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King County encourages Bothell to move swiftly in considering adoption of the Kirkland Potential Annexation Area (PAA). King County Executive Ron Sims has written to the Bothell City Council encouraging them to adopt Kirkland’s PAA…

The Kirkland City Council has has written a draft letter to King County Councilmember Jane Hague and Executive Ron Sims regarding Kirkland’s difficulties with annexation. After a meeting with Hague and Sims, it was quite evident from the Mayor’s demeanor that they used strong tactics in an attempt to bend the Kirkland City Council to their will.

The City of Kirkland just released an Annexation Update stating, “After nearly two years of study, the Kirkland City Council signaled its intent to susspend the City’s annexation efforts.”
The Update goes on to explain how annexation was found to be too costly to consider during an economic downturn. Read the Update Here

The reply of this month is by I got out… 
He or she was responding to a post I wrote on May 8 titled, Help solve Kirkland’s serious budget problem.
The post includes a reader poll on options to balance the City budget.
It is your right as the owner of this blog to create a survey but let’s acknowledge that [...]

At the May 20 Kirkland City Council meeting, a motion was passed to table resolution R-4706, relating to the decision of the Kirkland City Council not to place the question of whether to annex the Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs) on a ballot at this time.
During the debate, Council members referred to a letter from King County [...]

At the May 20 Kirkland City Council meeting, the City Council passed a motion to table Resolution 4706, relating to the decision of the Kirkland City Council not to place the question of whether to annex the Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs) on a ballot at this time. The motion was approved on a five to two [...]