JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is April 24, 2025
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
By The Seattle Times editorial board Raiding the state’s rainy day fund. Adding novel taxes that could push money and jobs to other states. Passing billions of dollars in negotiated pay increases to state workers while legislators debate service cuts to the most vulnerable Washingtonians and within the state’s public schools. These are the plans
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By Shauna Sowersby Seattle Times staff reporter OLYMPIA — It’s budget season in Olympia, and Washington lawmakers, now equipped with proposals from both chambers, will spend the next few weeks negotiating what should be included or cut in the budget for the next two years. A daunting task in normal years, this session adds an extra
... continue reading.Friends. Usually I don’t bother you more than once a week. But this is time-sensitive. Please click this link and sign in ‘Con’ for SB5798 if you do NOT want your property taxes raised automatically beyond 1%. Do it by Monday. https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Senate?selectedCommittee=456&selectedMeeting=33213 Background You probably have not heard this. There is a big push in
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King County Executive Dow Constantine speaks at the opening of the new Lynnwood City Center light rail station on Aug. 20, 2024. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) By Mike Lindblom Seattle Times staff reporter Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics
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By The Seattle Times editorial board Ferry possibility: Whidbey Island to Everett A bill in the legislature would make it easier for local jurisdictions like ports and cities to form taxing districts to establish passenger-only ferries. Among the most promising is a direct route between South Whidbey Island and Everett, from Clinton to the marina at the
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By Nicholas Deshais Seattle Times staff reporter A flying ferry sounds like a flight of fancy, but it may soon be the way some waterborne commuters get across Puget Sound. Two local endeavors are aiming to build passenger-only boats with hydrofoils — underwater wings that lift a boat’s hull out of the water, lessening drag
... continue reading.When we talk about ‘the Marina’, we’re really discussing two things: a core business serving boaters since 1970, and the larger public space that business makes possible – including our Beach Park, Fishing Pier and every other waterfront amenity both now and into the future. I want to address some important questions about that waterfront
... continue reading.I’m starting this article, like my Marina Timeline, to help me (and hopefully you) understand the enormity of the task of upgrading the core functions of the Marina. This is all Marina Floor. No Steps, no Beach Park, no 223rd Streets, no Midway, no Redondo, no nothing. Discussion I’ll begin by putting this in the
... continue reading.Happy New Year! More stuff on economic development and Oklahoma City Property values. Downtown businesses new and departing. Middle Housing.
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NewsGrants Sep 11 Written By Sanjay Bhatt Kitsap Transit (KT) will receive $13.5 million in federal funding to buy a new fast ferry that would replace an older vessel operating the Kingston/Seattle route, improving the Kingston Fast Ferry service’s reliability. The federal funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration’s Passenger Ferry Grant program and
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