Tacoma City Council
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- Mar 22, 1884Tacoma’s Open Letter to the Railroad MonopolyA scathing council memorial accuses the Northern Pacific Railroad of breaking its promises, stalling city growth, and holding the harbor hostage.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 6, 1884The Women’s Crusade Against ViceTwenty-five prominent Tacoma women demand the city council clear out gambling houses and houses of ill-repute, citing the city charter and moral degradation.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 12, 1884The Judge and the BrothelA Tacoma magistrate’s attempt to move his court away from a neighboring brothel backfired when the City Council ordered him to clean up the street instead.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Feb 24, 1885The City’s Legal Train WreckA ruling against Tacoma’s property tax scheme for street improvements threatens to bankrupt local progress, leaving the city in a legislative stalemate.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 25, 1885The Rogue Marshal of TacomaCitizens formally impeach the City Marshal for cozying up to brothel owners and ignoring the law.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Feb 26, 1885Tacoma’s Merry Municipal MayhemWhile Seattle navigates its own growing pains, its 'younger sister' Tacoma finds itself in a state of total civic disorder, from impeached marshals to liquor license wars.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 12, 1886The Price of a Badly Written CharterTacoma’s new municipal charter proves to be a legal disaster that costs the town thousands in needless fees and litigation.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 7, 1887The Cannery Confrontation: Tacoma’s Labor Fight Over Chinese WorkersWhen an agent attempted to bring Chinese laborers to a Tacoma cannery in 1887, city officials clashed over the rule of law versus the intense public anti-Chinese sentiment.Old Town, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 14, 1887A Heated Clash at City HallA contractor and a former mayor trade sharp words before the Tacoma City Council over stalled infrastructure payments.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 21, 1888The Theater That Wanted the StreetTacoma’s grand new opera house design sparks a city council debate over encroaching on public sidewalks and creating private carriage driveways.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 7, 1892The Eight-Hour Fight in Old TacomaIn 1892, Tacoma laborers mobilized to abolish the contract system and secure a living wage, setting a stage for century-long debates over municipal labor.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 9, 1892The Lumber Price-Fixing ScandalA Tacoma lumber mill combine has been caught artificially inflating the price of city contracts.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 21, 1892Tacoma City Council in Total ChaosLocal taxpayers move to overthrow the entire city government following a series of corruption charges and aggressive infighting between the council and the board of public works.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 22, 1892The High Price of Patronage PrintingA sharp look at how the Tacoma Ledger allegedly extracted $9,000 from the Pierce County treasury through sweetheart printing contracts.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 12, 1893The Tacoma Water Plant ScandalA suspected $500,000 kickback scheme involving the city's purchase of a private utility plant ignites a public outcry in Tacoma.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 13, 1893The Price of Public Water: A Tacoma Corruption ScandalA city councilman blows the whistle on a $1.35 million scheme to force the city to purchase a private utility plant.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 26, 1893The Pig in a PokeTacoma city officials rush a $1.75 million water works deal through the council despite lacking inventory records or valuation.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 2, 1893Tacoma's $750,000 Railroad Bait—and the Utility Deal That Fell ApartA hastily passed water-and-light purchase ordinance is dead on arrival, while C. B. Wright dangles another railroad in front of Tacoma taxpayers.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 6, 1893The Battle for Tacoma's WaterA complex struggle unfolds as private interests and the city council clash over a million-dollar water contract.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 24, 1893Tacoma Council Ghosts Water Works Bidders, Raising Questions of CorruptionFour engineers waited two hours to present plans for a gravity water system. Not a single council member showed, and observers whispered the fix was in for the private water company.Seattle, WA
