Burien Deputy Mayor Kevin Schilling Is Bought and Paid For

Last month, Burien Toyota owners Dean and Mona Anderson donated $2,400–the maximum allowed amount for an individual and spouse–to deputy mayor Kevi...

July 27, 2023
1:40 AM

Last month, Burien Toyota owners Dean and Mona Anderson donated $2,400–the maximum allowed amount for an individual and spouse–to deputy mayor Kevin Schilling, who is currently up for reelection. Business owners make donations to local politicians all the time, but this contribution comes in the middle of Burien's widely reported homeless encampment crisis, during which a group of approximately 40 unhoused people have been continuously swept from location to location with few––and insufficient––options for housing.

Sam Méndez