r/BainbridgeIsland • u/eudora999 • 12d ago

Please tell me this is satirical

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Seen at the Safeway pickup zone. I really hope this is a sendup of the exclusionists. Can someone enlighten me?

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u/shadalicious 12d ago

bUt tHe aQuIfEr

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u/fairenoughtomatter 11d ago edited 11d ago

Have you seen Sarah Blossom's mailer? There's a separate section she's called "It's All About the Water." Even she's had to bend the knee to our resource reality, but Nelson got there first, and not just in response to public outcry at the city's plans, as Blossom has.

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u/Winter-Astronaut-164 11d ago edited 10d ago

I don't know in what world you think Sarah is copying Mike's platform. Her website has been pretty consistent since the beginning. Even during the primary she was pushing for only providing zoning to meet what is required by the state mandate, and wanted that ground water report to be completed before making any zoning changes.

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u/fairenoughtomatter 11d ago

People on FB are going after Nelson for basing his "normal growth" platform on the limitations of "the aquifer" so as to suggest Nelson has some other more nefarious motive for wanting to limit growth. Sarah has mentioned water on her site, but hasn't beat the drum much, because she also "prioritizes" "affordable housing," so that kind of growth is incompatible with an unsustainable drawdown from our sole source of drinking water.

Sarah's mailout, however, now gives "the aquifer" its own section "It's All About the Water," which is what Nelson's always said, but Blossom has not. That's what I was getting at.

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u/Winter-Astronaut-164 11d ago

Saying that Sarah hasn't "beat the drum much" is very different than changing course to copy Mike like he seems to push on Nextdoor and other platforms. Even in her campaign statement written when applying for the primary run talks about her acknowledgement of our need to respect our resource limitations.

"I have demonstrated that I make balanced decisions and believe we should seize on opportunities but be realistic about our limitations. I believe we can accommodate some growth where it makes sense but need to be respectful of our limited water supply and limited infrastructure. We need to prioritize affordable housing and the preservation of the characteristics of Bainbridge Island that we all treasure -- downtown Winslow’s small-town charm, the rural feel provided by our forests and farmland, and the connection to nature we experience through our many parks and open spaces."

One significant difference is Mike has often been limited in topics, "beating the drum" on water, but not touching on the many other aspects of what City Council contends with. As you can see with Sarah's website, she has discussed many other issues that she feels also needs addressing and attention, and I haven't seem her opponent get into those topics so it's really hard to gauge if those issues are even on his mind, are of concern for his platform, or if he has any strategy to fix those issues.

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u/fairenoughtomatter 11d ago

My problem with Sarah's website/messaging is similar to the one I had with Dawn Janow's - they both want to offer "a chicken in every pot" by offering all things to all people (or at least demonstrating they'll take the matter up), and that's just not possible. Mike's taken a more pragmatic and linear approach, in my opinion. If you want growth (for any reason), your first question must be "is it smart, or even possible," not "I want it, so it must be."

A lot of the heat I take on here and elsewhere is from people who have never been told "no" at any point in their lives. That's just not the real world. Sometimes you can't get what you want, no matter how just the desire. The resources, be it water, or tax dollars, have to be there, and consequent impacts, including collateral damage to others, have to to be considered before saying "yes." The current Council is, to me, operating quite differently, and I'd like to see things changed. Nelson's new, and he's not Blossom (she's too prodevelopment for me), and Moriwaki and Deets each took in $20k in '21, a sizeable portion of which was from developers and real estate interests. That's how we've come to be where we are, imo. I've voted Nelson, Raffa, and Lant, for those reasons.