Sure, we have the tunnel lawsuit, the mayoral recall campaign, a "war on cars," and controversial appointments, but the really exciting stuff happens in the suburbs.

Take last night's Federal Way City Council meeting, where, the Tacoma News Tribune reports, council members "erupted" over the recent news that, thanks to declining tax revenues and Sound Transit's policy of "subarea equity," which mandates that money raised in one subarea of the Sound Transit region must be spent in that subarea, Sound Transit can no longer afford to build light rail to S. 272nd St. in Federal Way. Instead, rail will probably terminate at Highline Community College in Des Moines.

The News Tribune reports:

Council member Jim Ferrell erupted when a Sound Transit official said the planned extension from Highline Community College to South 272nd Street is the only proposed cut from Sound Transit projects to be finished by 2023.

“That’s absolutely incredible,” Ferrell said. “You left us with the impression that times are tough all over. Apparently, they’re only tough for South King County.”

... If light rail doesn’t arrive in Federal Way by 2034 at the earliest as Sound Transit projects, Tacoma will have an even longer wait, Federal Way Mayor Skip Priest said.

“If you’re in Tacoma, I don’t think you’ve been born yet if you’re going to see light rail,” Priest said. “If it is a dream here, it’s a mirage in Tacoma.”

The Federal Way council successfully lobbied to have the Federal Way extension included in the $17.9 billion measure for mass transit expansion that voters approved in November 2008.

“We helped you to get the bond passed,” council member Linda Kochmar told Beal. “Now, you’re telling us, ‘Sorry, guys.’”

Council member Dini Duclos said she doesn't believe rapid transit will ever make it to Federal Way.

“While everyone else is getting the trains, we’re getting the shaft,” Duclos said.