Highline School Board Member Tyrone Curry To Be Profiled On NBC News

Highline School Board Member Tyrone Curry (pictured above, photo courtesy ESPN.com) has been named to a list of “100 History Makers in the Making” by theGrio.com, a daily news and opinion website... [Read more]

County Budget Cuts Have Left North Highline With Fewer Police

Burien Police Chief Scott Kimerer by Jack Mayne Burien’s police chief say he was a bit perplexed at recent increases in crime in the unincorporated parts of the North Highline Unincorporated area, but... [Read more]

Boundary Review Board Gives Preliminary Approval Of Annexation

by Jack Mayne Preliminary approval of Burien’s request to proceed toward annexation of the northern half of the North Highline Unincorporated Area was approved Monday night at a chilly meeting of the... [Read more]

Review Board’s Annexation Decision To Be Made At Cascade Middle School 1/23

The Washington State Boundary Review Board will next meet on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at 7 p.m. to “undertake discussion and deliberation to come to a decision concerning the City of Burien’s proposal... [Read more]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘WOW…Who Writes This Stuff For The City?’

WOW who writes this stuff for the City of Burien website. Currently on the website under annexation of north Highline this statement is made in the last paragraph, “…Financially feasible, and... [Read more]

Annexation Backed In 2nd Meeting; Board Delays Final Deliberations To 1/23

by Jack Mayne The second night of testimony to the Boundary Review Board was as much pro-Burien annexation as the first night was anti-annexation, giving a good-sized audience another evening of opinions... [Read more]

Most Oppose Annexation; Boundary Review Board Will Meet Again Tonight

Photo by Scott Schaefer. by Jack Mayne Three and a half hours perched on hard middle school benches and listening to overwhelming opposition to annexation of “Area Y” finally caused the 11 member Boundary... [Read more]

REMINDER: Letters To Boundary Review Board Must Be Postmarked By Friday

The Washington State Boundary Review Board will be holding a public hearing for Burien’s proposed annexation of North Highline at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9th at Cascade Middle School, and the deadline... [Read more]

LETTER: Less Revenues Forecast For Area Y By King County

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a letter sent to the Burien City Council, and re-printed here with permission: Please exercise your fiduciary responsibility before proceeding any further down the... [Read more]

Here’s The Agenda For Tonight’s N. Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting

The next North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting will be held tonight – Thursday, Dec. 1 – starting at 7 p.m. at the North Highline Fire Station, located at 1243 SW 112 Street in White Center. Burien... [Read more]

UPDATE: Plan To Consolidate North Burien Libraries Put On Hold – For Now

by Ralph Nichols The King County Library System Board of Trustees voted 4-0 Tuesday night (Nov. 29) to put on temporary hold administration plans to close and consolidate the White Center and Boulevard... [Read more]

Burien City Council Expected To Oppose Latest Move To Consolidate Two Libraries

King County Library System Director Bill Ptacek wants to close both the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries and build a new one. by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members are expected to ask King... [Read more]

Gov. Gregoire Now Proposes Cutting Annexation Sales Tax Credit By 10 Percent

by Ralph Nichols Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed $1.7 billion in state budget cuts Nov. 21 – including a 10 percent reduction in the sales tax credit that help Burien and six other cities pay for annexation... [Read more]

SAVE THE DATE: Annexation Public Hearing Date Set For Monday, Jan. 9th

The Washington State Boundary Review Board for King County announced this week that it has set the public hearing date for Burien’s proposed annexation of North Highline – the initial public meeting... [Read more]

LETTER: ‘Costs Too High’ For Burien To Keep Moving Toward Annexation

A Public hearing before the boundary review board is scheduled for January 9th and 10th. Some issues to consider— include the budget reduction…$400,000 below last year with $100,000 allocated... [Read more]

LETTER: Reader’s Rebuttal Against Our Analysis On Proposed Annexation

Jack Mayne wrote an interesting analysis of the Berk Report and the issues regarding the annexation of the North Highline area. I would however take issue with part of his findings. The article correctly... [Read more]

ANALYSIS: Can Burien Afford To Annex The Rest Of North Highline?

Click image to see larger version of the proposed annexation area. [EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an analysis of the negative side of annexation of so-called Area Y. This analysis is not intended to be a balanced... [Read more]

UPDATE: Burien City Council Votes To Move Forward With Annexation

by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members voted 5-2 at their Oct. 3 meeting to begin the legal process for annexation of the remaining North Highline unincorporated area. Mayor Joan McGilton, Deputy... [Read more]