JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is May 22, 2025
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.
By Claire Withycombe and Jim Brunner Seattle Times staff reporters OLYMPIA — Five years ago, the Washington Legislature was dragged, kicking and screaming, into compliance with the state’s Public Records Act, which says their emails, text messages and other documents should be available for public scrutiny. Court rulings and Gov. Jay Inslee’s veto of a
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By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Feb 25, 2024 Homebuyers in today’s market are increasingly faced with an inconvenient but inescapable truth — there are fewer homes for sale and the ones on the market are often in need of big repairs and renovations. That’s because far fewer homes have been built
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By Gene Balk / FYI Guy Seattle Times columnist If you’re a King County homeowner, it’s likely your home’s assessed value fell in 2024. Nearly everywhere in the county, assessed values dropped from last year. But you may be surprised to find your property tax didn’t go down nearly as much as you may have
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Story by Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) • 4d Feb. 16—Point Ruston’s lawsuits and financial woes now include legal action from condominium associations representing residents at the site. On Jan. 25, five condominium associations representing building residents at Point Ruston filed a petition in Pierce County Superior Court against the Point Ruston Owners Association. The
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By Dahlia Bazzaz Seattle Times staff reporter Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Learn more about Ed Lab. DES MOINES — From
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As the Housing Equity Fund nears its $2 billion investment goal two years ahead of schedule, affordable housing developers wonder how Amazon’s commitment will evolve. By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Feb 12, 2024 Updated Feb 12, 2024 6:39pm PST Three years after Amazon launched its Housing Equity Fund (HEF), the scope of its ambitious
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By Gene Balk / FYI Guy Seattle Times columnist Everyone knows buying a home in Seattle is incredibly expensive. But keeping it isn’t cheap either. I’m talking about property taxes. The tax burden for Seattle homeowners is among the highest for any large U.S. city. And along with home values, property taxes in Seattle have
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By Gene Balk / FYI Guy Seattle Times columnist Did King County hit “peak kids” in 2020? The 2020 census counted 456,000 people under 18 in King County, the highest number ever recorded. That isn’t a surprise, since the county’s population of children has increased steadily for decades. But since then, there’s been a reversal.
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By Anna Patrick Seattle Times staff reporter The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by BECU, Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. It started with just a handful of tents outside Burien City Hall. In less than a year, the city of Burien went from fretting
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