TagDon Wasson(16)
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Earline Byers Opinion Column in Des Moines News on Don Wasson and the Proposed Des Moines Friendship Center
A newspaper opinion column by 'Earline,' continued from page 5, describing a city council meeting where Mr. Jensen was prevented from presenting a Senior/Community Center committee report by a newly elected mayor. The columnist reflects that thirteen years later no Senior/Community Center was built, and costs have soared, questioning the power of all-volunteer councils over a city's future — with a reference to the proposed 'Des Moines Friendship Center' near the Field House. -
Don Wasson House, Des Moines Marina, Google Earth View to Third Runway
Google Earth satellite image of Des Moines, Washington, showing a red line tracing a route from the Wasson House and Conveyor Dock area near the waterfront northward through the Des Moines Creek Trail corridor to S 188th St near Sea-Tac Airport. Labeled landmarks include the SCORE Jail, Des Moines Creek Trail Park 200th, Des Moines Memorial Drive, and Highway 509, with the route passing through the airport's noise-impacted green buffer zone. -
Don Wasson House Des Moines Marina from fishing Pier
A Google Earth ground-level image shows a waterfront dock area with a two-story glass-fronted building, a seawall, yellow bollards, a stop sign, and trees on a hillside under a blue sky. The Google Earth watermark and scale bar (10 ft) are visible; no Sea-Tac Airport or noise-policy-related content is present in this image. -
Don Wasson House in Des Moines
A blue two-story house with a brick chimney and exterior staircase is visible behind a chain-link fence, with landscaped shrubs in front. A stop sign is partially visible at left, and what appears to be a body of water or industrial area is visible in the background to the right. -
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2022-01-01Don Wasson House and Des Moines Marina — 2022 Google Earth Satellite View
A 2022 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies satellite image showing a Des Moines, Washington waterfront marina, parking areas, and shoreline. Labels directly on the image identify the 'Conveyor Dock' and 'Wasson House,' with a red line drawn diagonally across the image roughly following the shoreline, likely indicating a flight path or noise contour relevant to an airport noise study. -
2020-11-12Notice of administrative charges against Don Wasson, PDC case no. 02-296
This 2002 Washington State Public Disclosure Commission case involves Don Wasson, a Des Moines City Council member, who allegedly helped orchestrate and fund campaign activities — including advocacy phone calls and a political poll — to elect three candidates (Benjamin, Petersen, and Steenrod) to the Des Moines City Council in 2001. The elections were closely tied to a dispute over the WESCOT Company's proposed conveyor system to transport fill material for a planned third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which the existing Council had opposed. Wasson, who reportedly wanted to shift the Council's policies on airport expansion and become Mayor, faced charges of violating Washington's campaign finance reporting laws. -
City Council considers future of Wasson property at Des Moines Marina
https://waterlandblog.com/2017/03/03/city-council-considers-future-of-wasson-property-at-des-moines-marina/ By Jack Mayne When longtime Des Moines Councilmember Donald Wasson died a year ago he left his waterfront property located at the entrance to Beach Park to the city and now City Council and staff are working to figure out whether to continue it as a rental house or making other plans. City Manager Michael