Beware: An LID can happen to you | GUEST OP

Local Improvement Districts (LIDs) are the city of Kent's out-of-date and unfair method of funding road improvements. They use LIDs to provide some of the finances needed to pay for road improvements.

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updated 12:52 PM May 16, 2013

Just say no to exploitation | Conerly

Multiple media sources last week reported Issaquah High School students once again hosting May Madness, an online tournament where male students vote for the sexiest female student.

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updated 5:45 PM May 15, 2013

Protect 911 funding | GUEST OP

This past legislative session, the Senate 2013-15 operating budget proposed diverting more than $15 million in 911 revenue to fund non-911-related programs. This proposed fund sweep could not only result in the loss of federal funding, but also could delay the implementation of "Next Generation" 911 by several years.

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updated 3:00 PM May 15, 2013

Legislature must support proven dropout prevention program | GUEST OP

Under the Washington State constitution, providing an ample education for all students is identified as state government's "paramount duty."

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updated 6:00 PM May 8, 2013 Auburn Reporter

Protestors? Demonstrators? Nuts to that! | Whale

For yet another year, people, their faces swathed in bandanas or concealed under gas masks, hurled rocks and obscenities at police who had asked them to clear the streets.

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updated 5:58 PM May 8, 2013 Auburn Reporter

Spreading the gospel of good health | Klaas

The youth pastor and veteran NFL fullback raised the fitness magazine for all to see. Such cover images of chisled, ripped bodybuilders, Eddie Williams warned his young audience at Auburn High School, send the wrong message to growing, impressionable teens. And those quick, even drastic methods for reaching physical greatness are chock full of lies.

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updated 3:33 PM April 24, 2013

Taking a different view of gun control | GUEST OP

I would like to address a very controversial nationwide issue – gun control. I don't believe that gun control is the correct course of action to stop all of the publicized murder cases that we all see spread across the front page of newspapers and on evening newscasts.

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updated 11:48 AM April 18, 2013

New federal regulations will boost the costs of gas — again | Brunell

Imagine that you see a swimmer floundering in the water. You call the rescue squad and then you toss the swimmer a concrete block. Does that make sense? Of course not, but that's what's happening in Washington, D.C.

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2:12 PM April 12, 2013 Auburn Reporter

Still backing my beloved Mariners | Nuttman

The Mariners are enjoying a spring training splash under the Arizona sun. Why should I care? The M's have disappointed me year after year.

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updated 7:17 PM March 27, 2013

Teachers make a difference despite challenges | Prescott

I have had the good fortune to talk to quite a few teachers in the Kent School District this last month. I've been visiting buildings and talking about issues that concern educators in their professional lives.

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updated 7:16 PM March 27, 2013

Party lines transcend generations | Box

The subject of telephone party lines came up at the office this week and, of course, I was one of the few old enough to remember them well.

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updated 6:25 PM March 27, 2013

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