Days in the Capitol filled with chaos
March 30, 2009
The Legislative Building’s dome is 278 feet tall. Photo by J.B. Wogan
In the capitol’s legislative building, soft white light spilled onto the main lobby’s gray marble floor. A lack of dress code prevailed: adults in suits and ties strode past teenagers in T-shirts and hoodies, sprawled out by a staircase. People sported special interest buttons on their lapels, satchels and book bags for basic education, for gay marriage, for causes reduced to slogans.
The night before March 12, the day by which all bills must pass out of their house of origin, Rep. Roger Goodman (D-45) was on the House floor until almost 1 a.m. Read more
Officials debate bus service
March 30, 2009
Kathy Huckabay
A policy war over who gets the bigger chunk of future bus service has broken out in King County.
Sammamish City Councilwoman Kathy Huckabay wants to make sure the Eastside doesn’t get the short end of the stick. As Samm-amish’s representative on the Suburban Cities Association, she took part in a February letter to the Municipal League of King County that disputed the league’s report on new bus service from King County Metro Transit. Read more
Indecisive water district cedes appointment to County Council
March 30, 2009
After months of debate, commission loses chance to appoint its new member
In five months, the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District has been unable to fill a vacancy on its board of commissioners. After much debate and two failed votes, the commission is likely to miss its chance to make the appointment, passing off the responsibility to the King County Council. Read more
Tribe happy with archaeological study
March 30, 2009
Tribe may have representative on site to monitor construction
After attending a March 17 hearing regarding the proposed wetland bridge near Allen Lake, the Snoqualmie Tribe has tempered some of its criticisms of the project. Read more
Sammamish Forum
March 30, 2009
Thank you, stranger
I am a regular Sammamish Starbucks patron. I frequent the drive-thru. Read more
Review editorial
March 30, 2009
Death penalty costly —in dollars and ethics
Cal Brown’s reprieve from death row two weeks ago presents an opportunity to re-evaluate the value of the death penalty in Washington state. We can understand a desire for justice to be served, but on balance, capital punishment does not deliver. Read more
City seeks input on Beaver Lake Park renovation plans
March 30, 2009
“What do you envision???” ran atop the last slide of a Beaver Lake Park presentation to City Council March 10.
Ginger the dog has found a new home
March 30, 2009
Lori Adelson, 14, embraces Ginger near the end of her stay with the Adelson family in Sammamish. The Adelsons housed Ginger and three other dogs from the Gold Bar puppy mill. Permanent families have since adopted all four. Contributed
Ginger, the 5-year-old chihuahua who appeared in the March 18 issue of the Sammamish Review, has been adopted and is doing much better, according to Nancy Adelson, whose family had cared for the dog.
Ginger came from a Gold Bar breeding facility where she and other dogs may have been abused, according to the Seattle Humane Society.
When Adelson and her family accepted Ginger on a temporary basis, the dog would shiver, recede from most human contact and avoid the outdoors. Read more
Sammamish officer fights cancer
March 30, 2009
Sheriff Sue Rahr (left) came to the City Council to offer her support for Starla Martin as City Councilman Mark Cross proclaimed March 25 Pink Day. Sammamish Police Chief Brad Thompson (right) looks on. Photo by J.B. Wogan
Police officers packed into the City Council chambers March 17 to offer support for Deputy Starla Martin. The Sammamish Police officer, and member of the King County Sheriff’s Office, has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Martin has been with the Sammamish Police for three years.
“This is a new kind of courage that we’re all going to have to pull together,” King County Sheriff Sue Rahr said. Read more
Scouts fight hunger
March 30, 2009
Members of Scout Pack 551, based at Margaret Mead Elementary, collected more than 1,800 pounds of food as part of a regional effort which collected 11,883 pounds of food to be donated to the Issaquah Food Bank. The two-week effort culminated with donating the food to the Issaquah Food Bank on March 14.
After they hauled bag upon bag of food into the food bank, the boys took a little break. From left are, (Back row) Jacob Shalaby, Nick Fagerness, Ben Schwedler, Ian Danas, William Ronneburg, Ben Stromseth, Nathan Fagerness, Noah Shalaby and (Front row) Cale Smith, Nolan Fagerness, Matthew Luick and Jonah Warnock. Contributed
