The election of Donald Trump was Emily’s motivation to get involved with the state legislature and now 12 years later she’s running for Congress. ____________________________________________________________________ Emily Randall for U.S. Congress in District 6 by Brett M. Johnson Emily knows what regular people are going through and has a proven record delivering results for our community. […]
Hearing Examiner’s Decision on Spanaway Marsh is Flawed by Kirk Kirkland The Pierce County Hearing Examiner’s decision last week granted Tacoma Rescue Mission a permit to build a tiny homes village and parking spaces for recreation vehicles. It will cut down over 700 trees in an old growth forest near Spanaway Marsh and Audubon Springs, […]
By Kirk Kirkland Raising the groundwater high enough to return the summer flow of Clover Creek was the focus of three meetings with members of the County Council in May and June. Few people are available who would drive from Olympia to Tacoma and sit through a 2-hour County Council meeting to only speak for […]
Tiny Home Village Conflict over Wetland Determination by Claudia Riiff Finseth Recently, the Tacoma News Tribune carried some interesting articles related to the Hearing Examiner meetings that had just wrapped up on the proposed use of the Spanaway Marsh for a high-density development. The plan is for a tiny home village for people experiencing chronic […]
Recent Hearing examiner decision called for cutting forests of Oregon white oak and destroying habitat of Western Gray Squirrel, an endanger species. Spanaway Group Files for Reconsideration of Tiny Home Village The Spanaway Concerned Citizens group (SCC) decided to file for reconsideration in their quest to stop the permits for a village of 280 homes […]
