About this episode

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay discusses key issues facing the county in a live interview.

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay will give the state of the County today. I sat down with him last Saturday for a live interview at the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival. There, I asked him about some of the issues facing King County and how he plans to address them. Here's that conversation.

People in this episode

Host: KUOW News and Information

Guest: Girmay Zahilay

Topics covered

• light rail
• homelessness
• financial oversight
• King County
• public policy

Keywords

• King County
• Girmay Zahilay
• light rail
• homelessness
• financial oversight
• public policy
• interview

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Organizations: King County, Cascade PBS

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