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Monthly archives for November, 2007
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Clam Lights at Coulon Park
Clam Lights at Coulon Park
On Friday, Nov. 30, Ivar’s Clam Lights at Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park begins. A ride on Santa’s Covered Wagon, holiday entertainment, and the Parade of Boats kick off the holiday season. The fun starts at 6:30 p.m. with the official lighting ceremony at 7:20 p.m. Clam Lights runs through Jan. 1.
Elections office coming to Renton this weekend
Here is the story about the elections office move to Renton, from today’s PI.
King County WA Elections offices move to Renton
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE — King County Elections will close its office at the King County Administration Building in downtown Seattle and Boeing Field next week to move to a new facility in Renton.
The move will begin this weekend and continue through December.
The 94,000 square foot facility is a redesigned, two-story building.
Elections officials say it will improve the security of ballots and vote counting.
The new facility is designed to accommodate present and future requirements, including vote-by-mail. It will function as a regional voting center when the county goes to all mail voting in August 2008.
A low-stress Thanksgiving
My youngest REALLY likes the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
Observations from North Renton….
Here is a beautiful comment I received from a North Renton reader.
We Agree . . . Renton is Beautiful . . . .
A walk along the Cedar River as you watch the salmon, the many herons, ducks galore, an occasional bald eagle(!!) and a beaver or two enjoy what the river has to offer . . . .
A crisp fall evening as the lights from Renton Memorial Stadium fill the night, along with the roars of the football and soccer crowds . . ..
The smell of fresh vegetables and herbs at the Renton Pea Patch . . . .
A stroll along the Cedar River Trail . . . .
A gathering of friends and neighbors at the Piazza for a farmers’ market . . .
Little League and softball games at Liberty Park . . . .
A quiet reading at the main branch of Renton Public Library . . .
A noisy day at Clayton Scott Field as you watch Boeing’s jets fly away . . .
The Landing . . . The Landing . . . . The Landing . . .
Welcome to North Renton. Renton’s Finest Neighborhood.
We’ll see you soon, because we truly are the “Heart of Renton.”
Denis Law thanks Renton citizens!
Denis Law’s campaign website is going off-line, but he has invited me to post this note of appreciation to all of you on his behalf. Let’s all wish him the best of luck as the takes the helm on January 1st!
We live in a beautiful city….
Whether you live in a classic century-old tradition home downtown, or near the shore of Lake Washington, or down by the Cedar River, or in a highland plateau neighborhood, on one of our many view hillsides, or in a 1950′s era neighborhood just like mine, there is beauty all around that is unique to the Northwest.
This is a photo looking down my street yesterday.
We have so much to give thanks for.
Greg Taylor thanks you!
Dear Citizens of Renton….
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A happy, funny meeting last night :-)
Last night’s council meeting was very productive, and a lot of fun for the council. While we accomplished much serious business, some confusion and miscues left all of us laughing….at one point so much so that Marcie Palmer was nearly in tears, and most of us had a difficult time uttering “aye” during a roll-call vote.
We all seemed to share equally in the goof-ups that lead to the laughter. Council President Toni Nelson was sitting in for Mayor Keolker, but Toni occasionally missed her cue when someone asked for the floor by stating “Madam Mayor.” When this happened, Toni would silently look at whoever was speaking for a few moments, and then suddenly remember that she was in-fact madam mayor. At which time she would laugh, and we would all laugh with her. Don Persson thought he would be helpful by referring to her as “Madam Toni,” which cracked us up even though it was a practical solution. We had a complicated docket of resolutions, ordinances for first reading and advancement to second reading the following week, ordinances for first reading and advancement to second reading last night, and ordinances that had been read before but required a second reading last night. At one point, I tried to help Toni with the order, only to realize I was giving her bad advice and mixing her up further, which led to another laugh. At one point, Toni called for a roll-call vote, and then proceeded to read the roll herself, a task that the clerk typically does. She made it though just fine, with nobody saying anything about it, but laughed out loud when I whispered a reminder to her that she could leave that to the clerk. After that, several members mixed up one another’s names, and made some other amusing comments. Once we were all laughing, the laughter itself made us laugh harder. When roll-call voting, I watched as one colleague after another struggled to say “aye” when their turn came up because the were laughing too hard for the words to come out. Since I was last, it was most difficult for me…it was not easy to compose myself enough to vote audibly.
Through all the laughter, we managed to get a lot of important business done, and we had a nice time doing it. We set the property tax rate for next year (1% increase over this year), we took some zoning actions, voted to maintain the current driveway width standards, selected next year’s president and president pro-tem, and took care of other miscellaneous items. For as long as I have known her, Toni Nelson has always done a nice job of managing council meetings. For the council members, and the audience in attendance, this meeting was a productive, nice, upbeat session after a difficult campaign season.
An update on Dan Clawson’s frivolous and wasteful lawsuit
Most of us on council were hoping that Councilmember Dan Clawson would drop his frivolous and politically-motivated lawsuit after the election. Instead, he only seems more emotional, and is starting to cost our city more money than ever.
Our City funded attorney’s request is provided here
And Dan’s incomplete response is provided here
The first thing that jumps out of Dan’s response is that almost everywhere he made false allegations about his colleagues, and was asked for documentation or evidence to justify his statements, Dan responded by writing the following: “Plaintiff objects to this interogatory on the ground that it is overly broad and unduly burdensome” (followed by his signature.)
Gee Dan, sorry to burden you by asking you to prove your many lies. Maybe you should have thought about this burden before you submitted your work-of-fiction to the court. You can bet our attorney is going to hold you accountable for every single statement you made in your court submittal, particularly since you sent it to every newspaper in town.
But below is the most interesting paragraph in the whole thing. Apparently, Dan has based his entire case on the fact that a lobbyist allegedly told some people he had four votes. Apparently, Dan does not have any idea who these claimed votes were, or whether the lobbyist may have just inferred that he had four votes. Of course, it’s possible that if the statement was made, it was a bluff on the part of the lobbyist…I’m sure it would not be the first time a lobbyist has bluffed someone. It’s a negligently-weak hearsay statement, with no actual council members identified, to use as a basis to slander me. . Now, Dan Clawson admits (under threat of perjury,) that my name was never mentioned, and that he has no evidence… only a foolish assumption he has made from a hearsay statement.
Maybe Dan Clawson, Toni Nelson, or Terri Briere were other council members that the lobbyist was referring to. Who really knows.
