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Shane Alvidrez pleads guilty to attempted rape
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Martial arts instructor offered an Alford plea with sentencing set for Oct. 26 in superior court
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FOOD BANK... The food bank at Plateau Outreach Ministries will open 9:30 a.m. to noon today, Wednesday. It will still be a modified service and will be provided out of the alley door on the west side of the building. During renovation, emergency food sacks were available.
Weather
The clear skies are set to continue today, Wednesday, with highs in the mid-60s. But it will definitely feel like fall during the overnights, with lows in the upper-30s and low-40s this week. The pattern should repeat through the weekend.
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Appeal continues over YarrowBay developments By Dennis Box Editor
The state Court of Appeals is the next stop on the legal highway for Toward Responsible Development’s Land Use Petition Act appeal of the YarrowBay master planned developments that was denied by Superior Court Judge Patrick H. Oishi Aug. 27. Tow a rd Re sp on sible Development (TRD) filed the appeal in October 2010 following the approval of the permits for the The Villages and Lawson Hills in September 2010 and the find-
appeal filed following Oishi’s decision. “Our briefs demonstrated numerous problems with the MPDs,” Bricklin wrote in the Sept. 10 email. “The city’s own study showed that the project would have ing by city hearing examiner, Phil a negative impact on the city’s budOlbrechts, the Final Environmental get, contrary to city code requiring these mega projects to keep the Impact Statements were legalcity in the black.” ly adequate. The argument before the black The appeal petitioners three-judge appeal court listed in the court document could be set for early 2013. were Toward Responsible Development, Cynthia and BACK AND FORTH William Wheeler, Robert Bricklin and Bob Sterbank, Edelman, Peter Rimbos, Michael Irrgang, Judith Carrier, Vicki Harp from Kenyon Disend representing and the estate of William Harp and the city, sent responses via email concerning some thoughts on the Cindy Proctor. The attorney representing TRD, next step in the appeal process. Bricklin wrote, “Judge Oishi was David Bricklin for the Seattle firm Bricklin & Newman, stated in a not required to explain his decision, Sept. 10 email there will be an but the absence of any explana-
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tion or analysis leaves the decision with little intellectual or persuasive force. It doesn’t serve to persuade the citizens that they were wrong to challenge the city’s decision. It doesn’t serve to persuade the citizens that a further appeal would be in vain. It assures that his decision will have no persuasive impact on the Court of Appeals.” Sterbank wrote, “This comment is ironic, and seems to blame Judge Oishi for a decision petitioners had already made. Mr. Bricklin’s own proposed order stated that, ‘Because appellate review, if any, is of the city’s decisions, not the Superior Court’s decisions, entries of findings of fact and conclusions of law are not necessary.’ Given the petitioners’ awareness that detailed or
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Agreeing to serve time behind bars and register as a sex offender, Enumclaw’s Samuel Shane Alvidrez pleaded guilty to attempted rape of a child in the third degree. Alvidrez, who operated a martial arts studio on Cole Street at the time of his May 2011 arrest, had originally been charged with two counts of child rape. A spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office said an agreement on a lesser charge was reached, in part, to spare his young victim from having to testify. Alvidrez, 51, is scheduled to appear Oct. 26 before King County Superior Court Judge
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