Friends,
We hope you are enjoying the first weekend of June! As we
enter the summer months, we have you covered on what’s going on in your own backyard. Read on…
This week’s Newsmaker
Interview…
Brandi Kruse, the creator and host of the local political
podcast “[un]Divided,” joined us for this week’s Newsmaker Interview. A journalist who has distinguished herself for
holding powerful political figures accountable, Kruse shared her thoughts on the creation of her podcast and the growing trend of independent
journalism. She also described the negative impact of “one-party” control of government and gave her views on various controversial new
events.
Read more.
This week’s top
story…
Tired of being a punching bag for King County Executive Dow
Constantine and liberal activists from the homelessness industrial complex, the Burien City Council is moving forward with allowing the dismantling of
an illegal homeless camp. The Burien City Council will not continue allowing people to live in an undeveloped park. The park has been leased to group
that will clear it and operate it as a dog park. The move comes despite threats and intimidation efforts from the county into doing what
Executive Constantine wants.
Read
more.
In case you missed it…
Governor Jay Inslee is not running for re-election, so he no longer needs campaign contributions from tribes. The truth about the deals that had
been cut to pass his costly environmental policies are now seeping out. And – as perhaps could be expected – Inslee no longer believes
that the state should exempt tribal gas stations from his extreme green policies that have caused fuel prices to skyrocket across the
state.
Read
more.
This week’s wind-down…
Please enjoy Former U.S.
Rep. Rod Chandler’s beautiful photograph of Falls Creek Falls…