- Jun 4, 1893Tacoma Breaks the Grip of 'Blood Money'The city council votes to seize absolute control over saloon licensing to stop property owners from extorting payments.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 12, 1893Tacoma’s Plan to Deter 'Tramps' with Forced HygieneFacing a seasonal rise in homelessness, Tacoma city officials considered a mandatory daily shower ordinance for jail inmates to keep the city unappealing to vagrants.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 22, 1893Tacoma Council Fights 'Boodle' Printing CostsCouncil members allege a monopoly of local newspapers is price-gouging taxpayers for municipal notices.Tacoma, WA
- Oct 8, 1893The Tacoma City Hall 'Hold Up'The Tacoma City Council railroaded a controversial printing contract through despite fierce protest from minority members who claimed it was illegal.Tacoma, WA
- Oct 25, 1893Tacoma Council Refuses Wright’s $100,000 Water BondA standoff between the city and a private contractor over water bonds and 'raids' on piping infrastructure.Tacoma, WA
- Nov 12, 1893The Million-Dollar Water HeistA scathing audit reveals that Tacoma taxpayers were bilked out of over a million dollars in a rigged water works acquisition deal.Tacoma, WA
- Nov 16, 1893The Tacoma Water ScandalCity council members push through a controversial water plant deal despite claims of massive overvaluation and a 'worthless' indemnity bond.Tacoma, WA
- Nov 18, 1893Tacoma’s $1,000,000 Water SwindleCitizens demand a grand jury investigation into the alleged theft of public water funds and the shady release of indemnity bonds.Tacoma, WA
- Dec 9, 1893The Star Chamber Water Loan ScandalTacoma city officials met behind locked doors to authorize the use of water extension funds for speculative warrant purchases, sparking threats of injunctions.Tacoma, WA
- Dec 22, 1893The City Council vs. The Chamber of CommerceTacoma's governing body fires back at local business elites, accusing them of fiscal hypocrisy and meddling in city affairs.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 4, 1894Hunger and the City CouncilTacoma’s unemployed protesters storm City Hall, forcing local leaders to prioritize local families for municipal public works.A Street, Tacoma, WA
- Feb 11, 1894Tacoma’s Unemployed Protest City HallProtesters confront the city council demanding immediate financial relief as economic instability deepens.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 14, 1894Tacoma’s Water Works ScandalA grand jury struggles to uncover the truth behind allegations of bribery and corruption in Tacoma's municipal water system purchase.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 15, 1894A Grand Jury's ReluctanceTacoma officials allege that a grand jury investigation into the 'water works steal' is a sham designed to protect corrupt councilmen.Tacoma, WA
- May 27, 1894The Power Struggle Over PavementTacoma's city council faces internal deadlock as officials fight over who gets to countersign checks and which material should pave the city streets.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Jul 17, 1894Tacoma’s Whitewash That Wasn’tA public-works president accuses a newly appointed superintendent of dishonesty—then refuses to put the charges in writing.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 9, 1894Tacoma’s Public Works Board Accused of Coercing City EmployeesDepositions before the city council allege that public works bosses used their power to make employees campaign for the waterworks purchase—and that the board paid too much for sewer pipe.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 19, 1894Tacoma’s Water Deal Has Forty Days LeftC. B. Talbot tells the city council his pure-water plan will be withdrawn unless it acts—iron and steel prices have already added $17,000 to the pipe bill.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 3, 1894Tacoma’s Electric Light WarA private power company accuses the city of selling light below cost to drive it out of business—and of a local editor gagging the story because he runs his own hotel plant.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 7, 1895Olympia’s Fight Over Who Should Judge the CitiesA bill to abolish municipal courts set Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane against one another—and exposed a dispute over whether justice could be run more cheaply by justices of the peace.Olympia, WA
- Mar 27, 1895The Newspaper Called Tacoma’s Council Corrupt. Then It Refused to Show Up.When the Tacoma Ledger accused city officials of incompetence and dishonesty, the council demanded proof. The paper stayed home; the council denounced it and asked for a grand jury anyway.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 3, 1895Tacoma Voters Hand the Mayor a Council — and Unlock the Water FundA rain-soaked municipal election gives Tacoma's administration a working majority and lets the city redirect money from springs judged inadequate.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 14, 1895A Low Bidder Cries Foul Over Tacoma’s New Water PipesCharges of inferior material and work outside the contract were briefly cleared—until affidavits from a lower bidder forced a fresh council inquiry.South Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 30, 1895The Land Company’s Revenge in TacomaA report from Tacoma says city officials may be punished at confirmation because they crossed the Tacoma Land Company in a fight over the municipal light and water plant.Tacoma, WA
