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 ...

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

      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 ...

At the Kirkland City Council meeting last night, two public hearings were conducted with regard to downtown development: Ordinance No. 4149 Relating to Land ...

During a public hearing held Tuesday night, the Kirkland City Council passed on the chance to vote on two ordinances involving the building moratorium in downtown Kirkland. A dozen or so passionate speakers from the audience lobbied the Council toward ...

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”...

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...

The Kirkland City Council is elected at large. Well-organized neighborhoods with civic-minded residents have been successful in fostering neighborhood leaders who have been elected to council positions. North Rose Hill is home to four council members, Moss Bay is home to two council members and Norkirk is home to ...

Councilmember Dave Asher moved to have the police secure the documents from the appellant, but in all of the confusion, the motion was not seconded as the Mayor looked to the City Attorney for legal guidance.

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 ...

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 vote.  The result of this motion is to delay the formalization of the Council's April 15 straw poll vote to end annexation until after the current budget deliberations have ended. This move allows the Council to avoid the tough decision to end annexation based upon the City's own financial analysis -- Kirkland simply cannot afford annexation at this time. Annexation will survive until the end of the year in an effort to re-work the numbers.

At 12:37AM the gavel came down as the Kirkland City Council ruled in favor of CiViK in their appeal of the mixed use project on the Bank of America site map in downtown at the corner of Kirkland Ave. and Lake Street South map. This project was to be the second phase of the Merrill Gardens senior housing now topping out next door. The Kirkland City Council voted in favor of the appellant by a vote of 4 to 3.