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Scenes from Kirkland's Waterfront

Scenes from Kirkland’s Waterfront

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 15:28

Thank you to Jonathan Michaels who has produced this short video of scenes from Kirkland's waterfront. Scenes of Kirkland - November 23, 2008

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Attention Kirkland, Redmond and Woodinville: a 640 bed jail is planned for Kingsgate

Attention Kirkland, Redmond and Woodinville: a 640 bed jail is planned for Kingsgate

Friday, November 21, 2008 12:23

Kingsgate is a finalist in a contest about which not many people will be proud: Kingsgate is a likely home of the County's newest jail. The deal is not sealed as Kingsgate is one of only six sites ...

Planning Commission to recommend Approval of Kirkland Parkplace PAR and Costco Gas Station PAR

Planning Commission to recommend Approval of Kirkland Parkplace PAR and Costco Gas Station PAR

Monday, November 17, 2008 12:00

  At the November 13, 2008 meeting of the Kirkland Planning Commission, the majority voted to recommend to the City Council the approval of: Touchstone Parkplace Private Amendment Request (PAR) Costco Private Amendment Request (PAR) The first part of the meeting was a study session ...

Take a Virtual Drive through Kirkland with Google Maps

Take a Virtual Drive through Kirkland with Google Maps

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:13

Google Maps has been updated with a new feature called "Street View" which adds photographs to the mapping system and gives the viewer actual photographs of search results. Much of Kirkland, along with many parts of the Eastside, has ...

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End of an Era and Beginning of a New one - Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery moves to Bellevue

End of an Era and Beginning of a New one - Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery moves to Bellevue

Monday, November 10, 2008 6:12

  Gallery Opening at Bellevue Place  The Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery, after 17 years in Kirkland, has decided to move to a new and exciting location within the Bellevue Collection at Bellevue Place, located seconds away ...

The 2009 Race for Kirkland City Council Begins...

The 2009 Race for Kirkland City Council Begins…

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 10:31

One would have hoped for a rest from politics now that the election is over. The constant onslaught of negative ads has taken its toll. But politics do not rest. The next election is less than a year away and whispers of who ...

World welcomes Change, many local races still undeclared

World welcomes Change, many local races still undeclared

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 7:14

  The world rejoices as America changes course. It is indeed, a new day. The Times BBC News International Herald ...

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BNSF Rail purchase delayed to Q1 2009

BNSF Rail purchase delayed to Q1 2009

Friday, October 31, 2008 8:58

In today's Seattle Times, Keith Ervin has written an update on the BNSF rail sale to the Port of Seattle. Due to the lack of liquidity in the municipal-bond market, the ...

Preview Your Voters' Ballot

Preview Your Voters’ Ballot

Saturday, October 25, 2008 1:23

      I was curious to see what  The Seattle Times (http://z5.thevoterguide.org/a-seattletimes/index.do)  Customized Voters' Ballot tools would produce for a person living at 123 5th Ave, in Kirkland (City Hall). I ...

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Bill Gates' new venture at Carillon Point

Bill Gates’ new venture at Carillon Point

Thursday, October 23, 2008 16:54

Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer writer, Todd Bishop has posted an interesting article on his new Microsoft Blog at Techflash.com about Bill Gates' new company, bgC3, located at Carillon Point: Bill Gates' mysterious new ...

Kirkland City Council Awards Video Franchise to Verizon

Kirkland City Council Awards Video Franchise to Verizon

Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:23

    Vote Paves the Way for Competitive Choice for TV Service - Comcast No Longer The Only Game In Town Residents of Kirkland are a major step closer to having an innovative, reliable and competitive alternative for their television services, thanks to a ...

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Point/Counterpoint Rebuttals - Kirkland Parkplace Social and Economic Impact

Point/Counterpoint Rebuttals - Kirkland Parkplace Social and Economic Impact

Thursday, October 16, 2008 16:54

Touchstone and Citizens for Responsible Development have submitted 200-word rebuttals to each other's arguments which have been amended to their respective Point and Counterpoints. You can read them here: Point/Counterpoint: Touchstone on Kirkland Parkplace Social and Economic Impact Point/Counterpoint: CRD on Kirkland Parkplace Social ...

Prostitution charges filed against owner of Kirkland massage parlor

Prostitution charges filed against owner of Kirkland massage parlor

Thursday, October 16, 2008 14:12

Here is one of those stories about bad stuff that happens elsewhere. Not here in our town. I didn't ever expect to read about prostitution in Kirkland. Thank you to the King County Sheriff's Office for getting this scum ...

Kirkland Views adds new feature: Public Forums

Kirkland Views adds new feature: Public Forums

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 13:45

A new feature called Forums has been added to Kirkland Views. There have been many requests for the posting of events on this site. The time requirements involved have been overwhelming so we have introduced the ...

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King County Budget: Executive Sims plans for $7.7 million cut in annexation incentives

King County Budget: Executive Sims plans for $7.7 million cut in annexation incentives

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:40

According to an article by Kevin Ervin of The Seattle Times, King County Executive Ron Sims has called for a cut in funds set aside as incentives to cities to annex urban unincorporated areas. Instead, the money will be ...

City of Kirkland enters into 60 day stay with SRM

City of Kirkland enters into 60 day stay with SRM

Friday, September 26, 2008 15:24

The City of Kirkland has entered into a stay of 60 days in a good faith effort to settle the court case filed against the City by SRM Development over the process and outcome of their Bank of America / Merrill ...

New features at KirklandViews.com

New features at KirklandViews.com

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:43

New features have recently been added to KirklandViews.com and this has left readers with questions about how things work on this site. Here is a brief run-down of the recently added features: Features of this site...

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Deja vu - Kirkland's 1997 Moratorium

Deja vu - Kirkland’s 1997 Moratorium

Friday, September 19, 2008 10:33

Your editorial on Kirkland's six-month moratorium on high-rise construction downtown ("Kirkland takes a breath," April 19) raises troublesome questions about such actions beyond protecting a "treasured sense of scale," which most of us value. All those who have a stake in the integrity of the public...

Washington State offers Online Voter Registration

Washington State offers Online Voter Registration

Friday, September 19, 2008 9:46

Washington is only the second state to allow online voter registration. Our state has seen more than its share of controversial elections. Just two years ago, Sam Reed was quoted saying a voter fraud incident “was the worst case of election fraud in our state's history. It was an outrage”...

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Moratorium! Kirkland City Council halts development downtown

Moratorium! Kirkland City Council halts development downtown

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 23:49

At the 9/16 Kirkland City Council meeting, the Council voted approve Ordinance No. 4139, "imposing a moratorium within Central Business District (CBD) Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 on the acceptance of applications for review and/or issuance of development permits...