JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is May 7, 2026
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
This is the second half of our response to the April 15th State Of The City presentation. Part 1 discussed our objections to the way it was carried out. Here we’ll talk about some specific policy differences. For those of you short on time, you can follow along with this presentation packet. As noted last
... continue reading.I’ve used the word ‘defensive’ a bit lately with regard to the administration and my colleagues. This started about the time Meg Tapucol-Provo published her resignation letter from the Police Diversity Committee. What I’ve tried to explain is that her experience on that committee was not isolated. She was simply reflecting on what is the
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1 of 3 | The red-light camera at this right-turn slip lane on westbound Kent Des Moines Road at Pacific Highway South produces more tickets than any other intersection in the region. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times) One red-light traffic camera in Des Moines gives out more than six times as many tickets as the busiest
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by Dave Kaplan Mayor and Councilmember City of Des Moines If you build it they will come – if you build it in the right place. As my good friend Dr. Sell recently noted, Sound Transit will soon decide on a preferred alignment and station locations for the Federal Way Light rail Extension. Barring unforeseen circumstances,
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OPINION: Pacific Highway transit route makes more long-term sense 7 Comments Print This Post by T.M. Sell If you build it, they will come – if you build it in the right place. Sound Transit soon will decide where to site its extension of the light rail from Angle Lake toward Federal Way. The two
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Study on expansion routes for Water Taxi. They are focused on a ferry as a true commuter option. Des Moines ranks at bottom on all axes. Commuter demand low. Revenue poor. Costs high. Multi-modal challenging. Parking inadequate. They question the need given the Light Rail and the fact that there is already a Metro Shuttle