As a Kirkland resident, I was shocked to learn just this spring that one neighborhood in my city has outsized influence over the entire city’s land use planning. This power was created by a 1967 law, RCW 35.14, designed to entice smaller jurisdictions to merge with larger ones. It gave the smaller jurisdictions veto power over land … Continue reading Time to Immediately Sunset Houghton and East Bellevue Community Councils