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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, January 8, 2009 Budget Watch Here is how some of your tax money was spent in recent city council action. Edmonds: $35,670 to Mike Doubleday of Shoreline for government lobbying services and up to $10,000 to Salter Joyce Zyker of Seattle for legal services for 2009. Everett: $870,000 plus closing costs to a Delaware subsidiary of Irving, Texas-based Kimberly-Clark Corp. for a parking lot on W. Marine View Drive. Arlington: $13,616 to the law firm of Bailey, Duskin, Peiffle and Canfield for legal services. Monroe: $15,530 to BHC Consultants in Seattle for a storm water system plan. $163 to H.B. Jaeger Co. in Snohomish for playground drainage. $213 to United Rentals NW for foul-weather hats. Snohomish: $43 to Snoho­mish Co-Op for dog food. $1,493 to Snohomish County PUD in Everett for Carnegie electric bill $7,876 to Snohomish County Department of Public Works for street sweep guard rails. Monroe School District: $10,750 to the University of Washington for an instructor to lead algebra workshops for high school and middle school staff. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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