Washington Politics News

There’s been a lull in the chatter about Pierce County’s budget problems since the County Council approved a second round of budget cuts back in June. But beginning next week you’re going to start hearing a lot about the 2010 budget.

Though County Executive Pat McCarthy won’t release her proposed spending plan until late September, the council will have a budget retreat Tuesday morning to discuss the 2010 budget.

By all accounts, things look grim.

“It looks like the cuts we’ve made so far are really child’s play compared to what we’ll see in 2010,” Deputy Executive Kevin Phelps told me in a recent interview.

Last week I stuck my neck out and predicted the Times endorsements in the Seattle City Council races:
Conlin, Bagshaw, Licata and Royer in the City Council races… If they do dual endorsements in Council Districts 4, 6 and 8, throw in Bloom, Israel, and here’s the reach… Forch.
Well, today the Seattle Times endorsed Bagshaw for [...]