JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Articles from around the area, including re-prints from various newspapers (provided under Fair-Use provision.) These are information only, which means that many, Many, MANY of these do not represent my point of view. (Seriously, they don’t.) I just want you to know what’s out there being discussed by electeds that concern Des Moines.
Uri Berliner, a senior business editor at NPR, says he started sounding the alarm internally when he noticed a bias creep into the network’s coverage. (Pete Kiehart for The Free Press) I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the … Continue reading “NPR editor Uri Berliner tells how the network lost America’s trust in The Free Press”
Two Point Ruston properties will be auctioned off in a foreclosure sale in May. SHAWNA DE LA ROSA | PSBJ By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Two Point Ruston buildings — a garage and public market — are set for auction next month after a Pierce County Superior Court judge entered a … Continue reading “Point Ruston properties set for auction after $91 million judgment”
By Lauren Girgis Seattle Times staff reporter The Burien city manager is seeking a new police chief after the King County Sheriff’s Office halted its enforcement of the city’s anti-camping ordinance while a federal judge decides on the ordinance’s constitutionality. In a succinct letter sent from Burien City Manager Adolfo Bailon to King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall … Continue reading “Burien seeks new police chief after sheriff refuses to enforce camping ban”
At the site of Seattle’s first large-scale mass timber building, developers have incorporated infrastructure to address a common runoff problem Mark Grey, of the Hess Callahan Grey Group, is part of the development team at Northlake Commons. The project’s native plant-filled bioswale is a unique large-scale partnership with Seattle Public Utilities that will filter 2.6 … Continue reading “Go With The Flow”
FILE – A flare burns at a well pad Aug. 26, 2021, near Watford City, N.D. The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs in 2023, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press The levels … Continue reading “Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again”
Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg By Kendra Pierre-Louis April 5, 2024 at 2:00 AM PDT Buyers of new homes in the US may find themselves saddled with electrical systems better suited to the 20th century than the 21st. The International Code Council, which sets model construction standards for new homes, was expected to include building electrification measures … Continue reading “US Homes Face Costly Retrofits for Induction Stoves, EV Chargers”
LOCAL Point Ruston parcels including Waterfront Market, garage site set for foreclosure sale BY DEBBIE COCKRELL APRIL 04, 2024 5:00 AM The Point Ruston Public Parking garage and Public Market (background) were the focus of a foreclosure decree issued March 29, 2024. They are shown on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. TONY OVERMAN toverman@theolympian.com An investment-lender … Continue reading “Point Ruston parcels including Waterfront Market, garage site set for foreclosure sale”
An investment group was awarded a $91 million judgement against the developer of Point Ruston after a years-long legal battle. Author: Helen Smith Published: 11:54 AM PDT April 4, 2024 Updated: 1:04 PM PDT April 4, 2024 RUSTON, Wash. — An investment group is foreclosing on a parcel of land in Point Ruston after a judge ordered the developer to … Continue reading “Investors foreclosing on parcel with Point Ruston parking garage, Waterfront Market after loan defaults”
The 137,000-square-foot Union Station, which is assessed at $50.4 million, was transferred from the city of Tacoma to the federal government in 2022. ANTHONY BOLANTE | PSBJ By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Apr 4, 2024 One of Tacoma’s most iconic buildings is set to get a $79 million makeover thanks to … Continue reading “Tacoma’s iconic Union Station set to undergo major renovation”
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, submitted by a verified resident. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of South King Media, nor its staff:] A 64 percent tax increase because the Des Moines City Council won’t do its job! For the past eight years, the council majority has repeatedly lectured … Continue reading “LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Former City Councilmember says ‘A 64 percent tax increase because the Des Moines City Council won’t do its job!’”
