UPDATE #2: Tonya Jones’ amendment failed on a 4-4 vote, so it looks like the planning commission will adopt its staff’s recommendation for Bellevue. UPDATE: Planning commissioner Tonya Jones just said she will propose amending the redistricting map to include … Continue reading →
Archive of posts tagged Eric Crafton
Dean’s Bredesen hires provoke questions; mayor, Riebeling defend appointments
Mayor Karl Dean’s administration recently added more than $150,000 to the Metro payroll by bringing on two employees — one and a half, officially — who had been working as senior officials under former Gov. Phil Bredesen. The appointment of … Continue reading →
Eric Crafton seeks to lead agency whose rules he disregarded 20 months ago
Metro Councilman Eric Crafton wants to be the city’s next election administrator. But Crafton openly disregarded campaign finance rules a week before the special election for the English-only charter amendment he was pushing in 2009. Claiming that donors to his cause could be threatened and harassed, Crafton refused to disclose them by the Jan. 15, [...]
