After initial election results were announced Tuesday evening, Turlay expressed hope that remaining ballots would trend overwhelmingly in his favor, a hope he repeated on Wednesday. But shortly after updated results on Thursday showed him gaining only a tiny bit of ground, Turlay conceded.
“Our campaign worked hard. I had great support from my volunteers and those who contributed financially,” said Leavitt, who raised $107,945, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission. Turlay raised $24,699.
“I look forward to getting refocused on city business and getting down to brass tacks on moving our city forward,” Leavitt said.
He said he also looks forward to Turlay serving as a productive member of the city council. Turlay has two years left in his four-year term.
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Josh and Rachel Wasser say the problems that have cropped up since a county road expanded to within 20 feet of their front door are downright scary at times.
In the decade since the road expansion, they’ve worked to keep garbage from piling up in the shoulder area between the house and the road. Folks often use their driveway as a turnaround, and because of the precarious slope, Josh has towed more than a few vehicles out of the yard. One day, they even found some people using their outdoor water spigot to fill up some water bottles.
But most spooky is that the family vehicles have had half a dozen break-ins in the past four years. It’s such a frequent occurrence that the Wassers say their 10-year-old daughter is uncomfortable at times just to be at the house located in the 2700 block of Northeast 119th Street.
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Several legislators from Southwest Washington said they like at least some parts of the Boeing incentives package they were called to Olympia to approve, but they’re still undecided on the plan and some are unhappy with how hastily the special session was pulled together.
The package includes state tax breaks for the aerospace industry in the hopes of landing Boeing’s 777X project in Washington state. The package has money for aerospace training programs, and it brings back into play a transportation revenue proposal that stalled earlier this year.
Multiple Republicans representing Clark County said they support investments in the state’s economy, but that they’re still gathering more information about whether it’s worth raising the gas tax to pay for new transportation improvements.
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All-league teams that have been received and posted online. The all-league teams will be published in print when all all-league teams have been received.
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