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A judge rules Everett Public Schools is responsible for the legal fees of a student suspended 3 times for preaching. By Chris Winters Herald Writer
EVERETT — The Everett School District will have to pay more than $120,000 in legal fees to settle a dispute with a Cascade High School student. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas S. Zilly issued the
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the suspensions from Leal’s record, saying that he would still be able to preach at school, provided he not disrupt instruction. Cascade High allowed Leal to preach near the statue of the school’s bear mascot, and in return Leal dropped the element of his suit saying his religious rights were being violated. See $120K, back page, this section
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EVERETT — Home builders are running out of room for new developments in south Snohomish County, real estate industry insiders say. The lack of developable land is one reason listed homes are selling quickly and median prices are rising. Steady job growth in King and Snohomish counties and low interest rates are driving demand, which has consistently
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decision Aug. 6, wrapping up the last unresolved issue in the case. Michael Leal, then a senior at Cascade High, sued Everett Public Schools in November 2014 after he’d been suspended three times for handing out religious pamphlets and preaching at school events, sometimes using
a bullhorn. Leal claimed his First Amendment right of free speech was being infringed upon by school district policies. According to the suit, Leal was suspended for violating district policies that state that students who distribute materials they write or produce themselves should not disrupt school activities or interfere with operations. On May 29, Zilly expunged
Ryan and Christen Lambert and their two young children, Alison, 4, and Nolan 1½, recently moved to Bothell, in a location that builders say is one of the fastest growing areas in the Puget Sound region.
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By Noah Haglund EVERETT — Wrangling over a new contract for Snohomish County government employees has created another ugly dust-up between two Democrats competing for the executive’s job. Executive John Lovick’s administration has been negotiating a three-year contract with the AFSCME-affiliated union that represents more than 1,500 county workers. The union has been among Lovick’s strongest supporters as he tries to win a four-year term in office this November. County Council Chairman Dave Somers is competing for the executive’s job and finished ahead of Lovick in the Aug. 4 primary. Long before he became a candidate for executive, Somers had challenged Lovick’s financial policies. The latest flash point was a Wednesday council meeting, when Somers pushed through legislation to turn down a tentative contract agreement Lovick’s office negotiated with the union. The council chairman accused the executive of violating the county charter by straying outside the guidelines the council already set for the contract. Somers told a room packed with about 100 frustrated union workers that it was better to act now than to wait until employees voted on a contract the council would not endorse. “We are at an all-time low in our reserves,” he said. “The economy is doing well; county finances are not. We have a responsibility as a county to look at the entire budget.” Somers was joined by Democratic Councilman Terry Ryan and Republican Councilman Ken Klein in passing a motion rejecting the tentative agreement. They ordered the executive instead to come up with a deal consistent with the direction they’d provided, including future pay and benefits. Councilmembers Stephanie Wright and Brian Sullivan, who both support Lovick, cast dissenting votes.
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overwhelmed the number of homes and condos for sale, according to market data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. The NWMLS compiles sales listings from real estate agents in 23 Washington counties. Builders can’t find enough affordable, available land to meet the influx in demand, said Mike Pattison, of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. Pattison is the industry group’s government affairs manager for
Meet the beetles Weed eaters: State and federal officials are to blame for an infestation of tiny beetles in a Portland neighborhood. The beetles were released to combat an invasive weed called purple loosestrife. They ate the weeds, then moved on to feast on other plants (Page B1). Dear Abby. . . .D5 Horoscope . . . B4
Snohomish County. In areas that are nearly built out, developers are having to think small, he said. Development projects are shrinking from dozens of homes to “six, nine, even just four homes,” he said. Builders have flocked to the Mill Creek-Bothell area in recent years. More new homes were sold in 2014 in that area than anywhere else in Snohomish and King counties, according to MetroStudy, a firm that tracks housing data.
Portland’s hipster restaurants also have been hard hit by the infestation and have removed from the specials chalkboard their Purple Loosestrife Salad with Scotch Broom and Barbed Goatgrass.
returning $14 million to customers for pocketing the difference when customers made errors on deposit slips (Page A10). Which explains the bank’s motto: “Bad at math? You’re our kind of customer.”
Can we clean your wallet for you? Citizens Bank, based in Rhode Island, is
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The area will likely be built out in three to five years, the firm’s regional director, Todd Britsch, told The Herald earlier this year. The lack of land is not a surprise. “We’ve been ringing the bell on the lack of supply for several years,” Pattison said. “There’s very little political will to expand” urban growth boundaries. See HOMES, back page, this section
able to locate and arrest a shoplifter who fled a store after the limousine driver who brought her to a mall told police the woman had just called him for a ride back to a luxury hotel (Page A2). We didn’t realize Minnesota was considered a vacation destination by Citizens Bank officials. —Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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The County Council chairman pushes through legislation to turn down the executive’s new contract with government employees.
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