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• Libraries are a powerful, free resource

  By Ramanath Suryaprakash - Apr 17
  We are living in a dynamically changing world where we need to learn continuously to be relevant and employable. It has been said, “Formal ...
  

• If at first you don’t succeed

  By Kevin Stoltz, ... - Apr 10
  I’ve come to the conclusion that I have a very serious character flaw as a city councilmember. I’m not a very good “Mukilteo politician.” I don’t ...
  

• Must buyers beware?

  By Bill Wood
, Attorney ... - Mar 28
  Nigel and Kathleen Douglas were looking for a house to buy, maybe something they could put a little money and effort into to bring it up to decent ...
  

• Parks and the economy

  By Paige DeChambeau - Mar 20
  Are parks good for the economy? Though park economic research is still in its infancy, there are many reasons that show, overall, parks are good ...
  

• How should I vote? A look at the community center controversy

  By Kevin Stoltz, ... - Mar 13
  A sense of community is a great thing that many cities strive to obtain. Sometimes, however, that sense of community we all strive for comes to us ...
  

• The 787 financial crisis

  By Tim Raetzloff - Mar 06
  The Boeing 787 is reaching a crisis. I don’t mean whether to continue to use flammable lithium ion batteries or not. I mean financially. Last year ...
  

• SOC myths debunked

  By John Baker - Feb 27
  In response to the Guest View by Save Our Communities (SOC), “The reality of FAA’s decision,” printed in the Feb. 6 edition of the Mukilteo ...
  

• Celebrating International Women’s day with a local non-profit

  By Juliana Thong, Global ... - Feb 17
  Edmonds couple Bill and Pat Taylor weren’t expecting a holiday to Bali in 2005 to lead to saving the futures of hundreds of children. They visited ...
  

• Getting more results outside of Mukilteo

  By Kevin Stoltz, ... - Feb 13
  Sometimes it takes a hard look outside of Mukilteo before realizing the reality that is Mukilteo, at least as Mukilteo politics goes. After ...
  

• It's Legal – “Love is in the air!”

  By Bill Wood - Jan 31
  When Elizabeth said to Robert, “How do I love thee, let me count the ways” she didn’t go on to say “now let’s count the money!” Maybe she should ...
  

• Gulch project makes it on Senate’s budget

  By Paige DeChambeau - Apr 17
  The Japanese Gulch Group has been busy working with the city, the state, the Boeing Co. and others, so this month we decided it would be best to ...
  

• A Mukilteo tree ordinance in 2014

  By Heather McCartney, ... - Apr 03
  Within the last year several residents have inquired about the city adopting a tree ordinance. The planning staff has had this on our To Do ...
  

• It’s time for a shakeup at City Hall

  By Jon Boyce - Mar 27
  City Hall Mukilteo is alternative reality. If you don't think so, take the time to attend a City Council meeting. There's an old expression, which ...
  

• Matt Cawby’s Paine Field blog

  By Tim Raetzloff, Taking ... - Mar 20
  Matt Cawby was born 200 years too late. He should have been with Lewis and Clark. I’ve not met anyone who can find his way through wilderness ...
  

• Let’s not play on their turf

  By Joan Bloom - Mar 07
  Progress, sustainability experts say, is not growth or change, progress is improvement, and improvement comes in flavors: economic, social, and ...
  
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  Giving lift to the Pacific Northwest aviation industry

  By Rep. Rick Larsen, WA ... - Mar 06
  When a CEO boards a Korean Air flight from Seattle to Incheon, there is a good chance she will be sitting in a cabin outfitted by workers at a ...
  

• Strive to ‘behave well’ for the next generation

  By Paige DeChambeau - Feb 20
  Theodore Roosevelt once said, “The nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation ...
  

• Giving lift to the Pacific Northwest aviation industry

  By Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02 - Feb 14
  When a CEO boards a Korean Air flight from Seattle to Incheon, there is a good chance she will be sitting in a cabin outfitted by workers at a ...
  

• The reality of FAA’s decision

  By Save Our Communities - Feb 06
  Mukilteo formally appealed the FAA's final Environmental Assessment. Through Mayor Joe Marine’s efforts, at least one other city will join the ...
  
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  City proposes vegetation control ordinance

  By Larry Waters, Public ... - Jan 30
  It may be a surprise to some folks in Mukilteo, but the city doesn’t have any means in the Mukilteo Municipal Code for dealing with vegetation ...