- May 5, 1895Tacoma's Mayor Throws Every Appointment Back in the Council's FaceMayor Ed S. Orr withdraws all nominees in a patronage war over the city attorney and police chief — then the council cuts salaries across the board.Tacoma, WA
- May 14, 1895Four Years, Four Factions, and Still No Pavement on Pacific AvenueTacoma's property owners have bickered for four years over how to pave the street running through their town — bituminous rock, plank, wood, or plank-on-gravel — so the council has finally given them until June 1 to agree, or it will choose for them.Tacoma, WA
- May 30, 1895Tacoma Sealed Its Waterfront Deal With a TelegramThe city council approved a tide-land plat after railroad and land-company officials promised rights-of-way and waterways—over dissenters who wanted more than long-distance assurances.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 19, 1895Tacoma Bets Its Streets on Brick and BondsThe council approves bonded paving for Pacific Avenue — Tacoma's first block of hard pavement — while quietly asking whether the mayor still legally holds his office.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Jun 22, 1895The Bribe, the Clerk, and the Police ChiefA Tacoma councilman and city clerk faced bribery charges as the police chief refused to name the gamblers behind the Haymarket.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 2, 1895A Million Dollars in Doubt: Tacoma's Council Moves to Legalize Its Own DebtBehind closed doors, council members scheme to validate nearly $1,000,000 in city bonds — and to slip a new charter and a purge of salaried offices onto the same ballot, over the objections of the mayor and department heads.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 7, 1904City Council Demands Better Cable Car ServiceTacoma citizens are fed up with broken-down, slow streetcars, and the City Council is finally demanding that the company stop cutting corners on passenger safety.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 4, 1904Tacoma’s Poisoned WaterA local newspaper argues that the city's reliance on the polluted Clover Creek for drinking water is driving typhoid fever and threatening the lives of its residents.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 4, 1904The Ghost Stories of the City ReservoirWhile typhoid fever rages in Tacoma, the city council struggles to address public panic over rumors of bodies dumped in the water supply.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 5, 1904The City Water CrisisWhile typhoid fever spreads in Tacoma, a bureaucratic breakdown leaves the Health Officer unaware he was even ordered to investigate the tainted water supply.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 10, 1904City Health Official Sounds Alarm on Water SupplyDr. Schug confirms that Parkland cesspools are poisoning Tacoma's drinking water, urging residents to boil their supply.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 1, 1904The Commuter’s Chill: East Side Transit GrievanceMcKinley Park residents protest streetcar service cuts that leave riders waiting in the night air.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 10, 1904Tacoma City Council Sidesteps Liquor ReformWhile council members rushed through routine city business to attend a social club event, a highly anticipated liquor ordinance remained stalled in committee.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 2, 1904The Fight for City ImprovementsProminent citizens clash over property owner resistance to essential infrastructure projects in Tacoma.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 19, 1904The Mayor's Controversial Return to 'Regulating' ViceMayor George Wright announces a plan to re-establish police control over prostitution, arguing that recent reform efforts have only worsened conditions in the city's downtown.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- May 3, 1904Tacoma Property Owners Fight Street ImprovementsCitizens mount a second protest against expensive city upgrades to E Street, but the council remains unmoved.E Street, Tacoma, WA
