Martha Lake
Martha Lake, WA · Business
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‘I think this is a very smart move’: Curley praises Nilu Jenks’ push to make Seattle housing easier to build
Newly elected Seattle City Councilmember Nilu Jenks campaigned on increasing housing supply by changing zoning rules, shortening permitting timelines, and revising affordable housing requirements. Jenks won the District 5 seat representing North Seattle, according to Reason’s report on her election and housing proposals. On “The John Curley Show” on...
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Farmers fear another winter of flooding as questions surround Kent pump
It has been nearly a year since historic flooding inundated farms, homes, and SR 167 between Kent and Auburn . Residents in unincorporated King County are still rebuilding and questioning whether enough has been done to prevent it from happening again. Last December, floodwaters swept across farmland near the Green River, forcing some residents to evacuate themselves, animals and leaving behind there homes in the rising waters. Don Kramer and his wife’s business and property are still recovering. “We’re still not where we want to be all the way, but we’re a lot better than we were,” he said. Don estimates the flooding caused roughly $100,000 in damage. “I’m getting nervous as December gets closer,” he said. When water began rising last winter, Don told KIRO 7 his family scrambled to move their animals to higher ground. “We started having to make decisions on, ‘Oh, the pigs are shorter, so we got to get them out now because they’re going to drown,’ and pick the shortest animals first,” he said. Don said his property had never flooded like that before. He pointed to longtime plants around the home that were killed by the flood as another indication of just how