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Local Improvement Districts (LIDs) are the city of Kent's out-of-date and unfair method of funding road improvements.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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
