My Everett News

Usually in this space we introduce you to a local business owner in Everett, Washington but today we’re going to change that up a bit and introduce you to one of the longest-serving members of the Everett City Council, Brenda Stonecipher. (She also owns a business, Stonecipher Consulting) On Wednesday Brenda Stonecipher presided over her […]

Brenda Stonecipher – Everett City Council, Position 6 Candidate Statement In my two terms on Everett City Council, I have been an independent voice, asking detailed questions to ensure that I understand all the issues before taking action. I do not come to the Council meeting with my mind made up — I am there […]

On August 28th we gave you an update on fundraising for the Everett City Council races and at that time 3 of the 4 challengers had raised more than the incumbents. That is now down to 2 out of 4. With actual voting a week away, it’s probably time for another Everett City Council campaign […]

Took a look at the Public Disclosure Commission Financing Reports this morning for the Everett City Council Campaigns. So far Shannon Affholter is leading all candidates with $13,255.00 in contributions. His opponent in the race for position 7, Jackie Minchew, has no reported contributions listed. In the other races, In position 4, June Robinson lists […]

Back on the 4th of March I began writing about Everett TV and how some members of the Everett City Council were balking at spending nearly half a million dollars on equipment upgrades. On March 17th I noted the council’s surprise that there was 1.7 million dollars in the TV fund while the city had […]

City could give back $25.00 to every cable household and still have plenty of money to meet needs for 10 years… In a guest commentary printed in the Daily Herald yesterday, Everett City Council members Brenda Stonecipher and Drew Nielsen cited several issues with how Everett TV, the city’s cable channel on Comcast and Frontier, […]

At this week’s Everett City Council meeting I asked the four members who were up for re-election this year if they planned to run again and here’s what I was told…Council President Shannon Affholter who was first elected in 2007 said no, he’s not going to run. Brenda Stonecipher who was elected in 2004 says […]

Everett City Council expresses concern over Sheriff’s Deputies and WSP Troopers setting up “Speed Traps” and collecting revenue within the Everett City limits… At tonight’s Everett City Council meeting, Council member Ron Gipson expressed concern over Snohomish County Sheriff’s Deputies running radar enforcement within the Everett City limits in South Everett while the money from […]

I’ve been writing about Everett TV for some time and several interesting things were revealed in a briefing to the Everett City Council last night.The City has no idea how many people are watching Everett TV. For eight years, Everett City Council Presidents have been invited to participate on Everett TV and not one of […]