BI has an accountability issue, not a housing vision problem

BI has an accountability issue, not a housing vision problem

For two decades, I have audited local governments by asking practical questions: Did the program work? Did it deliver what was promised? Was public money and public risk managed responsibly? Those questions matter now because Bainbridge Island’s June 30 housing decision shows what happens when policy momentum outruns public accountability. Councilmembers say they support affordable housing and environmental protection, but at the final vote, the…