JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is December 5, 2024
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
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.
The Seattle Times editorial board Seven years ago, a group of prominent Washington business leaders known as the Washington Roundtable crunched the data and announced that young people would need to beef up their post-high school game significantly to participate in this state’s booming high-tech economy. Assessing their own industries, the business leaders — including
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By David Kroman Seattle Times staff reporter The 2019 kickoff of Washington state’s hybrid-electric ferry program couldn’t have been more jubilant. Gov. Jay Inslee, standing inside Vigor Shipyards on Harbor Island, promised a green “revolution” that would begin right there, at the mouth of the Duwamish River, and cascade across industries around the globe. By his side
... continue reading.By Greg Kim Seattle Times staff reporter In 2021, the Washington Legislature passed a law that attempted to stop cities from banning homelessness facilities. Yet last month, Des Moines fined the city’s only existing homeless shelter and asked it to shut down. Earlier this year, Federal Way denied a permit for a fully funded shelter.
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SR 509 Completion Project – Summer 2023 Update Pacific Northwest summers are unrivaled. It’s the time of the year when we get outside, bask in the sun’s warm rays, and check off some major construction milestones. This season, the SR 509 Completion Project team is continuing to perform major construction activities that will bring multi-modal
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By Neetish Basnet – Data reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Aug 3, 2023 Retirement in the Evergreen State is a tough sell to a briskly aging population, according to a new study by Bankrate that ranked Washington as the fourth-worst state to retire. Affordability, crime and weather drew down Washington’s feasibility as a retiree haven. The state dropped
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By The Seattle Times editorial board Lots of people are confused about the idea of equity, apparently including those at the helm of Seattle Public Schools. Rightly criticized for maintaining a separate program of high-achieving students filled with white and Asian kids, Seattle’s education leaders have chosen not to widen the pipeline into their Highly
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Four buildings planned — but never started — at Point Ruston were to have included 222 residential units and 69,000 square feet of commercial and retail space. Permits for four planned buildings at Point Ruston have been voided by the city of Tacoma after months of inactivity. The move, which came at the end of
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By Tim Carter Tribune Content Agency My college major was geology. At the time I was in school, I had no idea how valuable this degree would be once I became a full-time builder. Not many builders know about soil maps and how to interpret them. Your house has an intimate relationship with the ground:
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By Daniel Beekman and Daisy Zavala Magaña Seattle Times staff reporters BURIEN — He saw this conversation coming. Before Travis Thompson sold out concerts, signed with a major record label and embarked on a European tour, the Burien-raised rapper wrote about change coming to Ambaum Boulevard Southwest. “Won’t always be a man on the corner slinging that roasted
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By Daniel Beekman Seattle Times staff reporter A new type of housing will be allowed to sprout in Shoreline from now on, though officials aren’t sure whether many developments will actually be built under the city’s new rules. The Shoreline City Council voted Monday to legalize “cottage housing” in low-density zones that are currently dominated by suburban-style
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