Gov. Inslee met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday. “We share so much more with Canada than just a common border,” said Inslee of their meeting. Part of the transportation budget recently approved in Olympia includes $300,000 to conduct research on a possible a train to link Vancouver, Seattle, Olympia and Portland. Let’s just hope this plan doesn’t take any cues from Sound Transit.

Candidate for re-election to Port of Seattle Commission receives large contributions from businesses that have been suing the Port for discrimination, lawsuits that have since been dropped. John W. Creighton III has said, “I never promise that I’m going to vote a certain way or do a certain thing because I got a campaign contribution.”

Passenger jets will be flown out of Paine Field in Everett, beginning fall of 2018. “As our region continues to grow at a record pace and Sea-Tac Airport nears capacity, the time is right,” Alaska Airlines Chief Executive Brad Tilden announced, explaining it will also mean, “less time stuck in traffic on Interstate 5.”

Seattle socialist councilmember Kshama Sawant has a buddy in the race for mayor. Sawant recently endorsed Nikkita Oliver for the position saying, “We’ve seen how impactful the strategy of having a voice inside city hall… can be.” We’re wondering if Oliver will promote disruptive protests as a part of her campaign platform, much like Sawant has.

Forbes’ Roger Valadez: “Councilmember (Kshama) Sawant is woefully misinformed, and I don’t know where she got her economics degree, but that university should take it back.” Sawant has claimed developers need to pay more to fund affordable housing in Seattle, saying they currently are “dead opposed to any measure because they are going to have to pay a tiny bit of the massive profits they make.”

Director of the Seattle Police Dept. Office of Professional Accountability, Pierce Murphy, is stepping down. He was appointed in 2013, but not re-appointed in 2016 – although remained as interim director until now.

Seattle City Council has unanimously passed police-accountability legislation that will increase oversight, without consideration for alterations from Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole and City Attorney Pete Holmes. There will now be more civilian oversight in reviewing discipline and accountability among other internal workings of the department.

Airway Heights is going into the fourth day of being advised against drinking tap water due to contamination. City officials are seeking to connect their water supply to the City of Spokane or find another way to bring water into the area until the contaminated wells, which have been shut down, are fixed.

Emergency teacher hires have been made in 160 of our 295 school districts this year, as per data from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Emergency hires are not required to have a teaching certificate. Emergency substitute hires only need a high school diploma.

The Univ. of Washington has settled a case for $25,000 after a lawsuit was brought against them for violating the state open meetings act. The suit was triggered by a private vote among the UW Board of Regents that named Ana Marie Cauce as president, allegedly with no other finalists having been considered for the top position at the state-funded university.

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