Welcome to the SR 510 Yelm Loop.
As of 9:15 am on Tuesday April 20th, Yelm traffic came to a screeching halt as the SR 510 – Yelm Loop Bypass To Nowhere construction went from local officials doing goofy photo opts to bringing traffic in Yelm to a halt.
The project is said to be ‘completed’ in [...]
All of the April 13th Yelm City Council Meeting can be seen online, but don’t expect the Agenda to include everything covered.
In the Special Presentations, after Don Miller responses to roll call with by saying ‘yo’, Mayor Harding appears to be suppressing a ear to ear smirk as he reads a Court of Appeals decision [...]
Ordinance 918 passed unanimously, without questions or discussion by the Yelm’s City Council on March 9th.
This will result in a increase of 16% effective April 1st, 2010, a 2nd increase of 16% January 1, 2011 and then 8.25% each January 1st 2012-2015 in the water bills of Yelm residents and businesses.
Are current City [...]
Phase One of the Yelm Loop or Bypass To Nowhere has gone up on the Washington State Department of Transportation site for bid.
Titled: YELM LOOP – STAGE 1, it is described in short as “SR 510, MP 13.28 to MP 14.81 in Thurston County, CL 1 or 4.CONTAINS APPRENTICE UTILIZATION REQUIREMENT: 15%. For more information [...]
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Amid several current blunders by the Yelm City Council, Yelm watch dog and blogger Steve Klein urges Yelm Residents to ask the City of Yelm Council some hard questions about pressing issues.
Directly from Yelm.com
YELM RESIDENTS SHOULD DEMAND ANSWERS FROM CITY OFFICIALS!
The number one responsibility of elected officials and their staffs of our municipalities is to [...]
On February 9, 2010, all registered voters in the City of Yelm and County Fire Districts 2 and 4 will get an opportunity to vote on the merger to be under one umbrella of the Southeast Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The merger will eliminate several redundant administrative expenses and allow the Fire Authority to operate [...]
The Olympian ran a story titled Permit process gone awry creates nightmare in Yelm detailing the struggles of Andy and Cindy Smith who are unable to move into their new house because of the City of Yelm’s mismanagement of the building permit process.
The city issued a building permit for the home despite a development condition [...]
On October 26, 2009, Mayor Ron Harding signed a a letter stating the City Of Yelms intent to evoke Eminent Domain to seize the McMonigle water rights that were key to the Washington State Dept. of Ecology’s June 20th decision to reverse the the Thurston County Conservancy Board Draft Water System Plan approval of Yelm’s [...]
JZ Knight, owning property just over a mile from the location of the new wells outlined in the City of Yelm’s Water Plan, launched an aggressive media campaign to get information out to the residents of Yelm and the surrounding areas concerning the City’s practices regarding the Water Plan.
The post on her website states:
The City [...]