It’s hard to believe that 15 years have gone by since that January night in 1996 when I was appointed to the City Council. Less than four years later I was elected mayor. And here we are in 2010.

There have been several articles in the newspaper recently concerning the wages paid to public employees. Some have quoted the Wall Street Journal. Some have mentioned the City of Edmonds employees and the upcoming negotiation process for our four unions.

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In early January a house fire in the Seaview neighborhood took a woman’s life. It was tragic and heartbreaking, and my thoughts go out to her family.

Congratulations to Diane Buckshnis who was recently appointed to the Edmonds City Council, filling the vacancy left by the passing of Peggy Pritchard Olson. Receiving the appointment was the easy part! Now the real work begins. Not just for her but for the other six council members as well.

On Monday night January 4, I attended the first of three scheduled public hearings on the findings by a consultant concerning the impacts of additional commercial flights at Paine Field. The consultant found “no” impacts to the additional flights proposed by Allegiant Air and Horizon Air. The packed house at Meadowdale High School begged to differ.

Normal 0 0 1 276 1576 13 3 1935 11.1282 0 0 0 By Gary Haakenson There has been much conversation about an application delivered to the City Planning Department...

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By Gary HaakensonEdmonds MayorThe City Council recently voted to defer the much-discussed property-tax levy until 2010.Since last November they have been...

By Gary HaakensonEdmonds MayorSeveral weeks ago I received an unsolicited offer from Snohomish County Fire District 1 to provide fire service to the city...

By Gary HaakensonAs I drove down to the waterfront recently, I saw that the State-owned grassy area that borders SR104 and Fifth Avenue South has been ...

By Gary HaakensonIm still asked on a regular basis about my switch to Verizon FIOS. And I promised an update after a few months, and I guess a few months...

Mayors ColumnBy Gary HaakensonSo Ive finally succumbed to the Twitter craze! Maybe not for the reason you may think. I actually have had a Twitter account...

By Gary HaakensonA common request that I have heard over the years from Edmonds residents is for a hardware store to return to downtown Edmonds. Your wish...

By Gary HaakensonDid you know that when you disconnect from Comcast television/internet services that you have to return the equipment to one of their ...

By Gary HaakensonHere are a couple of comments following up on the Verizon install. If you decide to go this direction, make sure that you do have that...

Heres the weekly report on my switch from Comcast to Verizon for all my communications needs. Verizon is all about email communications. They sent me confirmations...

Ive decided to take the plungeinto the world of uncertainty and questions! And Im going to take you along with me. Ive decided to switch my television,...

In meeting with my Climate Protection Committee this week, we had a lengthy discussion about how little information is provided to power-utility customers...