We should accept that the City Council has fully vetted this consulting firm and fully reviewed and analyzed the consulting work, data gathering, studies and outcomes to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the firm's findings and scientific rigor. The City Council is right to listen and accept their findings in pursuit of a solution for the problems identified that impact all members of our community.
Given that Olympia has been led by very progressive and liberal groups for the last 50 years, both at the City and State decision making level, it would seem that these findings don't look favorably on the results of implementing that ideology over the long term. The results are unacceptable.
The lack of diversity of those in governing roles and responsibilities, and the biases that come along with that, has negatively impacted people and relationships within our community. Well meaning and good people have volunteered, worked and joined to make decisions that have consistently led to negative unintended circumstances. To allow that to continue within the City seems counter to a well functioning community where each of us is brought together, works together, thinks together and is not divided and relegated to some specific group they may, or may not, choose to be associated with.
While this is a complicated conversation, beyond the scope of a short form response, a good first step for Olympia is to revisit our approach as a community to electing people that better reflect the entirety of our community values.
From housing, schools, small businesses, individuals and families, Olympia can do better and must do better as we take on even more complicated challenges brought on by growth and the complexities of change. The next 50 years cannot follow the same trajectory Olympia is currently been on.
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