Thank you to everyone who's sent me a real estate referral or used me as an agent yourself! The city of Seattle is my geographic area of expertise, and while I'm also very good at helping sellers get top dollar for their homes, my true passion is helping first-time homebuyers get homes that they love quickly and easily.
If you need a residential real estate agent to help you buy or sell a home of any kind--or you know someone who does--I'd love to be of service. My website is here, or see here for client reviews.
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Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who until Tuesday was the only statewide elected Republican on the west coast, resigned to accept an appointment within the Biden administration overseeing election security for a subdivision of the Department of Homeland Security. Melissa Santos at Crosscut has more on the rumors about who Inslee might appoint to take her place here. [Seattle Times, MyNorthwest]
A federal jury ruled that the for-profit company that runs Tacoma's ICE detention center has to pay its detainees minimum wage instead of making them work for $1 per day, and awarded $17.3 million to a group of immigrants who have been held there since 2014. [Seattle Times, KNKX]
Marc Dones, the head of the newly formed Regional Homelessness Authority, asked the city and county for $27 million to create stable housing for some of the highest-need and most visibly unsheltered people currently living downtown. [Seattle Times]
The FAA issued a safety alert affecting all Boeing 757 and 767 cargo planes, over a design flaw that led to a 2019 crash that killed three people; and Boeing announced that its continued manufacturing quality problems with the 787 will end up costing the company roughly $1 billion.
Mayor Durkan announced hiring bonuses of up to $25,000 for experienced officers and staff in SPD and the newly separated 911 dispatch center, to try to fill critical staffing shortages in those departments. [Seattle Times, KING 5]
An independent investigation by a former U.S. attorney hired by the Pierce County Council found that Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer violated his own department's policies when he followed and confronted a Black newspaper carrier in his neighborhood and called in a police response on him, lying about the encounter to the police dispatcher. The newspaper carrier, Sedrick Altheimer, filed a federal lawsuit against Troyer, and the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office added him to its "Brady list" of officers with credibility issues whose testimony shouldn't be relied on in courtroom settings.
The percentage of Washington workers who quit their jobs in August--2.4%--was the fourth-lowest of any state in the country, likely because of our high minimum wage and generous worker protections (including strong COVID-19 policies). [Seattle Times]
A group of teachers and parents gathered outside Seattle Public Schools' headquarters to protest proposed shifts in special education staffing levels based on falling enrollment levels from the 2019-20 school year to the 2020-21 school year. [KUOW]
More than 100 containers have fallen overboard from a troubled cargo ship that caught fire off the coast of British Columbia in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. [Seattle Times]
And today (October 31st) is the last day to opt out of the state's new long-term care insurance payroll tax if you're a W2 employee. [MyNorthwest, Seattle Times]
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When the power went out at Canlis Wednesday night, they served everyone Dick's burgers and champagne by candlelight instead.
And in honor of Halloween, please enjoy this post entitled "I Stumbled Upon An Abandoned Dentist’s House In Connecticut Filled With Vintage Stuff."
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