B-Town Blog’s Mark Neuman filed this late-night missive with Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer around 11pm Thurs. night:
Scott -
Got back, about an hour ago, from the City of Burien’s community meeting at Boulevard Park Presbyterian Church earlier tonight (Thurs., Aug. 28). Topic: proposed annexation of North Highline and the temporary withdrawal of the City of Burien’s request [...]

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We just got an exclusive response from Burien Mayor Joan McGilton on this entire annexation withdrawal issue, and here’s the latest:
First, a snippet from Seattle Councilmember Richard Conlin as quoted on another Seattle-based blog:
“…unless Burien is prepared to make significant change in its proposal…” 
Mayor Joan’s reaction to Mr. Conlin’s statement:
“Burien has consistently acknowledged [...]

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Just got off the phone with Gordon Shaw, Burien native and City Councilmember, who offered up this exclusive, yet rather fiery quote about the North Highline/White Center annexation withdrawal political game currently being played out between Burien and Seattle:
“The efforts Burien has made so far have been stymied by Seattle and King County to a [...]

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UPDATE 8/28/10:30am: Tonight’s Annexation Open House is still scheduled to occur starting at 6:30pm at Boulevard Park Presbyterian Church (located at 1822 South 128th Street in SeaTac), despite the fact that Burien is temporarily withdrawing its annexation request.
Here’s a quote from Jenn Ramirez-Robinson, Management Analyst at the Burien City Manager’s Office:
“In brief, the City of [...]

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Our sister site, the White Center Blog, just launched its latest community-enriching effort, a page devoted entirely to JOB LISTINGS!
The page is set up to retrieve live, continuously-updated job listings for the general White Center area, and can be found here.
Currently it’s set to find jobs listed within a 10-mile radius of the Dub-C.
This is [...]

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Here’s another video from Monday night’s Blog Party 2.0 Food Bank Fundraiser at Elliott Bay Brewery, featuring Luke from local band Skwish performing a cover of the Foo Fighters’ “Everlong”:

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Here’s a video we shot of local comedian Winlar doing an original song at last night’s Blog Party 2.0 Food Bank Fundraiser called “The B-Town Blog Song,” aka the “Town Blog, Comma B”:

Thanks again to everyone who showed up, from the musicians to the comedian to all our generous Readers and Contributors – collectively we [...]

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Monday night’s Blog Party 2.0 Food Bank Fundraiser was a rockin’ success, bringing in 166 separate food items and $280 in cash/checks, split evenly between the Highline and White Center Food Banks, and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who braved the weather and showed up (with a special shout-out to  Elliott Bay Brewery for [...]

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Quick Blog Party 2.0 update:

So far (as of 7:07pm) we’ve received 94 food donations and $95
Over 40 people are here
We’re about to start a Shuffleboard Exhibition
Live comedy and music starts at 8pm

There’s still time to get down here, so why aren’t you here yet?
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Photo above was taken just minutes ago outside the Elliott Bay Brewery in downtown Burien, where Blog Party 2.0 is just getting underway despite squalls and thunderstorms.
Luckily, tonight’s event is inside, where there’s a roof, walls, comfortable atmosphere and lots of great neighbors doing good for the Highline and White Center Food Banks.
We’re blogging live [...]

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