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The Auburn City Council appears ready to move on a series of changes to city code that will address concerns about the handling of leave accruals for the Auburn mayor.
Carly Willis has been documenting the damage to her South Auburn business with a collection of surveillance videos, showing what's become a constant burden.
The idea seems simple enough — to take all the the provisions that relate to the Auburn mayor’s salary and compensation that are now scattered throughout the city code and bring them altogether into one section.
Members of the local Hispanic community accepted the proclamation.
Homeless in Seattle. (J. Warne) On Monday, the Auburn City Council voted to approve an ordinance making it a criminal offense to camp in public parks or on other city properties. Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus spoke to KIRO Radio’s Gee and Ursula Show to explain the decision, and detail the city’s larger, overarching goals for its homeless population. Since September 2020, camping in public in Auburn had been a civil infraction, coming with a fine of up to $250. The ordinance approved on Monday reversed that measure, raising the penalty to a $1,000 fine and/or 90 days in jail. That said, Mayor...