For many Lacey resident’s the first time they ever heard of the City of Lacey Citizen Advisory Committee (or CAC) was when Mayor Sackrison added a report to the agenda from this group just minutes into the October 22, 2009 City Council Meeting. There was some earlier mention of the CAC...
Category Archives: Elections 2009
We understand who our boss is.
If you haven’t heard, the three challengers to the Lacey City council, including Ron Lawson, Cynthia Pratt, and Andy Ryder, all won their elections. Its fairly rare that three incumbents including the mayor*, deputy mayor, and the senior most member of city council are voted out…Not...
Cust Cutting Cities End Cooperation.
In Southeast Washington, the City of Clarkston is starting its own ambulance service but appears to be under staffing its response. As a result, surrounding areas have been getting beat up and/or no longer interested in maintaining a “Mutual Aid” agreement with the City of Clarkston. This story sounds familiar already… I guess some people...
City of Edmonds to End Its Fire Department
A hallmark of City of Lacey fire department comparisons is throwing in the towel on its own fire department. Citing increasing costs of providing fire service and the fact that other surrounding cities such as Mountlake Terrace saved money by allowing county fire agencies to provide the service, the city of Edmonds...
And the “Graemey” goes to…
For those of you who didn’t tune into channel 3 last night, the Lacey Mayor added to the agenda, just hours before the meeting, critical items that quite clearly had been planned for weeks. This determined lack of respect for the process of involving the community in...
We Are Not Against Business!
The fact is that if you took the title, and all of the ”union” attributes and trimmings away from the Lacey Fire Fighters, you wouldn’t see an ounce of difference in current events. It would still be a group of men and women who work daily as service professionals, significantly...
Its about character and integrity.
Elections clearly bring out several sides to a person or a candidate…That is if you’re close enough and looking. The following letter is in addition to an up coming “Letter to the Editor” in The Olympian and is from a fire fighter who just happened to get “close enough”.
Some quick background is that all...
Elections Matter
In the vacuum of declining media coverage, politicians have been left in some circles to their own devices. In the last few months, many a fire fighter has stood by and watched the Lacey City Council conduct meetings and workshops largely to an empty room and some of the discussion and topics seem to...
Hey Everyone, Get On The Bus!
Hey Everyone, Get On The Bus!
The move of change and common sense is all head full and heading to “ramming speed”. Well funded, well supported, and tremendous grass roots support is fueling undoubtedly long needed change in Lacey…At least these candidates will actually answer questions and talk to you if you have a concern!
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