Tag Archives: City Politics

In 2006, Sammamish pointed to concurrency to stop growth

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As the Sammamish City Council looks at alternatives for traffic concurrency policies to

SE 228th in Sammamish, off-rush hour. Seattle Times photo via Google images.

cope with development and growth, Members should revisit a May 2006 statement by the then-City Manager who said concurrency can be used to limit growth.

That statement, in the City Newsletter by Ben Yazici, stands in stark contrast to statements this summer by his successor, Lyman Howard, Vic Saleman, a traffic engineer consultant, and the City staff, that this isn’t strictly true.

The Council has a study session tonight beginning at 5:30pm at City Hall that includes a focus on concurrency options.

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Sammamish seeks applicants for Commissions

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Sammamish is seeking applicants to appoint to four commissions. The deadline to file an application is Dec. 15.

The commissions are:

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“Sammamish Watch” launched on Facebook

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Miki Mullor

A new watchdog group to follow Sammamish government has been formed by controversial Miki Mullor.

Sammamish Watch is a “closed” group for Sammamish residents only (although Sammamish Comment, written from Bainbridge Island, was invited to join). The Watch’s tag line is “Fighting for our city.”

“All my new materials will go there,” Mullor wrote The Comment.  “We will use it to support the City Council with real time research. No more overwhelming these guys with tons of complex stuff.”

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Recapping City Council candidate information for Nov. 7 election

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With the Nov. 7 City Council election 11 days off and voting underway, it’s useful to repost links to Candidate Questionnaires, endorsements, recommendations and evaluations by various groups.

Sammamish Comment made endorsements and recommendations. The Comment also posted extensive candidate questionnaires in the August primary and November general elections.

For the first time in its history, the Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter made endorsements. Sammamish Friends, an environmental group, rated candidates. Links to these various posts and articles are below.

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Stuart for Sammamish City Council Position 7

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Pam Stuart

The Endorsements for Sammamish City Council Positions 1, 3 and 5 were easy decisions, even if in some cases a close call. The decision for Position 7 was a difficult, hard choice.

Sammamish Comment recommends Pam Stuart for election to City Council Position 7.

Note we write “Recommend” and not “Endorse.” “Recommend” falls well short of an “Endorsement,” for reasons that we will detail in this lengthy column.

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