What did You Say, Mercer Island? Sept. 11-17

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Good grief, people, this is just barely the start of the process. The citizens' committee has yet to report to the board. 

 The truly public part of the process isn't yet in place. It will be.

A few of you took advantage of a public forum opportunity early in the process. It will help those of us on the study committee. It will not control us, nor the full board and the Island process that follows.

Take from the session that the need is clear. We have more than a full school housed in prtables. We are teaching in hallways. Two of our three elementaries are running three lunches, restricting PE space. The problem is real; the solutions are many. Pick a solution and work for it; don't deny there is a problem.

Don't feel a need to assign blame. There is none. We are the victims of our own success. People want to come here, live here, bring their children here, for our schools. So be it. It is the driver for our property values. You benefit, even if you do not have a child in our schools.

I preach to the choir. MI gets it. Only a few don't. Watson seems to have not. Alas, but we have courses down at the Community Center. They are cheap. That should be appealing to him.

It is unfair to think it just money. He is just wrong, as well, in my experience.

Now, if we could just joust resumes, all would be well!

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That's not surprising to hear. Mitchell has yet to tell us anything that he's for other than things the council is already working on.

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Grausz is the first to take the right step forward on this. I find that to be refreshing and what is needed at this point. I find that to be refreshing and what is needed at this point. It provides the basis for moving forward. We need the rest of the council to get on board. Obviously they flunked the course on Conrad. The willingness to take responsibity for it is important. Pearman and Jahncke need to quit being defensive and help the city move forward

Via Facebook: Charlene Ikeda Pimentel in response to the story 

Was that when all those helicopters were flying around mid mercer island?