- May 19, 1904The Tavern Battle on Pacific AvenueTacoma business owners campaign to clear saloons from their block to improve trade and decorum.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- May 25, 1904The Battle Over Public Water on the SpeedwayA city council dispute erupts over whether the Riding and Driving Association should get free water for the Yakima Avenue speedway while businesses pay for their own.Yakima Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Jun 9, 1904The Fire Safety Debate of 1904Tacoma building owners argue that 'fireproof' construction renders fire escapes redundant, but city officials stand their ground.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Jun 9, 1904The Old Town Fire HazardLumber mill operators petition the City Council for expanded water mains to combat the risk of conflagration in the city's industrial district.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 23, 1904The Power Fight at City HallTacoma business owners demand a stay on new electric franchises, fearing a private monopoly over the city's municipal light plant.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 4, 1904Tacoma’s Water Infrastructure on the BrinkA surprise inspection reveals crumbling pumping stations and a mounting $1,000 repair bill just to keep the city's water flowing.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 9, 1904Safety Crackdown at Wright ParkA dangerous accident sparks a push to ban explosives from Tacoma's public greenspaces.Wright Park, Tacoma, WA
- Jul 19, 1904A South End Street Would Cost More Than Everything on It Is WorthResidents of the Sixth Addition want South L Street graded. The city engineer says bridging the Northern Pacific tracks would run $30,000 past the value of the abutting property.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 21, 1904City Council Scuttles Audit Due to Budget WoesA promise to investigate municipal finances evaporates after officials realize there is no cash left to pay the expert accountant.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 3, 1904The Mardi Gras Con JobTacoma's city government is accused of selling out to a traveling troupe of mediocre performers after being warned by Seattle newspapers.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 4, 1904Council Rejects Wage Hikes for City WorkersTacoma officials see their proposed raises for laborers and inspectors go down to defeat.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 5, 1904The Shadow Over the Telephone FranchiseA Tacoma councilman accuses colleagues of taking payoffs to favor one telephone company over another, igniting a fight for accountability.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 11, 1904Street Hustlers Ordered Off Twelfth StreetTacoma officials move to clear sidewalk congestion caused by street performers and vendors blocking access to the post office.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 22, 1904The Councilman and the Telephone PromoterA City Council member swears he was offered a massive bribe, but the accused parties are laughing it off—now the council must decide who is telling the truth.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 5, 1904The Great Tacoma Water FlimflamA look back at the 1890 council scandal that left the city with a mountain of debt and a useless water system.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 8, 1904City Council Demands Better StreetsAfter contractors repeatedly ignored demands to fix decaying pavement, Tacoma officials threaten to use bond money to perform the repairs themselves.St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Sep 8, 1904The Fight for Tacoma’s TapsAs the city council hunts for a reliable water source, aggressive machinery lobbyists swarm City Hall, complicating the push for clean, deep-well water.South Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
- Sep 15, 1904Tacoma Tries to Tame the AutomobileThe city council moves to regulate the dangerous 'benzine buggies' with mandatory registration tags and strict speed limits, including a crawling 6 mph pace on downtown streets.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 16, 1904Knockout Drops at the Standard SaloonA Tacoma man swears he was drugged, fleeced of $210, and knocked toothless—then asks the city to revoke the saloon's license.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 21, 1904The Horseless Carriage StruggleTacoma motorists revolt against council ordinance forcing them to halt for passing horse-drawn traffic.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 2, 1908Tacoma Caps the Saloon TradeMayor Wright signs an ordinance tying saloon licenses to population—and turns every existing license into a small fortune.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 4, 1909Tacoma Votes Overwhelmingly for Municipal PowerCitizens reject private utility monopoly to authorize a city-owned power plant on the Nisqually River.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 7, 1909Tacoma’s Public Market Finds Its FeetCity report confirms that the municipal public market is paying down its initial debt and thriving with a diverse range of local vendors.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 8, 1909The Chaos at the PollsVoters across Tacoma are finding polling places locked, unmanned, or missing ballots entirely—a chronic failure in the city's election machinery.