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Article: Renton and Fairwood: It's time to get hitched.(Opinion)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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FAIRWOOD voters rejected two incorporation ballot measures in three years, the latest last week, paving the way for a smart partnership with Renton.
Residents in the tiny, suburb southeast of Renton want improved municipal services and the benefits of a larger tax base. Time to renew annexation efforts. Set a date for a municipal marriage.
Renton has long wanted to absorb Fairwood's 25,000 residents. A lengthy and contentious debate about Fairwood's future has resulted in two ballot measures to incorporate; both were defeated.
A workable alliance can be forged by Renton and Fairwood.
King County has pushed to move nearly a quarter of a ...