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<br /> THURSDAY, 06.21.2018 • EVERETT,
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<br /> Former Principal Holly Martinez wrote the family had , _ ,,`< $4,000 a year to She was 45.
<br /> • lived in fear of her husband, who is charged in her death. take a new job as Everett District Court Judge
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<br /> officiala literacy educa- Anthony Howard found proba-
<br /> . ^-- tor, so she could ble cause Wednesday to hold Paul
<br /> BY CALEB HUTTON her husband's scattered employ- ,, , focus more on Anthony Martinez in jail for inves-
<br /> Herald Writer ment and her own work last- home life. But tigation of second-degree domes-
<br /> ing 60 hours a week, she wrote - Nr,",'. the marriage of tic violence murder.Bail was set at
<br /> placed EVERETT — Holly Martinez in court papers.She had taken a Holly 17 years couldn't $1 million.
<br /> made sacrifices in work and life leave of absence as principal of Martinez be saved. . The husband,49,had asked one
<br /> to save the marriage,for the sake Forest View Elementary SchoolShe filed for of his kids if he could come over
<br /> of her three children. in early 2015,to go through inten- divorce in January.Her estranged to his former house on 59th Drive
<br /> on eaveCooking,cleaning,laundry and sive counseling with her husband, husband is accused of shooting SE,to pick up a red hat around
<br /> helping the kids to finish home- Paul. her to death at her home east of
<br /> work had fallen to her,in spite of Martinez accepted a pay cut of Mill Creek. See BAIL,Page A2
<br /> The council's move, given
<br /> with no explanation,
<br /> followed an executive session
<br /> partly about potential legal Flood brings sewage, mud
<br /> action against the city.
<br /> BY NOAH HAGLUND
<br /> Herald Writer Everett is processing 9 damage claims from home and business owners
<br /> MILL CREEK—The City Coun-
<br /> cil emerged from a long execu
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<br /> city administrator Rebecca r
<br /> Polizzotto on paid administrativea u „
<br /> leave. s
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<br /> They declined to •, z ,,,%� s ,
<br /> exp'_a;n why they ::,,,E„ _ wi .: '
<br /> took the move, T t„�w
<br /> after their recent �'
<br /> public support for ,
<br /> the city manager. 1, Ji i ,
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<br /> comment;'Mayor Rebecca „' ''
<br /> Pam Pruitt said Polizzotto ' .. : ,t ,
<br /> afterward. ,.
<br /> Polizzotto has been absent 'f: It
<br /> from work since April,when city x
<br /> officials have said she got sick
<br /> and took medical leave.Pruitt has `` ' ' i1,
<br /> said that she has been bringing ,,,r,,,,,e4
<br /> documents to Polizzotto at home ''�� }- Cir ;- -
<br /> during that time to work on city ^` � n � x
<br /> business. 7 ',..,4-'' .. *za_ ,.,,
<br /> After placing Polizzotto on leave .�
<br /> Tuesday, the council appointed � k ,,,,,,,r3 a,-
<br /> police Chief Greg Elwin as the city's 0'1y `"'' ; x P."
<br /> -ng manager, effective imme
<br /> ply,until an interim manager .Y rF , x t. -
<br /> can be found.They signaled inter- -? H:e.,.. M, s
<br /> est contracting with Bob Stowe, r .. a �'`' w47,,,„ ,, ,
<br /> formera city manager for Mill ""'"' { `sv x,%
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<br /> All six council members at the ' - " . -' 1. Af' '' ,' `" �- '
<br /> meeting voted in support of the " -"" I ° `' ,, • '" '''� A-00 *' �
<br /> actions,which followed an exec- P ,4 .«r , • . " �14
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<br /> utive session that lasted nearly KEVIN CLARK/THE HER.LD
<br /> 2 hours and 45 minutes.There was The home of Tia Scott and Tyler Denton in Everett suffered a flood,destroying a newly renovated basement apart •nt. 3c'03
<br /> discussion about whether Polizzot- . .' Wt"'Tv�0 /V
<br /> to's leave should start right away, w VT 1-}vim E 1-� • fG
<br /> or next week,to allow her to sign BY JOSEPH THOMPSON basement went from dry to knee- the National Weather Service in No.':a 's called yet:'
<br /> contracts. AND RIKIU KING deep,Denton said.His efforts with Seattle.Similar data was captured Kath -.. Baxter, a spokes- -
<br /> The executive session included Herald Writers a bucket were futile. at Paine Field. woman for Everettpublic-works,o
<br /> two separate topics: the perfor- The couple were not alone in That night, an Everett publi Wednesday said staff have gotten
<br /> ince of an unnamed employee EVERETT—Just three weeks their misery that day. Since the works employee visited the neigh- back to everyone who submitted a
<br /> -g1 potential legal action against after they got the keys,Tia Scott storm, Everett property owners borhood and took Scott's contact servicerequestbyphoneoronline.
<br /> the city. and Tyler Denton saw their first have filed nine claims for damages information,but that's where the The city has undertaken a series
<br /> Only City Councilman Jared house turn into a nightmare. with the city,according to public city's involvement stopped, she of major sewer projects in recent
<br /> Mead wasn't present for the special. A June 10 rainstorm caused records obtained by The Daily said. years,much of it familiar to people
<br /> meeting,which replaced the regu- nearly two feet of water to bust Herald.Altogether,they estimate "I've talked to a couple of whose streets were torn up.
<br /> lar meeting scheduled for the through the French doors of their the repairs will cost tens of thou- people and they basically gave Some of that work separates
<br /> following week. home on Wetmore Avenue.The sands of dollars for homes and me the runaround;'Denton said. sewer and stermwater,which is
<br /> On June 8,a Friday evening,the flood knocked over a refrigerator businesses,mostly on Wetmore, "They send me to somebody, different from the way the north-
<br /> City Council called an unusual before making its way through the Grand Avenue and Broadway. then send me to someone else em part of the city was designed.
<br /> lower level. More than a quarter of an inch and they say, 'Somebody will
<br /> See LEAVE, Page A2 Within 15 minutes, the of rain fell June 10,according to call you within a week and a half: See FLOOD, Page A2
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