The Federal Way Chief of police has said on several occasions that he is going to put 29 more police on the street as soon as annexation is in effect. However, one has to ask where he expects them to come from. For the past several weeks, there have been reports that the city of Seattle, which had planned to hire 24 new officers in the first quarter of this year but managed to find only 9. (The Seattle Times, August 8, 2007)
Money appears to be the main issue but the reality (where have we seen that word before?) is that there are just not that many applicants interested in the job of police officer. Hiring 29 more for the City of Federal Way seems pretty aggressive considering that Seattle was only able to fill one-third of their posted openings.
Consider the reality of the situation as well as the words uttered by the City of Federal Way. VOTE NO!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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My understanding is that the City of Federal Way did not solicit this annexation, the decision was made by King County. My reason for not voting yes to annexation is that I have heard that Federal Way is not friendly to small, independent business owners. In addition, I was told that the city has rezoned areas without advising the residents before hand. I also do not like the way the city was planned to include nothing but strip malls and Walmart type business. There is little in Federal Way that I choose to be a part of.
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