Now You Can Nominate Online For Discover Burien’s Annual Awards Dinner

Discover Burien (BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer sits on its Board of Directors) is seeking nominations to recognize at its annual Awards Dinner and Auction, coming up Friday, March 2nd at the Burien... [Read more]

REMINDER: Don’t Forget To Send In Your Ballots TODAY – Tuesday, Aug. 16

REMINDER: TODAY (Tuesday, Aug. 16th) is the deadline to send in your mail-in ballots for the Primary Election, which includes the first-round of voting for two (of three) seats on Burien’s City Council. To... [Read more]

Deadline To Register To Vote In Aug. 16 Primary Election Is Monday, July 18

This coming Monday, July 18th, is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming Aug. 16th Primary Election, which means that if you do NOT register by then, you won’t be able to vote in two important... [Read more]

Nine Candidates Have Filed To Run For Three Burien City Council Positions

The filing deadline for Burien City Council and other area election candidates closed Friday, June 10th at 4 p.m., and nine candidates have filed for three council positions. The primary (and special)... [Read more]

POLL: Vote And Help Burien Parks Pick This Summer’s ‘Movies In The Park’

Burien Parks’ Gina Kallman has asked us to help find out what movies B-Towners would want to watch during this coming summer’s “Music and Movies In The Park,” and of course we obliged. The... [Read more]

ELECTION UPDATE: Looks Like Highline School District Levy Will Pass

UPDATE WED. 2/9/11 5pm: King County Elections released the second round of results on Tuesday’s election, and the Highline School District Levy is looking like it will definitely pass with 59.86%... [Read more]

Ballots For Highline Public School Levy Hit Mailboxes; Take Our Poll

Ballots for the Highline Public Schools educational programs levy are landing in local mailboxes this week, with a Feb. 8th return deadline. The only “local” issue on the Feb. 8th Special... [Read more]

ELECTION UPDATE: Fitzgibbon, McDermott Still Winning

UPDATE 11/3/10: Here are Wednesday’s (Nov. 3rd), King County Elections returns for Tuesday night’s general election: Keep in mind that these are still preliminary results, and the final, certified... [Read more]

Vote Yet? If Not, Here’s Where To Return Your Ballot Today…

Today, Tuesday, Nov. 2nd, is Election Day, which means that if indeed you are a good, upstanding American citizen, you have until closing time at your local post office to get your ballot postmarked, or... [Read more]

County Council Candidate Diana Toledo Receives Two Endorsements

On Friday (Oct. 1st), King County Council Candidate Diana Toledo announced that she has received endorsements from former county council candidates and former Normandy Park Mayor/councilmember Shawn McEvoy,... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Pics From Tuesday Night’s King County Council Candidates Forum

Plenty of photos were taken at Tuesday night’s B-Town Blog King County Council Candidates’ Forum by both Michael Brunk and Nicholas Johnson, and it didn’t take long until Scott Schaefer... [Read more]

UPDATE: County Council Candidates Focus On Differences At B-Town Blog Forum (w/Audio)

Diana Toledo, left, faced off against Joe McDermott in Tuesday night's B-Town Blog Candidates Forum. Photo by Michael Brunk. by Ralph Nichols [REPORTER'S NOTE: Writing on the fast-paced exchanges of... [Read more]

REMINDER: King County Council Candidates Debate Is Tonight At ERAC

Reminder, fellow concerned and involved citizens, The B-Town Blog is hosting a sure-to-be exciting Candidates Debate tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 28, in Burien, from 7pm to 8:15pm, featuring the two candidates... [Read more]

Vote For Burien’s Tin Room As “Best Neighborhood Bar” – Here’s The Link

Our friends at The Tin Room in Olde Burien have been nominated for “Best Neighborhood Bar” by KING5, and we’d like to encourage our Readers to help ‘em out by voting for them. Click... [Read more]

UPDATE: County Certifies Primary Results; Highest Turnout Since ’04

King County Elections certified the results of the Aug. 17th Primary Election Wednesday morning (Sept. 1st), and announced a total voter turnout of 39 percent, the highest for a primary since 2004, with... [Read more]

Heavey Holds Slim Lead Over Fitzgibbon As They Prepare For Nov. Face-Off

by Ralph Nichols Just 21 votes separate 34th Legislative District candidates Mike Heavey and Joe Fitzgibbon after a second day of counting ballots cast in the Aug. 17 primary election. Fitzgibbon gained... [Read more]

McDermott, Toledo Anticipate Face-Off for King County Council In Nov. Election

by Ralph Nichols After a second day of counting ballots cast in the Aug. 17 primary election, Joe McDermott maintains a lopsided lead in the King County Council race from District 8. McDermott has almost... [Read more]

Early Election Results: Heavey, Fitzgibbon; McDermott, Toledo Leading

King County Elections posted its “early returns” for Tuesday night’s (Aug. 17) primary, and with between 22 – 24% of the mail-in ballots counted, it looks like it’s going to be... [Read more]