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,
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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.Federal Way Won’t Annex Redondo Area
Mar 1, 1995 Seattle Times Staff: Seattle Times News Services FEDERAL WAY – The City Council has abandoned plans for annexing Redondo, providing the city could be assured that Redondo Beach Drive South would be kept open. Instead, Redondo and the corresponding Woodmont area, on Federal Way’s northern boundary, may be annexed by Des Moines.
... 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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