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Living Road of Remembrance Utility Wraps Memorial Day 2023

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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 … Continue reading “Living Road of Remembrance Utility Wraps Memorial Day 2023”

Weekly Update: 05/28/2023

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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

  • Beach Park Estuary de-armoring.
  • Downtown storefront vandalism reimbursement program.

Weekly Update: 05/21/2023

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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

  • Beach Park Estuary de-armoring.
  • Downtown storefront vandalism reimbursement program.

Weekly Update: 05/14/2023

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Environment Committee – cleanup behind engineering building
May 11 Meeting Review

  • SR3 presentation.
  • Beach Park Estuary de-armoring.
  • Legislative update on Redondo, Drug Possession law.
  • Downtown storefront vandalism reimbursement program.
  • Barnes Creek Trail bike paths and mitigation explainer.
  • Re-instating our sound requirements in building code.

Weekly Update: 05/07/2023

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Upcoming May 11 Meeting. You should definitely read the packet and watch the meeting.

And a review of last week’s very important meeting:

  • Ferry Pilot v2. Fun for the family. And for $900 grand it oughta be!
  • Drug Ordinance postponed. Hopefully the State comes through.
  • Housing Action Plan Presentation. The good, the bad, and the people we didn’t hear from.

Plus a new program to help with business vandalism and an update on some important state legislation on airport pollution monitoring.

An excerpt from STNI: The Chicken or the Egg

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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?

Court Lobby December 8, 2022

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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.

Weekly Update: 04/16/2023

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April 13 Meeting had something for everyone, including

  • Drones, not Fireworks
  • Zoning along 216th and Central Des Moines
  • The Citizens Advisory Committee
  • The Marina Steps
  • Bonds for Marina stuff
  • Redondo Fishing Pier
  • Your taxes?

You should definitely read the packet, watch the meeting. The follow-up questions I’ve received make it clear that people are not understanding what is going on.