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Bob Scales, former City Councilor-turned-voice-of-conscience, sent this email to the Council and administration this afternoon.   
Councilmembers, Mayor, City Administrator and City Attorney,
At the May 28 City Council meeting the Mayor and her City Administrator asked the Council to repeal the cityʼs biennial budget ordinance and return to an annual budget process. This matter was referred to the Finance [...]

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Scales calls for City audit and emergency measures

Bob Scales, who served on the Bainbridge City Council from 2004-2007, has been sending a series of letters to City Council and Administration providing background on the City’s financial problems and suggestions for working through them. Here’s the letter he sent today: 
Councilmembers,
As you know, the city you are responsible for is in a major financial [...]

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Harbinger of things to come?

Bainbridge Island isn’t the only city with financial troubles. A recent New York Times article describes the bankruptcy of Vallejo, California, ”in the face of dwindling tax revenues, the housing market meltdown and a faltering economy.” Folks at City Hall should read this article and weep. And when they’re done weeping, they should heed the warning signs from [...]

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Former Councilor asks. Will the Mayor answer?

Bob Scales, who served on the City Council from 2004-2007, has some questions for Mayor Darlene Kordonowy, in light of the City’s serious financial problems.
This week the Bainbridge Review started a new column, “You ask, the mayor answers.” This appears to be a forum where Mayor Kordonowy asks and answers her own basic questions about city [...]

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BHS students get 5th Ave Theatre nod

BHS juniors Simon Paterson and Jake Mallove received Honorable Mentions in Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre High School Musical Theatre Awards for their work in the high school’s spring musical, Anything Goes.
Paterson, who played the gangster Moonface Martin, received Honorable Mention in the category of “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.” Mallove, playing the [...]

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Heery backs out, citing delays

Heery International, the Atlanta-based consulting firm that has managed the City’s design and public relations efforts for Winslow Way improvements, has withdrawn its $1.4 million proposal for the second phase of its services. By letter dated May 16, local Heery representatives notified Planning Deputy Director Chris Wierzbicki that, “because of delays in agreeing to a scope of [...]

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Flight song

Maybe it’s the brush of spring after that long winter. Or the hours needed to follow the meetings and maneuverings at City Hall, with no return save the hope that I might play a quiet note in the community fugue. 
Certainly it’s the sobering news of troubles and tragedies of much greater proportion than island controversies, from China and Myanmar to my [...]

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Appeals court rules against anti-liveaboard efforts

The Court of Appeals, Division II, issued an opinion today upholding a trial court’s refusal to force the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to take action against Eagle Harbor liveaboards. The decision is another blow to the efforts of Bainbridge Citizens United (BCU) and its director, Gary Tripp, to rid Eagle Harbor of boats which, they argue, are trespassing on [...]

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Town Hall audio now online

If you missed last week’s Town Hall meeting, Dave Henry of the Bainbridge Island Community Network has posted the audio on his website here. He also assisted with the video, which will be released at a later date, according to an email he sent out this morning.

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Kitsap Sun publishes story on police misconduct files

The Kitsap Sun has posted an article about the allegations of police misconduct against Officer Steve Cain by Kim Koenig. The article is based on a review of Puyallup Police Department records of its investigation of  the criminal complaint Koenig lodged against Cain following a traffic stop last September. The City of Puyallup recently released those [...]

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