There has been a lot of concern recently concerning Marina Redevelopment and the master sums up my feelings about the situation. Plus, listening to a great song always helps calms me down when I’m upset about things like this. 🙂 If, like me, you are not happy with things, below you will find: Policy Solutions … Continue reading “One piece at a time”
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Weekly Update: 11/13/2022
Categories Marina, Policy, Transparency, Weekly UpdatesLeave a comment on Weekly Update: 11/13/2022Get get that 3rd COVID Booster (the new ‘bivalent’ model.) Now. Deaths are slowly rising. Again, again, it takes about a month to achieve full efficacy. And the number of people who have had all four injections is now below fifty percent. Football, Thanksgiving. Christmas. I think you know where I’m going here. They’re doing walk-ins … Continue reading “Weekly Update: 11/13/2022”
Mayor’s Speech to Des Moines Marina Association Annual Meeting
Categories Economic Development, Marina, Transparency4 Comments on Mayor’s Speech to Des Moines Marina Association Annual MeetingThis document is subject to frequent changes…
Categories Transparency7 Comments on This document is subject to frequent changes…Boy, is it ever. 😀 I wrote in my Weekly Update that the Futures Report was useless and I demonstrated this by posting a page from yesterday (11/06/2022.) And below are pages from the version updated 1today. And what I learned, today, is this: The Ferry Update that was scheduled for November 17 has been … Continue reading “This document is subject to frequent changes…”
Weekly Update: 11/06/2022
Categories Marina, Policy, Transparency, Weekly Updates8 Comments on Weekly Update: 11/06/2022Get get that 3rd COVID Booster (the new ‘bivalent’ model.) Now. Deaths are slowly rising. Again, again, it takes about a month to achieve full efficacy. And the number of people who have had all four injections is now below fifty percent. Football, Thanksgiving. Christmas. I think you know where I’m going here. They’re doing walk-ins … Continue reading “Weekly Update: 11/06/2022”
My calendar? It’s wide open
Categories Policy, Transparency1 Comment on My calendar? It’s wide openThis article has an important update today (11/07/2022) This a snapshot from our Future Agendas Report taken today. Every City has some form of official calendar like this. I’ve written about this issue before but it’s worth re-visiting because it’s not exactly getting better. First off, there are no meetings on November 10th. (They were moved … Continue reading “My calendar? It’s wide open”
Weekly Update: 10/30/2022
Categories Marina, Policy, Transparency, Weekly Updates2 Comments on Weekly Update: 10/30/2022Get get that 3rd COVID Booster (the new ‘bivalent’ model.) Now. Deaths are slowly rising. Again, again, it takes about a month to achieve full efficacy. And the number of people who have had all four injections is now below fifty percent. Football, Thanksgiving. Christmas. I think you know where I’m going here. They’re doing walk-ins … Continue reading “Weekly Update: 10/30/2022”
A land use migraine
Categories Neighborhoods2 Comments on A land use migraineAt last night’s Budget Session, the Mayor and City Manager teamed up on yet another totally blindside move which was at least as egregious as last month’s Marina Redevelopment Community Meeting. It’s a pattern. What Happened At least a day before the meeting, the City Attorney had prepared a Draft Ordinance placing an ’emergency’ moratorium … Continue reading “A land use migraine”
Weekly Update: 10/23/2022
Categories Marina, Policy, Transparency, Weekly UpdatesLeave a comment on Weekly Update: 10/23/2022I’m going out on a limb here and guessing you haven’t yet received a 3rd COVID Booster (the new ‘bivalent’ model.) Please do so. ASAP. Yes, case counts are down here, but deaths remain irritatingly stable–and they’re going up in the U.K., which has been a leading indicator of every wave over the past three … Continue reading “Weekly Update: 10/23/2022”
Weekly Update: 10/04/2022
Categories Marina, Policy, Public Safety, Transparency, Weekly Updates1 Comment on Weekly Update: 10/04/2022Highly rushed due to failing water heater! Only a few minutes before I have to get back to bailing! 😀 This Week Monday: Not an event, but notable: the City got dinged by the State Auditor’s Report about our ARPA fund. This seems fairly minor in and of itself and the City acknowledges the problem. … Continue reading “Weekly Update: 10/04/2022”