Update: Time set for annexation discussion at tomorrow’s Seattle council meeting

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Annexation, Politics, White Center news | 8 Comments »

When we broke the news Wednesday on partner site West Seattle Blog that Seattle's new mayor wants White Center to vote on annexation this November, we got word that the ... Read more..

Annexation to Seattle? One city councilmember is still interested

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in Annexation, Politics, White Center news | 14 Comments »

The topic of White Center annexation came up when we covered a brownbag lunch meeting with Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden at the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce offices today. ... Read more..

Seattle mayoral candidates answer the annexation question

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Politics, White Center news | 3 Comments »

From the Seattle mayoral debate that's under way right now at the Cinerama downtown - The first audience question was regarding annexation of the remainder of North Highline. Joe Mallahan ... Read more..

Final results in the North Highline South Annexation vote

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Annexation, White Center news | 3 Comments »

King County certified the final results of the August 18 election today, and here's how the annexation measure ended up: FOR ANNEXATION 1380 55.56% AGAINST ANNEXATION 1104 44.44% 39.5% of voters in the ... Read more..

Today’s KUOW annexation discussion now archived online

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, White Center news | Comments Off on Today’s KUOW annexation discussion now archived online

Just follow the audio links from this page. We'll add some more notes later; before the discussion ended, talk turned to the fate of still-unannexed White Center -- Burien City ... Read more..

After the annexation vote: Now what? Council meeting on Monday

Thursday, August 20th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Burien, White Center news | Comments Off on After the annexation vote: Now what? Council meeting on Monday

We've received this City of Burien notice from two people, via People for Burien (peopleforburien.org), asking that we share it: On behalf of the Burien City Council we welcome you to ... Read more..

THIS IS IT: Hours left to vote on North Highline South Annexation

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Election, White Center news | 1 Comment »

That's the ballot dropoff box outside White Center Library. If you don't want to vote until the absolute last moment, that's where to take it - till 8 pm (or ... Read more..

Election 2009, annexation and all: Just one week away

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Election, Politics, White Center news | Comments Off on Election 2009, annexation and all: Just one week away

It's been a week and a half since ballots started arriving - and only one week is left to get yours in. If you're in the North Highline South Annexation ... Read more..

Annexation-vote questions? Ask ’em Thursday night

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on Annexation-vote questions? Ask ’em Thursday night

Reminder - Thursday night is the special "got annexation questions, ask 'em now" North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting, 6 pm, St. Bernadette's. Read more..

Will Seattle annex what Burien doesn’t? Mayor Nickels’ take

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Video, West Seattle, White Center news | 1 Comment »

Context: As Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels prepares to officially file his re-election campaign documents on Monday, we were granted an interview with him Saturday morning, for partner site West Seattle ... Read more..

North Highline annexation vote wins final blessing from Boundary Review Board

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Burien, White Center news | Comments Off on North Highline annexation vote wins final blessing from Boundary Review Board

The vote is on, as noted in this item from this morning's city of Burien newsletter - the final action by the Boundary Review Board was a followup to the ... Read more..

Boundary Review Board holds annexation hearing tonight

Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, White Center news | Comments Off on Boundary Review Board holds annexation hearing tonight

Reminder: Tonight's the Boundary Review Board public hearing on Burien's proposal to annex part of North Highline - it's at 7 pm at the Riverside Residences in Tukwila. More info ... Read more..

Candidate Constantine on annexation, and more

Monday, February 16th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, King County, Politics, White Center news | 5 Comments »

I interviewed Dow Constantine this afternoon in West Seattle for a West Seattle Blog follow-up to the announcement last night that he's running for County Executive. One of the questions ... Read more..

Burien reaction to Seattle vote: Short and simple

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Burien, White Center news | Comments Off on Burien reaction to Seattle vote: Short and simple

Quick followup to our Monday coverage of the Seattle City Council vote against accepting the "memorandum of understanding" with Burien and two fire districts: We asked Burien city manager Mike ... Read more..

Seattle City Council members vote “no” on annexation-process agreement

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, White Center news | 10 Comments »

After a lively discussion which we'll recap shortly, Seattle City Council members have just voted 8 to 1 NOT to endorse the "memorandum of understanding" with Burien and two fire ... Read more..

Another annexation update: Seattle Council takes up the agreement Monday

Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, White Center news | Comments Off on Another annexation update: Seattle Council takes up the agreement Monday

From the preview of next Monday's Seattle City Council slate, they'll be considering the annexation Memorandum of Understanding at 2 pm. Here's how it's written up in the preview: This resolution, ... Read more..

North Highline Unincorporated Area Council discusses getting the word out about the annexation vote

Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Burien, North Highline UAC, White Center news | 3 Comments »

By David Whelan Reporting for White Center Now For last night's meeting of the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council, the main event was clearly the prospect of annexation. Read more..

From White Center’s neighbor to the south: 2 Burien notes

Saturday, January 24th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Arts, Burien, White Center news | Comments Off on From White Center’s neighbor to the south: 2 Burien notes

ART EVENT TODAY: Kim sends WCN this reminder of what should be quite the spectacle in Burien this afternoon/evening: A 30' sculpture of a mother and child, The Passage will be ... Read more..

Citywide media picks up annexation agreement – 2 weeks later

Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Annexation | Comments Off on Citywide media picks up annexation agreement – 2 weeks later

Two weeks ago tonight, White Center Now brought you first word of the annexation-process agreement between Seattle, Burien, and other parties, minutes after it was announced by Burien city manager ... Read more..

Annexation update: Clarification from the county

Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Annexation, King County, White Center news | 7 Comments »

At least, that's the purported source of this comment just posted this afternoon on our Monday night post in which we broke the news about the annexation-process deal between Burien, ... Read more..