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New SODO Arena design drawing.

New SODO arena design drawing.

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SEPA Challenge to Arena Loses

On Feb. 22 King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North ruled that an agreement to use up to $200 million in public funds to help build a basketball and hockey arena in Sodo did not violate state environmental law. The Memorandum of Understanding was approved by the Seattle and King County councils in mid-October 12.

Below is the brief filed by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 19 v. City of Seattle et al. Following are the responses from the City, King County and ArenaCo (aka WSA Properties).

Marijuana--What Now?

Initiative 502 became Washington state law on Dec. 6, 2012, ushering in a sea of changes made and yet to be made on the marijuana front. Click on the links below for information from a variety of sources, including City Attorney Pete Holmes, a major sponsor of the initiative who stopped prosecuting misdemeanor marijuana possession at the beginning of his term in January 2010.

Rutherford Petition to the United States Supreme Court

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