Race in Fife, lose your car? City is considering it as street racing proliferates Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune
Fife is considering adding a tough penalty meant to hit illegal street racers where it hurts: Impounding their cars.
The city’s police chief, Pete Fisher, wants to propose an ordinance that would allow authorities to impound the cars of drivers found racing or performing other “street exhibition” stunts like doing doughnuts, burnouts or drifting.
Fife, Puyallup, Sumner and other areas of Pierce County have seen a recent surge in illegal street racing. Police departments believe part of the reason for the uptick is due to stricter laws in South King County cities, which is pushing the events into Pierce County.
How coronavirus thrust public health departments into the political spotlight in Washington, beyond By Ryan Blethen, The Seattle Times
Published: December 14, 2020, 6:01am
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SEATTLE Dr. Anthony Chen was heading to the mountains for a hike with his wife on a rare day off from work when he learned the Pierce County Council was moving to dissolve the health department he leads.
Sitting in the passenger seat of the car, he read an email from Councilmember Derek Young about an ordinance that would end the agreement between the city of Tacoma and Pierce County that created the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, and replace it with a new county department.
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