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• Parking issue is our problem, too

  Apr 28
  Right now, some 40-45 Whidbey Island commuters are scrambling to find spots to park their cars overnight night after June 1, when the city ...
  

• Signs of the times

  By Rebecca Carr - Mar 31
  Mukilteo staff, councilmembers and planning commissioners have a difficult task ahead: overhauling the city’s complex sign code to comply with ...
  

• Eyman - he's not going away

  By Rebecca Carr - Mar 17
  As long as we have legislators collecting and spending our tax dollars, we're going to have Mukilteo resident Tim Eyman cranking out initiatives, ...
  

• Every dog should have its day

  By Rebecca Carr - Mar 03
  When the city polled residents in 2007, its results indicated 36 percent would like to see an off-leash dog park in town, placing it 15th on a ...
  

• Vote smart. Vote for schools

  By Paul Archipley - Jan 28
  Just as economists argue the road to recovery is “jobs, jobs, jobs!” educators know the road to good jobs is “education, education, education!” In...
  

• A job well done

  By Rebecca Carr - Dec 02
  We commend the city staff, council and residents for the tremendous amount of work and thought that went into the downtown sub area plan approved ...
  

• Budget proposal adds new meaning to "police brutality"

  By Rebecca Carr - Nov 18
  Mukilteo department heads, including Police Chief Mike Murphy, were asked to make drastic cuts to their 2010 budgets, paring down nonessentials ...
  

• Hurry up and buy the speed indicators

  By Rebecca Carr - Nov 05
  In the often mind-boggling six- and seven-figure numbers that get thrown around during budget discussions, $15,000 is a mere drop in the bucket. ...
  

• Our picks for city government

  By Staff - Oct 21
  We appreciate Pat Smith's willingness to take a leave of absence from his job to serve as mayor, and we found him knowledgeable and energized ...
  

• Born under a bad sign?

  By Rebecca Carr - Sep 24
  It's officially political season. The primary is over, the main players vying for each seat have advanced to the general election in November, and ...
  

• Thanks, Larry

  By Rebecca Carr - Apr 21
  Before the accident that left him quadriplegic and dependent upon a ventilator, Larry Busch was an energetic, fun-loving, outgoing prankster, ...
  

• Mariner belongs at the top

  By Rebecca Carr - Mar 29
  Mariner High School is competing for a once-in-a-lifetime honor – to have President Barack Obama come speak at the 2010 commencement ceremony in ...
  

• Transit cuts grind our gears

  By Rebecca Carr - Mar 10
  We read of Community Transit's drastic budget cuts last week with dismay. To close what it says is an $11 million shortfall, the agency announced ...
  

• At what price, progress?

  By Rebecca Carr - Feb 24
  We’re happy the new community center is finally taking shape. We’re encouraged by the rapid pace of construction and the sights and sounds of ...
  

• It takes a village to earn an education award

  By Rebecca Carr - Dec 09
  Working in public education is no walk in the park these days, not that it ever was. But each year brings more and more state and federal regulatio...
  

• Priorities are out of whack

  By Rebecca Carr - Nov 25
  After the past few weeks of dire budget news and painful cuts, the Mukilteo City Council got a brief reprieve in the form of an additional ...
  

• Thank you isn't enough

  By Rebecca Carr - Nov 11
  How do you possibly thank someone for giving up his life for you? There simply aren't adequate words. Especially when that person has never even ...
  

• Our picks on the November ballot

  By Staff - Oct 28
  We were encouraged to see that nearly every race in this electoral cycle was competitive. With just a couple of exceptions, candidates have to ...
  

• United we win, divided we fall and fall hard

  By Rebecca Carr - Oct 08
  It's been said that politics make strange bedfellows. Nothing illustrates that adage more than the issue of commercial air traffic at Paine Field ...
  

• Festival a success again

  By Rebecca Carr - Sep 16
  The Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival wrapped up its 44th edition this weekend It was, once again, a rousing success, despite logistics challenges ...