The third Ad Hoc Rules of Procedure meeting was, in some ways, the most chilling yet. It began with an argument over recording the meeting and went downhill from there. I strongly urge people to listen to 20:00 where the City Attorney uses a recent Supreme Court case to argue that the Council has an unlimited right to censure a member for basically any reason it chooses--including displaying any form of 'dissent' following the meeting or any form of 'criticism' of staff'. Though the term 'staff' was left undefined. There was also a lengthy discussion on 'hats'. As the kids say, "Mask off."...
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Highlight this week: Rules of Procedure Committee meeting Thursday, 3:30PM at the Police Station.
Last week: airport advocacy in Olympia. Port approves more projects leading to expansion. Reach Out Des Moines. ...
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My thoughts on the draft version of our new Council Protocol Manual (previously known as our Rules of Procedure.) There will be a meeting of the Ad Hoc Rules committee on Thursday March 23 at 3:30PM and I strongly urge you to attend....
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Last City Council Meeting featured two housing issues. Orcas. An essay on how we got into the mess we're in with the airport, which is really another land use issue, why we continue to handle it incorrectly... and something about casinos? :D Why I'm on the fence about HB1110 and multi-family housing....
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Next City Council Meeting features two housing issues.
Last City Council Meeting featured 3:40 of goal setting.
An essay showing one example of bullying off the dais and how it makes it tougher for residents to get what they want....
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An essay describing one example of the off-dais bullying, misinformation and why that makes it harder for residents to get what they want.
"We are also aware of your efforts to... create division in the... community. I demand you stop such evil and irresponsible actions."...
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This Week: City Council meeting features 'goal setting'. I offer a review of last year's similar meetings--and how the Communications Consultant deal got started.
Last Week: City Council meeting features Future Cities, communications consultant contract and more cop cars.
A follow up to last week's essay on The Hard Fork, which for Des Moines means not making the same mistakes over and over... and over....
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This Week: City Council meeting features Future Cities, communications consultant contract and more cop cars.
Last Week: Port of Seattle Commission Meeting, Highline MAST meeting on Water Quality.
A link to an essay on the Hard Fork. An engineering term referring to the decision to move in a new direction and the most successful case study I can think of: Microsoft....
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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. :)...
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