’ union draws flak (Tacoma News Tribune, April 21, 2009)
- Orting bans dangerous dogs (Tacoma News Tribune, April 20, 2009)
- Counties seek help determining indigent legal defense (Tri-City Herald, April 19, 2009)
- Gov. Gregoire signs county seat legislation (Tri-City Herald, April 17, 2009)
- Innovative housing ordinance receives first public dress-down (Bainbridge Review, April 16, 2009)
- New system helps PO police recover stolen cars (Port Orchard Independent, April 16, 2009)
- Planning commission, city move to end height and density increases in downtown (Bainbridge Review, April 14, 2009)
- Funding change liberates city art (Whidbey News Times, April 14, 2009)
- Olympia fire department rolls out plans for new station (The Olympian, April 14, 2009)
- Yakima City Council kills proposed curfew ordinance (Yakima Herald, April 14, 2009)
- Point in Time survey shows more homeless people this year than last (Yakima Herald, April 14, 2009)
- Planning commission, city move to end height and density increases in downtown (Bainbridge Review, April 14, 2009)
- Washington cities appear on organization's annual car theft rankings (Tacoma News Tribune, April 13, 2009)
- Grant could bring more police to Federal Way (Federal Way Mirror, April 13, 2009)
- Taxable retail sales nosedive in county (The Olympian, April 11, 2009)
- City Council looking at cottage housing (Lake Stevens Journal, April 8, 2009)
- San Juan County dog license search now online (Islands Sounder, April 8, 2009)
- Camas continues to reduce 2009 budget (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, April 7, 2009)
- Seattle expects $43 million budget shortfall (Seattle Times, April 7, 2009)
- Kirkland considers annexation, keeping Casino Caribbean open (Seattle Times, April 7, 2009)
- Fires raise interest in building code (Tacoma News Tribune, April 7, 2009)
- Ruston officials broach idea of annexation with Tacoma (Tacoma News Tribune, April 7, 2009)
- Prosser OKs car tab fee (Yakima Herald, April 7, 2009)
- Buckley residents can now purchase city flag (Enumclaw Courier-Herald, April 7, 2009)
- Kitsap the King of Low-Impact Development? (Kitsap Sun, April 7, 2009)
- Man bit by Kennewick police dog awarded nearly $1.8M (Tri-City Herald, April 4, 2009)
- Tri-City police agencies to get $400,000 in stim funds (Tri-City Herald, April 3, 2009)
- Judge fines Mason County over records (The Olympian, April 3, 2009)
- City of Bainbridge begins to implement cuts (Brainbridge Review, April 3, 2009)