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!
A parable on "the hard fork", an engineering term for making a clean break with a system that has outlived its usefulness. Microsoft took the hard fork about a decade ago and the results speak for themselves. There are some real lessons to be learned here....
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This Week: Port of Seattle Commission Meeting, Highline MAST meeting on Water Quality. Last week testimony on SB5199, a bill to provide funding for Local Journalism co-sponsored by our own Senator Karen Keiser. DMMA Meeting. Meetings with several groups on Des Moines Memorial Drive and SR509. Thursday: Auditor Exit Interview. Good report except for a minor ding on ARPA accounting. A link to an essay on Equity, which will sound a lot like another 'Marina' thing, but really it's about spending the largest chunks of money in our City's history in a way that's fair for the entire community. Including you. :)...
An essay about why dock repairs, are really about Equity--doing what is right for the entire City for a change. The way we are approaching Marina Redevelopment is not only fiscally irresponsible it is unfair to the full community--particularly the younger and more diverse parts of the city....
This week I will be testifying on SB5199, a bill to provide funding for Local Journalism co-sponsored by our own Senator Karen Keiser. Wednesday: Meeting with several groups on Des Moines Memorial Drive and SR509. Thursday: Auditor Exit Interview. This is where the State provides a final evaluation on our financial statements. 02/02/2023 Council Meeting Recap ---Black History Proclamation ---Care for babies born with drug addiction (great presentation!) ---Censure of moi ---Redondo beach declared a 'park' for the purposes of installing a speed camera ---Marina Land side feasibility studies (I voted no)...
I testified today at the Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing on SB5199, a bill to provide funding for Local Journalism co-sponsored by our own Senator Karen Keiser. You can read more on the issue here... https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/promising-proposals-in-wa-legislature-aim-to-help-journalism-crisis/...
These are the two statements I made during the 2 Feb City Council Meeting on 'censure'. I wrote them like this to conform to our current 'four minutes at a time' format. The first makes clear that there is no merit to the accusation and discusses the complete overreaction by the Council and government as a tool of bullying and intimidation. The second discusses how tricky it is to push back against such an allegation and how this form of attack is just one instance of a pattern of deceptive government that must be changed....
These are the questions I put together in advance of our Marina Study Session. Many are from residents and many are extremely well-reasoned. The vast majority concern 'the hotel' and 100% are opposed to siting it in the north parking lot. I conclude by demonstrating the long standing connections with the Port of Seattle and Des Moines Creek Business Park. The insane 'master plan' was always that the DMCBP, a 'ferry', and anything else that might further airport and cruise traffic would bring some economic renaissance to DM....
Upcoming Marina Study Session. Coho Pen shows up. Call for volunteers! Reach Out Des Moines discusses its future. Adam Smith meeting on aviation issues. MLK Day events....
