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!
Two Kitsap Transit Fast Ferries speed toward Pier 50 in downtown Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times, 2025) By Josh Farley Seattle Times Opinion columnist Fellow ferry commuters, I’ve got a question. Would you prefer, in your frequent crisscrossing of our inland saltwater, a return to the clockwork reliability of the jumbo ferry service
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By Danny Westneat Seattle Times columnist A decade ago, when King County first asked voters for $392 million in property taxes for the Best Starts for Kids program, the only group opposing it called itself “Smart Choices King County.” “This levy sounds nice,” the group wrote in the 2015 voters guide. “But it is a
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A light rail train heads west from the Judkins Park light rail station in Seattle. This station and Mercer Island’s open Saturday, connecting Seattle with the Eastside across Lake Washington. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) By Mike Lindblom Seattle Times transportation reporter Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s
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Maritime High School students take their last voyage of the year aboard the Admiral Jack on the Duwamish River in West Seattle. The students use the 40-foot passenger ferry as their floating classroom and… (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times, 2022)More By Denisa R. Superville Seattle Times education reporter Education Lab is a Seattle Times
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A male pink salmon — the species is sometimes referred to as humpback salmon — swims in the Green River at Flaming Geyser State Park in southwest King County last fall. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) March 15, 2026 at 6:00 am Updated March 15, 2026 at 6:01 am By Isabella Breda Seattle Times staff
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by Julie Z. Weil The Washington Post Feb 5, 2026 Tom Brenner WASHINGTON, JANUARY 26: Homes covered with snow, pictured near the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, on January 26, 2026. A massive winter storm touched down over the DMV yesterday, bringing at least six inches of snow to the District. (Photo by Tom Brenner
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A Flock Safety camera is covered with black plastic earlier this month at an Olympia intersection. City officials there decided to halt use of the cameras and take them down. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times) A Flock Safety camera is covered with black plastic earlier this month at an Olympia intersection. City officials there
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The area where the Desimone levee was breached is seen along the Green River in Tukwila on Friday. Soon after the breach, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning to about 46,000 residents and… (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)More By Greg Kim Seattle Times staff reporter Some mayors in South King County
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Kyle Sullivan, now the plant manager at the Beaver Creek wind farm in Stillwater County, Mont., stands within the base of a wind turbine last summer. The 248-megawatt project, owned by Puget Sound Energy, came online in August and cost the utility $530 million. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) Kyle Sullivan, now the plant
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Flock Safety security cameras are installed at both entrances to the Bel-Aire Estates on July 10, 2019, in South Aurora, Colo. The cameras are designed to capture license plates coming in and out of the the neighborhood. (Andy Cross / The Denver Post) By Catalina Gaitán Seattle Times breaking news reporter Jurisdictions across Washington, including
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