Embattled Des Moines mayor abruptly quits

Campaign inquiry was a ‘distraction,’ Wasson says By JEFFREY M. BARKER AND CANDACE HECKMAN, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS DES MOINES — Mayor Don Wasson, under siege in this suburban city over an investigation into campaign-finance irregularities, resigned last night. Wasson’s surprise resignation as mayor took effect after last night’s City Council meeting. He intends to remain

Highline district to get $200 million to fix airport-impacted schools

By Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times staff reporter DES MOINES – School and government officials signed a $200 million deal today to reduce deafening jet noise heard in 15 schools located under the flight path of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The historic agreement — reached by the Highline School District, the Port of Seattle, the Federal

City Life (SeaTac)

BEST MAYOR Frank Hansen, SeaTac’s first mayor, is still considered our best. Hansen has won Best Mayor for as long as SeaTacians have been sending in Best of SeaTac ballots. Hansen, a retired airline pilot, compares early SeaTac politics to the Wild West. Anybody could get things done in that free-for-all environment, he says, given

City Of Des Moines 401 v. Puget Sound Regional Council

Court of Appeals of Washington,Division 1. The CITY OF DES MOINES, The City of Burien, The City of Federal Way, The City of Normandy Park, The City of Tukwila, Highline School District No. 401, and The Airport Communities Coalition, Appellants, v. The PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL, The Executive Board of the Puget Sound Regional Council,

ACC: Letter to the Editor: It’s never too late to save over a billion dollars in public funds

  City of Burien City of Tukwila City of Des Moines City of Federal Way City of Normandy Park Highline School District AIRPORT COMMUNITIES COALITION September 8, 1999 To the Editor: It’s never too late to save over a billion dollars in public funds. It’s not too late to ease freeway gridlock. And it’s not