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 20, 1909City Council Mulls Municipal Asphalt PlantProponents argue that a city-run paving operation could cut costs by 10 percent, potentially paying for its own installation in just two jobs.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 27, 1909City Health Officer Demands Board to Combat Public AilmentsDr. Sargentleh seeks a formal committee of physicians and a vaccination assistant to address the surge of health mandates in Tacoma schools.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 3, 1909The City's Bridge DilemmaTacoma faces a choice between costly wood, fading steel, or a permanent concrete future.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 4, 1909Tacoma's Water War Ends in a $22,000 BillContractors say the city's political turnaround on Maplewood Springs left them unable to build—and now they want damages.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 4, 1909A Nine-Acre Gulch for a Park—and a City Council That HesitatesTacoma is offered a ready-made public park, but the council balks at changing Tacoma Avenue and removing a bridge near the tennis club grounds.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 9, 1909A Railroad Cut Off This Tacoma Mill. Now the City May Give It a New Way In.The North Shore Lumber Company wants to rebuild its burned plant beyond Old Town, but Northern Pacific condemnation left it without waterfront access. A permit to sluice logs over Alder Street could bring 100 jobs and a 100,000-foot-a-day mill back to the gulch.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 11, 1909Tacoma Refuses to Pay Water Contractors—and Keeps BuildingThe city council rejects more than $22,000 in damages from contractors cut out of the Maplewood Springs project, then votes for a new South Tacoma-to-West End pipeline, reservoir and pumping station.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 11, 1909The 1909 City Hall Power Grab That Tacoma Voters Were Told to StopA fiery Times editorial urged citizens to pack the council chamber against charter amendments it said would gut civil service, raise council pay, and hand city jobs to political loyalists.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 11, 1909Tacoma Councilmen Move to Kill Civil Service — and Give Themselves RaisesA charter-revision package would scrap civil service, shrink the council to nine and boost pay from $300 to $1,200, prompting a public showdown at tonight's special meeting.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 12, 1909Nine Votes to Kill Civil Service—Tacoma's Council Tries to Gut the CharterAt a special meeting, nine councilmen back a plan to let the mayor fire city workers at will; reformists need to hold two more votes to stop it.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 15, 1909The Bread Wrapping War: Tacoma Women Take On City HallWith 1,500 club members, city doctors and a health inspector behind them, Tacoma women demand that bakery bread be wrapped—and that dogs be barred from groceries.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 17, 1909South End Club Moves to Take City Hall Out of the Ward Bosses' HandsA hundred petitions, 4,000 signatures and a charter committee of fifteen: South Tacoma's improvement club launches a drive for commission government before the council can bury civil service for good.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 22, 1909The Spotlight on the Sandberg DistrictHundreds of curious onlookers descend on Tacoma’s red-light district following a critical council report.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 24, 1909The Fight for Tacoma’s Pool RoomsCity council weighs whether to lower the age limit for young men in Tacoma's billiard parlors.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 25, 1909Tacoma’s Vice 'Lid' Finally SealedMayor and Chief of Police bow to council pressure to finally end the city's unofficial restricted vice district.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 25, 1909City Council Clears Way for New Mill in Old TownThe city council unanimously voted to allow a new lumber mill to tunnel under Northern Pacific tracks, defying the railroad's attempt to stifle local competition.Alder Street, Tacoma, WA
- Mar 3, 1909City Wins Long Battle Over Northern Pacific LandTacoma secures major property concessions worth half a million dollars after a two-year fight with the railroad.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Mar 4, 1909City Hall Turns Landlord on the TideflatsTacoma assumes control of former Northern Pacific Railway properties and begins collecting rent.Dock Street, Tacoma, WA
- Mar 11, 1909The Health Commissioner's Vaccination WarTacoma’s City Council faces off with the Health Commissioner over unauthorized spending and a controversial vaccination campaign.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 18, 1909The Battle to Protect Civil Service ReformTacoma’s City Council faces a showdown as political machines push to dismantle merit-based municipal hiring.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 18, 1909Railroad Seeks to Vacate Nine Waterfront Street EndsTacoma’s City Council faces a standoff as the Northern Pacific Railway moves to consolidate control over city streets and waterfront access.McCarver Street, Tacoma, WA
