Letters to the Editor
Thank you, Kings of Swing
On behalf of the Kent Senior Activity Center's evening dancers, I would like to thank the Kings of…
Letters to the Editor
We need better solutions to gun problem
In response to Aaron Halabe's letter (Kent Reporter, Jan. 4), I believe a comment or two is called…
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Apartment dwellers paying their share
I was very upset with the letter to the editor last week that claimed apartment dwellers need to…
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Kicking the can(ary) down the road
With a vote of 4-3, the Kent City Council members approved an anemic budget that fails to avoid…
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Apartment dwellers need to carry the load
So, voters (property owners) rejected another hike in property taxes. Duh. And why shouldn't they? Why should property…
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Join the effort against domestic abuse
The month of October was dedicated to domestic abuse awareness. It also was the month dedicated to the…
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Winging it, carrying a half-full glass
Using council members' clever quotations, the canary in the coal mine should not worry us because the glass…
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Studded tires damage Kent streets
In response to the Nov. 16 letter by Sandra Gill, I do not believe that the city and…
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Tax Kent businesses that wear down streets
Now that Proposition 1 has been defeated, the message the Kent City Council should get is that the…
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I-1240 is costly
Charter School Initiative 1240 will create an expensive government bureaucracy in Olympia of unelected officials. It will cost…
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Money better spent elsewhere
I echo the sentiments of Donald Villenueve's letter suggesting that a grade separation on 228th Street at the…
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Inadequate B&O tax is disgraceful
Business is not doing its "fair share" by adopting the Kent Chamber of Commerce's pitiful B&O tax on…
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Support parks, roads, vote for Prop 1
We are supporting Proposition 1 to help repair and maintain our local parks and roads. While no one…
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Support our parks, streets, vote yes on Prop 1
Proposition 1 is a reasonable, limited approach to a serious problem in our city. If voters approve, parks…
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PSRC’s proposed projects make little sense
As a professional driver who has driven the South 228th Street corridor and Central Avenue South for years,…
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Evicting our homeless
I applaud Tim Higgins and Hilton for bringing to the ShoWare Center an impressive event such as Skate…
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The Steve Strachan I know
I had the experiences of interacting with Steve Strachan on several issues when he was chief of police…
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Chamber bullies council over tax
I've learned that the B&O tax provision that the City Council approved reads almost exactly like the terms…
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Let’s use an empty school
The Panther Lake grade school, at 108th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 208th Street, has set empty for several…
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Let’s support our roads, parks
It is hard to get really excited about choosing to tax yourself, but I will vote to support…