Moving to Des Moines many years ago was a multi-level attraction to my wife, Marianne and I as we travelled into the little Cape Cod like village on the sound. We arrived quite by accident trying to wend our way to Tacoma and had no idea that a city named “Des Moines” even existed outside
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UPDATE: Artemis Hotel Project Making Progress Again
The City of Des Moines announced this week that permit applications have been received from the Yareton Investment Fund for the luxury Artemis Hotel project, to be built on Pacific Highway South. The development is the result of a trip by former Mayor Bob Sheckler, who met investor contacts while on an outreach trip to China (read
... continue reading.Letter to the Editor – Feel Cape Cod, then say something nice about our Council
Dear Editor, For many years now Des Moines has been “My Cape Cod” and every day it seemed farther away until just recently. Our city council has finally seen the resemblance and need for something to ignite a tourist attraction in the form of a “Cape Cod on the Sound” theme. I am all for
... continue reading.Des Moines City Manager Says City is Open for Business
by Jack Mayne Des Moines has long been considered unfriendly to developers and to those just wanting to remodel and redevelop their own properties. People seeking city permits were often confronted with a set of difficult to understand regulations and with little help negotiating them. Not any more. A shrinking tax base and some new members of
... continue reading.Highline Times: Des Moines council hires temporary economic development director
Des Moines council hires temporary economic development director Mon, 08/02/2010 After an impassioned discussion about Des Moines’ future and how best to utilize what little extra money the city has, a split City Council voted 4-2 to create a temporary full-time economic development manager position. Marion Yoshino, who has been volunteering on a downtown business
... continue reading.CITIZENS FOR DES MOINES INC v. PETERSEN (2005)
CITIZENS FOR DES MOINES INC v. PETERSEN (2005) Court of Appeals of Washington,Division 1. CITIZENS FOR DES MOINES, INC., and Allan Furney, Respondents, v. Gary W. PETERSEN, individually and as City of Des Moines Councilmember, Petitioner. No. 52344-9-I. Decided: February 14, 2005 Scott M. Missall, Short Cressman & Burgess, PLLC, Thane Sommerville, Attorney At Law, Seattle,
... continue reading.Des Moines Memorial Way – Road of Remembrance
“In years to come, when the young men of today are the old men of tomorrow those elms will have come into their full strength and beauty, an ever present reminder of the days when the Americans of the World War marched on French highways.” Lt. Gov. W. J. “Wee” Coyle, at the dedication ceremonies,
... continue reading.Attack of American Free Enterprise System (Lewis Powell, Jr.)
Attack of American Free Enterprise System DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION In this 1971 memo to Eugene Sydnor at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, lawyer Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. calls for business to play a more activist role in American politics. The memo was written two months before President Nixon nominated him to the Supreme Court. The memo
... continue reading.Competitive City Council Races (Part II)
1 Comment on Competitive City Council Races (Part II)As I wrote in Part I, we’ve had forty two City Council races or vacancies in the past twenty years, only seventeen competitive races and only thirty eight (38) candidates that may be called ‘competive’. And since many of them obtained office running unopposed or via appointment, the number of candidates who have been tested
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