Hi all, I encourage you, if you haven't already planned it, to consider coming to the first public meeting at city hall regarding the revisions to the Island's...
A group of residents, including Olaf Ribeiro and Debbi Lester, have joined together to try to stop the removal of at least three of the few remaining...
If you do wish to help save the historic trees on Wyatt, please send your support and make checks payable to: "Save Bainbridge Trees Fund" c/o Olaf Ribeiro ...
I just posted a query to the members of Islandmoms as to whether they would like to do something, either as a small group of a few parents or as a larger...
hmmm, so it's an "environmental travesty" to use an existing gravel roadbed as an access road for some lots but it's OK to force the landowners to bulldoze...
just so John's not a lone voice in the wilderness here, I've been working in/on/around the Gazzam Lake property for years and have to agree with him. That's a...
I have setup an informal meeting with Rep. Sherry Appleton to discuss Washington State government''s response to climate change. This is an opportunity for you...
Free Testing of Toxic Chemicals In Your Home Contest Deadline Extended! The Toxic Truth Sleuths are looking for more contestants for the Toxic Truth Contest....
If you signed, or meant to sign the petition calling for a vote on whether to change the Island's form of government (from a Mayor/Council to a Council/Manager...
From Olaf Ribeiro: The tree hearing to save the historic trees on Wyatt Way begins at 9 a.m. on Friday - Nov. 21. Please pass the word around. It would be...
It appears from the materials attached to the City Council's agenda for tonight's Council Meeting, that the Administration is proposing to cut funding for the...
Last night, the Council voted unanimously to ask the state legislature to modify the state statute addressing the timing of change of form of government ballot...
It appears that the USGS Groundwater Study will continue to be funded through 2010. As I posted earlier, the Administration had proposed to eliminate funding...
CORRECTION: I was contacted last night by the person who had given me the $600,000 figure (as the total amount to be cut from the Water Resources program)and...
Before everyone is bogged down in family and holiday activities (Did I say bogged down? Of course I meant caught up in the warmth and joy of the season!) I...
Please refer to the below email sent by Kirsten Hytopoulos on November 24. The third paragraph of Kirsten's message nicely summarizes a situation which we...
Iver Macdougall
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Nov 30, 2008 6:47 pm
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Whether for good or naught, under current law, since a valid petition was presented & accepted, the City of BI _must_ have a vote on the issue at the next...
In a worst case scenario Bainbridge voters are educated enough to figure out the need to vote for a mayor and to remove the mayor's position on the same...
Hi all, I'm mostly a lurker on this list, but feel compelled to write because I feel very strongly about this issue. Sorry to pick on Mr.Grinter, but his email...
For pete's sack Iver, we've had several complete changes of council "personalities" as you mention and the direction of city hall hasn't changed one iota! The...
Ben I have to disagree with your assertion that "This Change in Government vote is a symptom of our intertia, not a cure for it." This change in government...
Note that I should've added to the e-mail below that, while the stated explanation of the law set forth in my prior e-mail is the interpretation most preferred...
I was one of the backers of the petition and having come from a town that had a city manager, I strongly support a change of our city government. There are...
My point (which I think you've confirmed for me) was that the current Change in Government decision is being driven by perceived abuses and overreaching by the...