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!
When President Trump said he wanted to drive housing prices up, not down, he was speaking to a conundrum that has flummoxed policymakers for decades. New homes in Daybreak, Utah. In the years since the Covid-19 pandemic, home prices have risen about 50 percent. Credit…Kim Raff for The New York Times By Conor Dougherty Feb. 4, 2026
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Opinion David Brooks Jan. 30, 2026 Credit…Chris Maggio for The New York Times By David Brooks Opinion Columnist Sign up for The Ethicist newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. Get it sent to your inbox. My grandfather Bernard Levy played a big role in my
... continue reading.The real story of how immigrant labor came to define the construction industry. Listen to this article · 14:19 min Learn more Share full article 822 By Ronda Kaysen and Robert Gebeloff Ronda Kaysen interviewed 60 laborers, industry leaders and academics, and Robert Gebeloff analyzed current and historical census data. Published Jan. 14, 2026Updated Jan. 20, 2026 Matthew Moore, left, and Mariano
... continue reading.The word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it. By Conor Dougherty Conor Dougherty covers housing and is the author of ‘‘Golden Gates: The Housing Crisis and a Reckoning for the American Dream.’’ The conference room next to Ross Perot Jr.’s
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The Ezra Klein Show The Democratic pollster David Shor walks through what voter data reveals about the 2024 election — and how the American electorate is shifting. This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the
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by Nicholas Kristof As Democrats make their case to voters around the country this fall, one challenge is that some of the bluest parts of the country — cities on the West Coast — are a mess. Centrist voters can reasonably ask: Why put liberals in charge nationally when the places where they have greatest
... continue reading.Charles M. Blow: America, right-wing censors, and the ‘battle for the next century’ Sun., Feb. 26, 2023 Twitter Email Reddit Charles M. BlowNew York Times Chris Rufo, the man who orchestrated the attack on critical race theory, underscored a new focus earlier this month. “Conservatives must move the fight from ideology to bureaucracy,” he tweeted.
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Campaign signs dot the slope of a hill in Murrysville, Pa.Credit…Kristian Thacker for The New York Times By Julie Bosman Published Nov. 1, 2020Updated Nov. 3, 2020 CHICAGO — In Illinois, Florida and Arizona, police officers have been summoned to investigate Biden signs set ablaze and Trump flags swiped in the night. Homeowners, angry over their campaign signs
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