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!
This week: Taking a bit of a break. :) But last week? Last week was huuuuuuge. Last week: Transportation Committee, Environment Committee, City Council meeting features $26MM bond sales, Housing Action Plan, New Rules of Procedure, Marina Security/Cameras. Aviation Town Hall Meeting. ...
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This week: City Council meeting features $26MM bond sales, Housing Action Plan, Redondo Speed Cameras, New Rules of Procedure Last week: Memorial Day at Des Moines Memorial Drive. City Council meeting features $26MM bond sales, Housing Action Plan, Redondo Speed Cameras, New Rules of Procedure...
Meet Des Moines artist Daniel Wend. He created the WWI utility wraps along Des Moines Memorial Drive for the Living Road of Remembrance. The Des Moines Memorial Drive Preservation had the official ribbon cutting today at Sunnydale Elementary School as part of their Memorial Day ceremony. The wraps begin at 116th and move south to...
This week: Memorial Day at Des Moines Memorial Drive. City Council meeting features $26MM bond sales, Housing Action Plan, Redondo Speed Cameras, New Rules of Procedure Last week: Economic Development Committee Last week: Work on tree cover, Reach Out Des Moines, South King County Housing & Homelessness Partnership May 11 Meeting Review
Campaign 2023 Announcement This week: Economic Development Committee: Bond sales, Housing Action Plan, Height Limits. This should be interesting! Last week: Work on tree cover, Reach Out Des Moines, South King County Housing & Homelessness Partnership May 11 Meeting Review
Environment Committee - cleanup behind engineering building May 11 Meeting Review
Upcoming May 11 Meeting. You should definitely read the packet and watch the meeting. And a review of last week's very important meeting:
Upcoming May 4 Meeting will cover three important issues:
As many of you know, my day job is working with SeaTacNoise.Info. We have an upcoming documentary on the community history of Sea-Tac Airport. I'll be publishing a series of 'excerpts' and here is Part I: The Chicken or the Egg--1949-1990, which basically answers the questions: Who was here first? And: How did we let an airport so close to so many people get so big?...
This is the event referenced in my censure. Except that no one voting saw it. Because though the event occurred in December of 2022, I was only able to obtain it five months later. The rest of the charges were a fabrication. Employee complaints should be taken seriously for sure. But facts should more more. And this event should be taken particularly seriously because it represents the culture of the current government. We currently lack any semblance of evidence-based decision making. Council-Manager-Government, which has none of the guard rails of County, State and Federal governments, cannot work properly without it. In practical terms: this event is a microcosm of how all our decisions are currently being made. Fixing this process, making every decision based on facts and not on personalities, will make every decision better....