JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
These are excerpts from articles originally published in the Waterland Blog, along with links to the original article. The WB web site had a major crash in 2017 and much of the content was lost so articles prior to that time sometimes have missing images. I’ve attempted to piece together as much as I can from various archives of the Interwebs.
10 Comments Print This Post by Jack Mayne People expecting an attorney hired by the Des Moines City Council to advise them of ways they can appeal in the Woodmont area drug and substance rehabilitation facility will be disappointed. “Any lawyer hired by the city will make decisions for the city and not the citizens of
... continue reading.by Jack Mayne Twenty-five people took more than an hour last Thursday night (Sept. 17) to tell the Des Moines City Council not to cut the jobs of the city’s Parks Director and Harbormaster, and to find money to keep these important, well respected department heads in their jobs. The changes were only proposed and none of
... continue reading.Seven large colored glass windows and one of the entrance doors at the Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium were smashed with rocks by unknown vandals this past weekend, sometime between early Sunday morning and early Monday morning. The damage to the building is estimated at over $15,000, according to Patrice Thorell, Parks, Recreation and Senior
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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
... continue reading.By Jack Mayne A union that represents hotel workers claims Des Moines Councilmember – and former Mayor – Bob Sheckler failed to properly report that he and his wife took a trip paid for by a Chinese company then seeking to build the Artemis Hotel and wants the commission to “take appropriate action” against Sheckler. Sheckler
... continue reading.After 20 years in public service – current city councilmember and former Mayor Bob Sheckler announced his retirement at Thursday night’s Des Moines City Council meeting (March 26). Sheckler, who was Mayor for eight years, will not run for re-election for Position #6, where he has served since Jan. 2012. He has served on the City Council since
... continue reading.by Jack Mayne The Des Moines Marina fund has for several years been used to supplement money in the city’s general fund and now Marina tenants are pushing for this to stop before the facility is doomed before its time. Todd Powell, president of the Des Moines Marina Tenant Association, told the Council at last Thursday night’s
... continue reading.The Port of Seattle and the City of Des Moines held a ribbon cutting and groundbreaking ceremony with Panattoni Development Company for the new 87-acrew Des Moines Creek Business Park on Thursday, Aug. 14. This new venture will create more than 600 permanent jobs in the community, according to officials. Representatives from the port, city,
... continue reading.The Port of Seattle Commission on Tuesday (June 10) gave final approval to a lease for developing the 87-acre Des Moines Creek Business Park, which is projected to create over 1,600 new jobs. The approved ground lease is with Panattoni Development to construct up to two million square feet of development south of Seattle-Tacoma International
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