Southside Des Moines

11/04/2025

Vote Today! Polls open at 7:00 am and close at 8:00 pm.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1MuAFWYwkJ/

Polls open today at 7:00 am and close at 8pm.

Your ballot for voting on the Southside, for most precincts, will show candidates for the at large positions for the Des Moines City Council and School Board.

You will also see a section for a $265 million bond for Des Moines Schools (vote yes).

The candidates for the at large position for the Des Moines School Board (you can vote for two) are:

Maria Alonzo
Marcus Coenen
Sara Hopkins

The candidates for the At Large position on the Des Moines City Council (vote for one):

Mike Simonson (incumbent)
Endi Montalvo Martinez

07/27/2025

https://alhs1975reunion.info/

If you are a 1975 Graduate of Lincoln High School, please join us this coming month for our 50th year reunion. Friday, August 8th (Blank Golf Course), and Saturday, August 9th (main event, Holiday Inn South).

Please go to the link below to register. Have questions, call or text at 515-208-7312.

Join us to celebrate 50 years of memories and friendships on August 8 & 9, 2025! Register to attend by July 31, 2025

09/19/2024

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-rental-housing-crisis-is-a-supply-problem-that-needs-supply-solutions/

Policymakers must prioritize improving housing access and affordability for low-income households through immediate and long-term investments.

09/19/2024

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/reducing-housing-burdens-while-creating-a-longer-term-affordable-housing-solution/

The nation’s housing affordability crisis can be softened in the near term through multiple production efforts to create a sustainable, affordable housing infrastructure for generations to come.

09/19/2024

https://www.americanprogress.org/

https://www.americanprogress.org/events/building-the-future-innovative-solutions-to-the-u-s-housing-crisis/

Please join the Center for American Progress for a half-day summit on housing policy.

09/01/2024

Need a person to mow a lawn for a client today. Please call me at 515-208-7312.

08/17/2024

I have an open house tomorrow at this beautiful home on the Southside!

For Sale: 4 beds, 4 baths, 2966 SqFt, 1809 Park Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50315 is a Single Family Residence home listed at $595,000, MLS #700834

08/12/2024

Charity is not compassion.

Structural change is compassion.

08/07/2024

The city more than a decade ago made a pledge to resolve homelessness in our community. Instead of resolving it, they are now criminalizing it.

While for years homelessness in our community was hidden in the woods along the rivers, it has now escalated to unprecedented levels. There are escalating prices for homes, groceries, fuel and other basic necessities. Gentrification has forced others out of low-income housing areas.

While many of us are fortunate to have a roof over our heads, there are hundreds, if not thousands, in central Iowa who do not.

It can be easy to criticize or condemn a situation in which one is unfamiliar or wouldn’t have chosen. Compassionate understanding and help are what is called for, not punishment and condemnation.