Letters to the Editor

Council needs to ban fireworks

On the city of Kent's website, the City Council page says "...members of the Council are dedicated to…

Letters to the Editor

City should ban fireworks

My wife and I think that we in the USA celebrate one of our most important holidays with…

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Stop the St. Clair letters

I write to express my extreme frustration that the Kent Reporter continues to print letters written by Susan…

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Fireworks crackdown no solution

In response to the (June 26) article Kent Police plan crackdown on illegal fireworks: What an asinine non-solution…

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Mayor’s pay raise just isn’t right

Is Mayor Suzette Cooke again having personal financial problems?

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B&O: It was a long story

At the June 16 Kent City Council meeting, Council President Dana Ralph, a Kent business owner, took time…

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Fireworks pose problem in Kent

As we approach the Fourth of July, in what the governor has declared drought conditions, don’t you think…

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Do the right thing, ban fireworks

Well, here we go again. Another year has gone by where the City Council has done nothing to…

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Working to maintain, preserve habitat, parks

An opinion piece in the June 5 Reporter ("State Senate diverts money toward favored projects") suggested that the…

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Mayor should do the honorable thing, reject her pay raise

Just when we saw Mayor Suzette Cooke get a $20,000 cash payout, she now gets a huge $35,808…

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Don’t reward the mayor

We were extremely dismayed to see Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke receiving a $20,000 cash windfall (taxpayer money) when…

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Playing games with our taxes

Again, Don Brunnell is right on target ("People in glass houses", May 22, Kent Reporter). It is inconceivable…

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ShoWare’s financial problems

In a mere 3½ years, in 2019, a financial tsunami will engulf the city of Kent and not…

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Embrace the environment, ban plastic bags

Although I currently live and go to school in Bellingham, Kent is where I grew up and I…

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Floods and droughts

It doesn't appear the weather will revert to what we've known in the past, so it's best to…

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Protect people, enforce no parking on sidewalks

I would like to add a fourth point to Mr. Matt McNeilly's list (letter to the editor, Kent…

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The morality of drone photography

The proliferation of drones for civilian use has rekindled and complicated privacy and safety concerns, especially in public…

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Enforce our traffic laws

If Kent suffers from lack of funds, as I assume, to the layperson, it seems simple to make…

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Levee improvement?

Levee improvement work: Russell Road and James Street (along the Green River). Now complete, but I'm wondering how…

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Maintain what trails we have now

Regarding: "City parks facilities slowly falling apart" (Kent Reporter, May 1):