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[ January 8, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
Not to cause confusion or anything, but there’s a second, very important public meeting coming up Thursday, Jan. 8th regarding Sea-Tac Airport’s third runway (another residents meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 10th):
The Highline Forum will discuss the use of Sea-Tac Airport’s new third runway since its opening, with emphasis on public complaints that the [...]
[ January 10, 2009; 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ]
Despite the fading away of the recent snowstorm and hectic holiday season, one thing is not fading away from the psyche of thousands of area residents in 2009:
THIRD RUNWAY NOISE
According to neighborhood activist Miriam Bearse, the next “Third Runway Complainers” (our moniker, not hers) meeting will be:
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 10th, from 3:30pm to 6:30pm
WHERE: [...]
[ January 6, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Curious about the potential Annexation of parts of White Center into Burien?
The City of Burien will be holding its first in a series of informational open houses on Tuesday, Jan. 6th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Shorewood Elementary School, located at 2725 116th Street in Burien (map below).
Here’s what the city says about the meeting: [...]
Both the White Center Blog and sister site B-Town Blog have been covering area residents’ complaints about the newly-opened third runway (previous coverage here and here), and now we have this potentially juicy little tidbit of info to share:
Several residents who live in the flight path are considering taking legal action, and are holding a [...]
Recent mediation talks between the City of Seattle, King County, the City of Burien and Fire Districts #2 and #11 have resulted in a preliminary agreement as to terms of a proposed annexation of the North Highline area.
If you’d like to read the entire document, click here for a PDF file.
Otherwise, here are the top-level [...]
From our sister site The B-Town Blog comes this story, which definitely affects citizens of White Center:
Since we first posted this story (on Monday, Nov. 24th) regarding area residents complaints about increased noise from Sea-Tac Airports newly-opened third runway, we’ve received numerous emails, comments and even phone calls about it.
We can safely say that the [...]
[ December 2, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Municipal League of King County will hold a special meeting tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 2nd), to review the options for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the process that led to the current choices.
As all local Dub-C’ers know, the viaduct serves as our “secret passageway” to downtown Seattle, and therefore is vital to the White [...]
[ December 5, 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
The House of Writers/Casa de Escritores is sponsoring a special literary and cultural event this Friday, Dec 5, from 6-9pm at the White Center Taqueria del Rio, located at 10230 16th Ave SW (map below).
There you’ll enjoy a variety of readings, music and food.
This is a FREE event for the community, so please spread the [...]
[ December 15, 2008; 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] It plays a huge role as part of this area’s “secret passageway” to downtown Seattle, and it often allows one to get into town within 10-15 minutes.
We’re speaking of course about the Alaskan Way Viaduct, which will be the topic of a public meeting on Monday, Dec. 15th, from 5pm to 7:30pm in downtown Seattle.
Everyone [...]
“When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King,
from a speech delivered in 1967
by Mark Neuman
Contemplating the Giant Triplets
I am embarrassed to admit that, at age nine, I knew more about [...]
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