LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Independence Day In Burien

In the week and days before Independence Day (July 4th), my Shorewood on the Bluff (SOB for short) neighborhood resounded with explosions. Being the curmudgeonly sort, I strolled the area engaging neighbors... [Read more]

LETTER: Burien City Council To Impose License Fee Without Voter Approval?

If any of you are still awake after last year’s election goofiness, well it’s starting again. The November 2009 Burien ballot included a proposal for a $25 vehicle license fee to pay for road... [Read more]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Transportation Benefit District Bill Failed Becase It Was “Wrong-Headed”

Burien’s proposed vehicle license fee went down to a resounding defeat (75% voted no) NOT because voters don’t think sidewalks and bike routes are good things. It went down because it was wrong-headed. Regardless... [Read more]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Why I Can’t Support The Transportation Benefit District Fee”

[EDITOR'S NOTE: We're now publishing "Letters to the Editor," and encourage all Readers to email us their opinions or thoughts (another option of course is to Comment below each story). Below is a letter... [Read more]

EDITORIAL: Why Burien Should Approve Referendum 71

by Stephen Lamphear On Tuesday (Sept. 29th), I saw my first “Reject 71″ yard sign in Burien at First Ave South and SW 148th. In addition to the racial/cultural hate that runs just under the... [Read more]

OPINION: Former City Councilmember’s Rebuttal To The “Statement Against” Burien Annexation

by Stephen Lamphear Attention North Highline Annexation Voters: your Voters Pamphlet contains a steamy, smelly pile of bovine fecal matter about annexation to Burien. Here are some of the dung piles dropped... [Read more]