Over the past couple of year’s Washington State legislative sessions, a wide-ranging slate of house and senate bills have been passed with great impact to local land use, waste reduction, transportation, and utilities. In response to those actions, the City of Bainbridge Island has recently …
Bainbridge Island City Council District 2 (North Ward) candidate (and current Mayor) Brenda Fantroy-Johnson recently sat down to answer 12 issue-and-policy-based questions with Chamber President Stefan Goldby ahead of the 2023 General Election. Recorded via Zoom as an individual 1-on-1 session, this interview is part …
Bainbridge Island City Council District 4 (Central Ward) candidate Leslie Schneider recently sat down (in a lively spot at OfficeXpats) to answer 12 issue-and-policy-based questions with Chamber President Stefan Goldby ahead of the 2023 General Election. Recorded via Zoom as an individual 1-on-1 session, this …
Bainbridge Island City Council District 1 (At Large) candidate Kirsten Hytopoulos recently sat down to answer 12 issue-and-policy-based questions with Chamber President Stefan Goldby ahead of the 2023 General Election. Recorded via Zoom as an individual 1-on-1 session, this interview is part of a series …
Bainbridge Island City Council District 1 (At Large) candidate Dick Haugan recently sat down to answer 12 issue-and-policy-based questions with Chamber President Stefan Goldby ahead of the 2023 General Election. Recorded via Zoom as an individual 1-on-1 session, this interview is part of a series …
Earlier this year, I accepted an invitation by Chamber President and CEO Stefan Goldby to serve as an at-large member of the Governmental Affairs Committee formed this spring. The decision to get involved was an obvious one. As Housing Resources Bainbridge (HRB) public policy specialist, …
Housing Action, Assault Weapons Ban and the State’s Largest Biennial Budget Among Highlights After 105 days, the 2023 Washington State legislative session came to a close Sunday night. With Democrats controlling the majority in both houses, there were sweeping new restrictions placed on firearm purchases …
District 1 Vacancy Renews Interest In County’s Top Jobs Local politics are getting a good dust-off post-pandemic and whether you’ve been here your whole life, or you moved here last week, you’re bound to feel the impact as Kitsap County faces important decisions about its …
Like our local island and county politics, state-level politics in Washington are increasingly impactful and important to post-pandemic life. In our last Government 101 article we discussed all the ways the state’s structure, its institutions, and representatives function. Now we’re going to focus on how …
How the House, Senate, Governor, Supreme Court + Citizens work together to govern our state Like our local island and county politics, state-level politics in Washington are increasingly impactful and important to post-pandemic life. From setting the statewide policy which guides and frames local decisions, …