Harger: King County kept paying contractors despite warnings of fraud. A whistleblower got fired for asking

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Harger: King County kept paying contractors despite warnings of fraud. A whistleblower got fired for asking
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Harger: King County kept paying contractors despite warnings of fraud. A whistleblower got fired for asking questions Billions of your dollars, distributed by King County with little oversight and even less accountability.

And when someone inside the system tried to raise the alarm, he got fired. Curley: If Thurston County leaders really wanted to reduce CO2, they’d plant trees — not require Home Energy Scores Harger: Sound Transit 3 needs another $34.5 billion. That’s $10,000 per person in the taxing district. And Ballard still isn’t getting light rail Sound Transit held an all-day retreat last week to figure out how to close a $34.5 billion gap. Here's where this is almost certainly heading... Harger: A Thurston County man with 97 prior arrests built a custom bong into his dashboard. WA is surprised by none of this The driver is a four-time convicted felon with 27 misdemeanor convictions. And as of this week, 97 prior arrests. Now this guy has 98. ‘He’s getting let off the hook’: Gee slams insanity verdict in Belltown shooting that killed pregnant woman KIRO host Gee Scott condemns the not guilty verdict in the tragic Belltown shooting that claimed the life of a pregnant woman. ‘We’re just trying to save the city money’: Jake has a ‘pie-in-the-sky idea’ to reduce Seattle’s homelessnessWSECU Community Champion: Chrystal Ortega’s mission to feed Spokane Chrystal Ortega's tireless dedication recently earned her the WSECU Community Champions Award and a $1,000 grant to further the mission.When Shawn Tibbitts opened Tibbitts FernHill, he was just trying to survive. The small Tacoma restaurant has since earned culinary awards and praise.Wilcox Family Farms is continuing its cherished holiday tradition of giving back by donating nearly one million eggs to food banks across the South Sound region this season.Matthew Ballantyne has transformed that early awareness into action, embodying the organization's mission:"No Kid Sleeps On The Floor In Our Town."

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