I write to express my extreme frustration that the Kent Reporter continues to print letters written by Susan St. Clair, a bitter women whose only agenda is to defame our mayor.
In response to the (June 26) article Kent Police plan crackdown on illegal fireworks: What an asinine non-solution to the fireworks issue in Kent our City Council members are sticking together on.
Is Mayor Suzette Cooke again having personal financial problems?
At the June 16 Kent City Council meeting, Council President Dana Ralph, a Kent business owner, took time to recall the history of the city's business and occupation (B&O) tax to those in attendance and those watching at home on TV.
As we approach the Fourth of July, in what the governor has declared drought conditions, don’t you think it is the perfect time for the Kent City Council to get off the dime and do the responsible thing and make fireworks illegal in the city of Kent?
Well, here we go again. Another year has gone by where the City Council has done nothing to address the fireworks ban that we sorely need.
An opinion piece in the June 5 Reporter ("State Senate diverts money toward favored projects") suggested that the proposed Senate capital budget prioritized local recreation over critical habitat preservation.
Just when we saw Mayor Suzette Cooke get a $20,000 cash payout, she now gets a huge $35,808 annual pay hike.
Again, Don Brunnell is right on target ("People in glass houses", May 22, Kent Reporter). It is inconceivable to me that politicians don't understand that businesses do not pay taxes, people do.
We were extremely dismayed to see Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke receiving a $20,000 cash windfall (taxpayer money) when her term ends.
In a mere 3½ years, in 2019, a financial tsunami will engulf the city of Kent and not a single taxpayer will escape its affect.
Although I currently live and go to school in Bellingham, Kent is where I grew up and I will always care for what goes on in that community.
It doesn't appear the weather will revert to what we've known in the past, so it's best to plan accordingly.
I would like to add a fourth point to Mr. Matt McNeilly's list (letter to the editor, Kent Reporter, May 22) of our traffic laws to be enforced: parking.
The proliferation of drones for civilian use has rekindled and complicated privacy and safety concerns, especially in public places, where recreational drone use is flourishing.
If Kent suffers from lack of funds, as I assume, to the layperson, it seems simple to make significant steps toward solving that issue.
Levee improvement work: Russell Road and James Street (along the Green River). Now complete, but I'm wondering how this work "improved" the levee?
Regarding: "City parks facilities slowly falling apart" (Kent Reporter, May 1):
It sounds like Mayor Suzette Cooke and most of the Kent City Council is not in agreement when it comes to how B&O tax revenue is spent.
I recently attended a meeting sponsored by our local legislators. Many of our local teachers and college people expressed their wish for a pay raise as they hadn't had one for years, which is true.
