King County Metro officials have raised bus driver pay dramatically while neglecting some promised service increases. Now, the wages threaten to cut into existing service.
High school valedictorian, college football standout and UW-educated lawyer who built a career in his hometown, where a mayor told him at age 12 he should consider public office.
You can't play if you can't pay. At this early stage, candidates Tim Burgess, Mike McGinn, Charlie Staadecker and Ed Murray have broken the six-figure barrier.