City sends letters to legislators asking for same budget break city of Lakewood has for policing at Western State Hospital
City of Medical Lake officials have sent 41 letters to members of the Washington State Legislature asking for one simple thing, and that is to have at least one person pick up the phone and call Mayor John Higgins to discuss the nature of the city’s police services arrangement with Eastern State Hospital.
More specifically, the city wants the state to pay the costs incurred by the city for providing police services at Eastern — as the state does for Western State Hospital in Lakewood. City Administrator Doug Ross said Lakewood officials have told him a specific line item was inserted into the...
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