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Author Archives: Derek Young
Council Retreat – Creating a Transportation Benefit District
At the next Council Retreat for the City of Gig Harbor, I’ll bring up the possible creation of a Transportation Benefit District. Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Gig Harbor, Roads, Taxes
Tagged Budget, Cities, Gig Harbor, Ideas, Infrastructure, Roads, Taxes
Council Retreat – Joining PenMet
This time I want to talk about the City of Gig Harbor joining Peninsula Metropolitan Park District (PenMet). Continue reading
How does collective bargaining work?
An article in today’s TNT about the City of Lakewood’s employees considering de-certification of its largest union made me realize there are some misconceptions about collective bargaining in government that I could help explain a bit. This quote from a … Continue reading
Burnham Interchange Ramp Closures
From Gig Harbor’s Public Work’s Department: Thurs., Sept. 9 from 10:00pm to 5:00am: – WESTBOUND ON-RAMP (TO BREMERTON) FROM BURNHAM INTERCHANGE – NIGHT TIME ONLY. Please be advised that the SR-16 westbound on-ramp is scheduled to be closed from 10:00pm to 5:00am. … Continue reading
Impact of Liquor Privatization Initiatives
This fall Washington voters will have two chances to privatize our state’s liquor sales. I-1100 sponsored by Costco, and it’s rival measure I-1098 sponsored by liquor distributors. I’m not here to tell you not to vote for these measures. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Cities, Gig Harbor, Taxes
Tagged Budget, Cities, Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Politics, Taxes
Breaking up with politicians
Randy Boss, who ran in the primary and came in fifth out of a field of eight, wants to run a write-in campaign for the general election. Voters rejected him in the primary but with a little more courting, he knows they’ll come around. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Council Retreat – Shorter Workweek
At the end of next month the Gig Harbor City Council will have it's annual "retreat." Retreat is a term to be used loosely here since we always have it at the Civic Center. A lot of cities go away … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, Economy, Gig Harbor, Governance, Ideas
Tagged Cities, Economy, Gig Harbor, Governance, Ideas
Candidate Interviews – How Not To Do Them
Question: Worst candidate interview of all time or worstest? Technorati Tags: Politics,Providence,Mayor,Chris Young,FAIL del.icio.us Tags: Politics,Providence,Mayor,Chris Young,FAIL Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on Google+share via RedditShare with StumblersTumblr itTweet about itBuzz it upSubscribe to the comments on this … Continue reading
Test
Typepad problems… just testing out the solution. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on Google+share via RedditShare with StumblersTumblr itTweet about itBuzz it upSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
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Harborview Water Main Construction
You’ve probably seen the signs, notices, and newspaper articles but I thought it worth just one last attempt to save you some serious headaches starting next week. We will be replacing an ancient water main on Harborview Drive starting next … Continue reading
Posted in Gig Harbor, Infrastructure, Roads
