neighborhood villages

Council President Angela Birney and businessman Andrew Koeppen have their hat in the ring. John Marchione Redmond, WA  �  Yesterday, Mayor John Marchione announced to city staff that he will not seek re-election later this year. The three-term mayor started in 2008 and was immediately challenged by a major recession and an affordable housing crisis. During this period of economic instability, Marchione created balanced budgets and earned the City a financial rating of AAA from Standard and Poor�s.  �This is a good time for me, professionally and personally, to pass the baton to the next elected official who will run the City,� said Mayor Marchione. �The City�s successes abound - new and improved parks, roads, trails, housing, and community events. In 2023, Sound Transit light rail service will connect our residents and employees to the region. Now it is time for the City to engage the comm Marchione�s accomplishments include: building Fire Station No. 17; extending B...

Mayor John Marchione (Internet) The following are excerpts from Mike Rosenberg's "Seattle Times" article of 8/11/2018:  Sure looks like rapid growth is here to stay.   Redmond grew its housing stock by about 15 percent this decade, behind only Seattle among major King County cities.  Redmond is actually one of three King County suburbs (along with Issaquah and Federal Way) where a majority of homes are in multi-family buildings. "Moratoriums and people who want to slow down growth exacerbate the housing problem." said Redmond Mayor John Marchione.  "I hear people who say' I want you to stop the growth in downtown and I want to lower prices.'  And that's economically impossible.  It's illogical but people still ask for that." "If you really want housing prices to be stable, you need to increase the supply to lessen the price hike." Of course, a big part of why housing doesn't get built in my suburbs is community opposition....

Mayor Marchione is way underpaid.  His salary is ~$137,000.  In contrast, the Communications and Community Engagement Director at Lake Washington School District is paid $169, 285 and only works 10 months a year.  Nine Associate Directors are paid $153,800 per year. This video is a must listen even if you see only the first 5 minutes.