The Port’s new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making. by Roger Downey Robert Olander, Des Moines city manager, is a longtime opponent of the third runway. He believes the
PSRC General Chronology (updated 02/27/06)
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Airport Communities Coalition v. Graves, 280 F. Supp. 2d 1207 (W.D. Wash. 2003)
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Ex-Des Moines mayor fined $2,500
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DES MOINES — Embattled City Councilman Don Wasson resigned last night, acknowledging wrongdoing in a Public Disclosure Commission case involving charges that he and a local businessman concealed $49,000 in campaign contributions. Wasson, the subject of a recall campaign, had previously stepped down as mayor but said he intended to remain a member of the
Embattled Des Moines mayor abruptly quits
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City Life (SeaTac)
BEST MAYOR Frank Hansen, SeaTac’s first mayor, is still considered our best. Hansen has won Best Mayor for as long as SeaTacians have been sending in Best of SeaTac ballots. Hansen, a retired airline pilot, compares early SeaTac politics to the Wild West. Anybody could get things done in that free-for-all environment, he says, given
City Of Des Moines 401 v. Puget Sound Regional Council
Court of Appeals of Washington,Division 1. The CITY OF DES MOINES, The City of Burien, The City of Federal Way, The City of Normandy Park, The City of Tukwila, Highline School District No. 401, and The Airport Communities Coalition, Appellants, v. The PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL, The Executive Board of the Puget Sound Regional Council,