My Everett News

While many have expressed interest in running for elected office in Everett, Washington this is the week we’ll find out how many people are really committed. We’ve run press releases sent to us from people who have declared their intent for various offices and others have filed with the PDC either currently or as incumbents […]

This year the Primary Election is set for August 3rd. Per the rules of the City of Everett Charter when it comes to eligibility to run in one of the five separate City Council Districts, those choosing to run for positions 1 – 5 have until February 3rd to establish residency to represent that district. […]

Here are the names and neighborhoods of the people who applied to be on the commission that will draw up the first ever boundaries for Everett City Council districts. There are 44 applicants from 18 Everett, Washington neighborhoods. Each current Everett City Council member and the Mayor will select one one commissioner and those eight […]

Two topics that have generated a lot of interest are coming up for public hearings and city council votes on Wednesday. The first topic concerns City Council proposals for election of Everett City Council members by district. The City Council will hold a public hearing on putting a vote on the November ballot that asks […]

There is no Everett City Council meeting this week but there will be a special Everett City Council meeting next Tuesday July 3rd. At that time the city council members will get a look at more details on the proposition being considered for a vote on July 11th that deals with changing the City of […]

On June 20th members of the Everett City Council will begin working out what to put on the fall ballot in the way of options for voters to consider on council districts. From an early look at the draft ordinance there are two propositions city council looks to put before Everett voters. The first is […]

As of Friday morning only 241 people have responded to a City of Everett survey on electing council members by district. In April four public meetings were held advising of how districts may work in Everett. This month the city is asking people to take a survey so interest can be gauged on how a […]

Last night about 30 people turned out for the first of four meetings being held by the City of Everett to provide information on creating city council districts. Things began with a video featuring Hugh Spitzer, a law professor at the University of Washington explaining various options for creating city council districts. After the video […]

Last night the Everett City Council held their first study session on their resolution to put a proposal for city council districts before the voters this fall. The council is already two months behind their kickoff city council workshop time line listed on their January resolution. The work getting underway was called a starting point […]

The Everett City Council is already behind on their resolution of studying and then recommending a ballot measure for council election by districts on the fall ballot. A resolution passed by the council on January 31st called for a council kickoff and other meetings to start in February. That didn’t happen. On Wednesday Everett City […]