Now, it has finally come to pass, our turn to vote to join the City of Shoreline. The benefits of being in a city are obvious. City taxes are lower than unincorporated King County taxes. Police response is quicker, and by an officer assigned to your neighborhood, not to a region. City services are local, city hall is close.
City governments are more responsive than a far away bureaucracy.
It has been a long journey from 1993 to now. Our neighborhood was in a unique position to choose to annex either of two cities. Lake Forest Park asked the question first, and we voted not to annex. Now Shoreline is asking the question. Yes to lower taxes.