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Edmonds is struggling to solve big problems. They have a fiscal emergency (2023) and no plan on how to stop it. They have a complex technology problem at the waste water treatment plant (yes - it stinks downtown) and have spend $25,000,000 so far with no solution in sight. Legal settlements have caused liability insurance costs to skyrocket. These are just the highlights of the city's problems list. There's more. Is there a systemic issue? We think there is. The National Ci

A voter initiative is a huge endeavor..... It starts with getting 5000 signatures on the voter initiative petition. Edmonds has not had a voter initiative since 2002 when 5000 voters signed a petition about mandatory spaying of cats and dogs that were being adopted into the community. This 2026 initiative on how Edmonds is governed is a more substantial topic. It puts teeth into the notion that the citizens are at the top of the city's organization chart. We estimate it will

A Town Hall is coming ....... CANCELLED: Sunday Mar 29th We have received feedback from the community that the planned topic is not quite what people want to discuss now. After reviewing the mechanics of getting a measure on the ballot with a voter initiative, they want to quickly move on to the meat of it - the pro's and con's of a professional city manager form of government. The event planned for March 29th is cancelled and another event with a broader agenda will be plann