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Wagner holds off Binetti, retains City Council seat Reporter staff
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Incumbent Rich Wagner has beaten back a stiff challenge from Michelle Binetti to retain his City Council seat. King County Elections on Tuesday certified the results of the manual recount for Auburn City Council Position No. 6 Tuesday afternoon after completing the data entry required to
finalize the result. Certified results were posted at 4:30 p.m. after the Canvassing Board meeting. Wagner finished with 6,125 votes, 50.1 percent in the combined results of King and Pierce counties, and Binetti had 6,095, or 49.9 percent. That razor-thin margin had de-
manded an automatic hand recount. Binetti actually bested Wagner in King County, 5,583 to 5,304 votes, but Wagner beat Binetti in Pierce County 811 to 507. “The hand counting portion of our work for both the Auburn and SeaTac recounts was completed (Monday) with no incidents discovered that
would appear to alter the outcomes from the general election,” said Sherril Huff, King County Elections director. A King County recount for a local race hasn’t changed the outcome of an election for more than 10 years. The recount did identify four [ more RECOUNT page 6 ]
Man pleads guilty to Auburn stabbing death By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
A man charged in the 2012 stabbing death of his cousin pleaded guilty last Friday to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon enhancement. Bradley Percy Courville, 25, told police that the victim, Quinn Oliver, 26, called him a name, so he, Courville, stabbed him multiple times in the early morning hours of Dec. 24, 2012.
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Courville also pleaded guilty to third-degree assault for assaulting an Auburn Police officer. He faces a sentence range of 15 to 23 years in prison. Prosecutors expect to recommend 19 years in prison when Courville, 25, is sentenced at 1:45 p.m. Jan. 10 before Judge LeRoy McCullough in courtroom 4A at the Maleng Regional Justice Center. [ more MURDER page 8 ]
Pacific lowers speed limit on deteriorating West Valley Highway By SHAWN SKAGER
Auburn Tailwaggers march down Main Street in the Santa Parade last Saturday. Various groups and organizations and the public joined in the celebration, which included the lighting of the City Hall Christmas Tree. Right, Bailey Nelson, 4, and her mother, Paula, build a gingerbread house during the Snack and Craft event at Washington Elementary. More photos, page 7. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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The Pacific City Council voted 5-2 on Monday to lower the speed limit on West Valley Highway from 40 to 25 miles per hour. The reduction, effective Wednesday, Dec. 18, covers the portion of the highway
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through Pacific, from 56th Place South to 8th Street East. “We found, based on information AHBL (civil engineering consultants) gave us, that we didn’t have to do a long traffic study to do this,” Councilman Clint Steiger said. “We’ve talked about it [ more HIGHWAY page 8 ]
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