My Everett News

The City of Everett has a special process to name parks, property and city owned buildings after people. That process is underway now in an effort to re-name the Northwest Neighborhood Park, Drew Nielsen Park, after the former Everett City Council member who passed away last spring. Here’s the overview… The City of Everett Historical […]

A public memorial service is set for this afternoon from noon to 2 p.m. in the Weyerhaeuser Room at The Everett Station, 3201 Smith Avenue, Everett. Nielsen was killed in a rafting accident Saturday May 12th on the Green River. A lawyer who graduated from Everett High School, Nielsen was in his third term on […]

The Everett City Council has postponed several items on tonight’s agenda. This evening will be the first city council meeting since the death of councilman Drew Nielsen in a rafting accident this past weekend and there will likely be many emotional tributes. Among the items postponed are the Mayor’s Youth Achievement Awards as well as […]

The following statement is from Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson regarding the tragic passing of City Council Member Drew Nielsen. The King County Medical Examiner released information this afternoon identifying Council Member Nielsen as the rafter involved in the Green River accident on Saturday: “I am shocked and saddened to hear about Drew,” Everett Mayor Ray […]

I am asking for your support for my re-election to Everett City Council. To compete for businesses and good jobs, Everett must be a desirable place to work and live. That takes fiscal management and good policies. Everett is in strong financial shape, with 20% budget reserves, even in the face of our national economic […]

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 […]

Some Council Members Balk at Spending Nearly Half A Million Dollars on the City of Everett’s TV Channel An agenda item that would allow Mayor Ray Stephenson to approve a contract worth $469,024.66 to upgrade Everett TV was pulled at the last minute Wednesday Night. Even though it was taken off the agenda, City Council […]