Mukilteo Council appoints Ilona Van Duser to fill Position 5 vacancy
MUKILTEO—Ilona Van Duser was unanimously appointed to the Mukilteo City Council to fill the Position 5 vacancy left by the resignation of Mike Dixon. All council members expressed deep gratitude and appreciation for every applicant who stepped forward. “I also want to express my appreciation for all the people who applied to be on the […]
Land Acknowledgement survives, will be read monthly at Mukilteo council meetings
MUKILTEO—The Mukilteo City Council approved reducing the frequency of reading its Native Land Acknowledgement statement from each meeting to the first Monday of each month. Efforts to remove the acknowledgement from the council’s routine Order of Business, failed. “I’m extremely disappointed and I think they [Mukilteo City Council members] messed it up because at the […]
Reunited: Mukilteo and Everett ‘build bridges’ across cities with opening of Edgewater Bridge
MUKILTEO & EVERETT—The cities of Mukilteo and Everett collectively cut the ribbon on the Edgewater Bridge replacement Monday, April 27, which carries West Mukilteo Boulevard to the western limits of Everett. The bridge will officially open to traffic tomorrow, April 28, after two years of closure. For the last 80 years, the Edgewater Bridge carried […]
Thank you for the veto, now let’s squarely address Mukilteo’s challenges
Thank you, Mayor Marine, for vetoing the councilmanic sales tax. Now let’s turn our attention to other pressing matters facing the city. We need 10% cuts immediately – as I outlined in detail last September and October, both at the dais and in op-eds. Here is my 20-point plan for Mukilteo: 1. Rollback non-represented salaries to […]
Mayor vetoes sales tax increase that would have made Mukilteo highest in Washington state
MUKILTEO—Mayor Joe Marine has vetoed Ordinance 1518, a measure adopted by the Mukilteo City Council on June 16, 2025, that would have raised the city’s sales tax to the highest rate in Washington State. “As Mayor, I take seriously the responsibility to balance our financial needs with the realities our residents and businesses face,” said […]
Commentary: Mukilteo Council to residents, ‘Let them eat cake!’
As a councilmember, it is my privilege to spend time understanding city finances and explaining them to our residents who are busy living their lives, assuming we are managing their interests well. We are not. At Monday’s City Council meeting on June 16, the mayor presided over a simple majority of the council that gifted […]
Automated Traffic Camera program now live in Mukilteo, 30-day warning
MUKILTEO—The City of Mukilteo begins its Automated Traffic Camera program to encourage safe driving on roads throughout the City. Officials worked with NovoaGlobal to install cameras where the most dangerous speeding occurs. “Speeding is a preventable cause of deadly collisions and life-altering injuries,” said Mukilteo Police Chief Illyn. “We look forward to bringing the latest […]
Oral arguments on Harbor Grove Subdivision presented to Hearing Examiner
MUKILTEO—Phil Albrecht, the City of Mukilteo’s Hearing Examiner, heard public and stakeholder testimonies concerning a recent appeal on the Harbor Grove Subdivision development proposal during a public hearing Thursday, December 5. Harbor Grove is a proposed development of a seven-lot subdivision on 2.43 acres of land with associated grading, drainage improvements, landscaping, and street frontage […]
Mukilteo residents won plea to halt rezone of high-density development
MUKILTEO—Approximately 100 Mukilteans came out in full force at Monday’s council meeting and won their plea to halt a proposed rezone of the Harbour Pointe Tech Center property from “industrial” to “multi-family” for a 200-unit high-density housing development. “I would like to make a motion to direct staff to update the land use designation zoning […]
Former Mukilteo Council president urges tabling controversial rezone vote
MUKILTEO—Former Mukilteo City Council President Bob Champion sent an email to the Mukilteo City Council on Tuesday, October 1, urging them to “table” the upcoming controversial October 7 vote to rezone the Harbour Pointe Tech Center property from business to multifamily residential to make way for a proposed 200-unit high-density housing complex. In that email, […]