- Mar 25, 1909City Council Blocks Charter ReformTacoma councilmen stall special election for new commission-style government to protect existing political machines.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 26, 1909Tacoma Citizens Demand Commission GovernmentFrustrated by the city council's refusal to act, reformers begin a petition drive to force a charter revision election.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 30, 1909City Council Balks at High Cost of Traffic SignalsTacoma's effort to modernize street safety hits a snag when bid costs far exceed original estimates.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 1, 1909The Fight for Tacoma’s CharterAs the city council calls for a special election to rewrite the municipal charter, citizens are warned to watch for corporate interests looking to hijack the reform movement.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 1, 1909City Council Balks at Hospital FeesTacoma officials clash with Fannie Paddock Hospital over the rising costs of public health and scarlet fever care.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 2, 1909Every Hospital Turned Him Away, So the Health Officer Decided to Open One HimselfA contagious patient with nowhere to go, a council that won't pay its bills, and a health commissioner who dug up a forgotten ordinance and stopped asking permission.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 7, 1909Republicans Sweep Council in ElectionVoters approve bonds for city infrastructure as Republicans maintain a firm majority on the City Council.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 8, 1909City Hall's Risky Water GambleTacoma officials are bypassing voter approval to fund a massive water expansion through high-interest debt that local bankers are only touching as a side deal.South Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 8, 1909The Trail Saloon Shut Down by City CouncilIn an attempt to standardize local nightlife, the Tacoma City Council has refused to renew the license for a downtown saloon.113 South 12th Street, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 13, 1909The Price of a Transit FranchiseTacoma’s City Council strikes a bargain for new railway depots in Old Town and the Narrows, bartering city streets for future development.Old Town, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 14, 1909The Birth of the Nisqually Power ProjectTacoma moves toward seizing land and water rights for the Nisqually power plant, a project that would eventually transform the city's infrastructure.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 16, 1909The Railroad Says No: No Waterfront for TacomaNorthern Pacific's attorney tells the city council flatly that the railway will not hand over a foot of Narrows shoreline as the price of its franchise — and dares the council to refuse.The Narrows, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 22, 1909City Council Plays Hardball with Rail MagnateTacoma officials force James J. Hill to build depots in exchange for a multi-million dollar franchise.Old Town, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 22, 1909Who Should Pay for the Fireboat?The Tacoma City Council debates whether taxpayers should fund fire protection for industrial waterfront property that pays no local taxes.Waterfront, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 26, 1909Neighborhood Fights Hospital PlansResidents of Pacific Heights rally against the proposed site for contagious disease wards near the county hospital.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 27, 1909Major Overhaul for Yakima AvenueTacoma moves to improve city infrastructure by paving, realigning, and condemning property along the thoroughfare.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 30, 1909The War on Tacoma's Public MarketStallkeepers and property owners accuse the city council of conspiring with a 'grocery trust' to demolish a vital public resource.D Street, Tacoma, WA
- May 4, 1909The Battle for Tacoma's Public MarketCity Hall attempts to shut down a thriving farmers market on D Street, sparking a political clash over corporate influence and public access.D Street, Tacoma, WA
- May 5, 1909The City’s Endless Debt CycleTacoma’s casual approach to borrowing is mortgaging the future.Tacoma, WA
- May 6, 1909Tacoma Cracks Down on Dirty DinersA new health ordinance forces restaurants, fish markets, and milk stores to secure city licenses or face closure.Tacoma, WA
- May 6, 1909City Council Standardizes Waterfront RentsTacoma sets a uniform $40 monthly rent for municipal land on the Middle Waterway, prioritizing new industrial development.Middle Waterway, Tacoma, WA