Comments on: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose – Glacier Northwest to Flip Coin with DuPont

By: Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:35:53 +0000

Get ready for the big Schmoozefest, the April ballot is right around the corner.

There will be a big rush to get a ballot measure put together, followed by a town meeting where a non-specific slide set is shared that details how impoverished our fire department is today. They will have Q&A without any real solid specific answers. Food and drink provided by the fire union. Council members will greet you like a new member of the church.

Then, you will see a big story in the clipper explaining the risks to our community if you don’t vote for the levy. And finally, the sign waivers on the corner of McNeil and Center.

If it passes, you will hear nothing more from the city. If it fails, you will be blamed for the city’s poorly resourced fire department.

By: Palisade Res

Palisade Res — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:49:55 +0000

The staff report is pretty in-depth and addresses all of the concerns that were given during public comments. It just doesn’t address them the way the majority of people wanted the outcome. It’s mitigation upon mitigation, upon mitigation. They want to tear something up then do 20 steps to repair it which costs a lot of money. If it aint broke, then don’t fix it. Glacier was really using the spin of DuPont getting a salmon stream as a selling point for this project. But DuPont’s response sortof sounds like they aren’t to keen on the salmon idea. If DuPont really wants salmon, why not restore the original flow of the creek by correcting the diversionary dam on Fort Lewis? Before that thing was there, the salmon used to make it all the way to Edmonds marsh to spawn. That is the correct and historic flow of the creek. The City needs to stop altering our natural history and selling it off for the highest bidder. We’re not getting anything in return.

By: Hoffman Hell Raiser

Hoffman Hell Raiser — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:15:11 +0000

Very well said Chuck! Couldn’t agree with you more!

By: D. Anthony

D. Anthony — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:59:13 +0000

True dat!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:34:22 +0000

I don’t trust city hall.

We voted for an improved EMT service 2 years ago and now they have taken away what we voted for. They tried to fool us with a $1.80 levy in November, then came back and said they only really need $1.

They go against citizen’s will, against the input they receive. They give themselves a huge raise when most of us are getting nothing this year. The 2009 budget prioritizes items that are in no way more important than a fire dept.

As far as Glacier, they do what they want, and it is all about the money. It is just another example of Bill McDonald doing what he wants to do with an inept mayor and council.

By: RBS

RBS — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:54:15 +0000

Lawyers are a pretty good start.

By: What the #$^&

What the #$^& — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:25:48 +0000

This is simply mind blowing… What can we do to stop this irresponsibility? Or is too late???