Letters to the Editor

Teachers need support…and a song

I am a 2003 graduate of the Washington state public school system (Tacoma and White River districts, respectively), now living and working in Portland, Oregon.… Continue reading

  • Sep 3, 2009
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District and teachers’ union: Start acting like educated people

To preface my comment let me say that I have lived and supported the Kent schools since 1964. I have raised three children in the… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2009
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Just who are these czars?

I understand that the president now has over three dozen czars.Many of them are communists and anti-capitalists. They have not been investigated by any government… Continue reading

  • Aug 29, 2009
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Kent teacher’s viewpoint: District contract

I am a teacher in the Kent School District, and I can tell you unequivocally that the district has been blatantly manipulating you, the community… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2009
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Make noise over climate change

Within the next couple of months, our senators will be voting on the most important climate-change legislation in U.S. history, which narrowly passed the House… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2009
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Officer justified in actions taken in Tubar case

I read over the July 29 report of the city settling the Tubar lawsuit several times (“City settles shooting lawsuit for $400,000,” Kent Reporter) and… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2009
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Praise of unions not merited

I loved Ms.Turner’s defense of unions ("Unions aren't the bad guys here," Aug. 12 Kent Reporter opinion page.) I fully agree that unions have contributed… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2009
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Tax on toilet paper – now what?

Democrats are hitting us again! Taxing toilet paper, cooking oil, toothpaste, cosmetics and other products we dispose in our waste water, was proposed by Oregon’s… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2009
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Selective memory over Clintons?

I usually don’t respond to letters to the editor, but in the case of James Kerr’s letter in the Aug. 5 Reporter, (“Nightmare is here;… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2009
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Reader is fed up with annoying ‘deadbeat’ advertising

Is anyone else getting fed up with all of the ads on the radio that entreat us to take advantage of “our right” to pay less than what we owe on our credit cards? Does anyone else find it upsetting that people are being encouraged to charge beyond their means and then weasel their way out of paying the bulk of their credit-card bills?

  • Aug 14, 2009
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Quilting columnist’s got ‘verve’

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  • Aug 14, 2009
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Thanks to all who helped with pet event

Muttley Crew 4-H Club wants to thank community members and businesses for helping them collect used towels, fleece blankets and pet toys for King County… Continue reading

  • Aug 13, 2009
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Bike trails are not Tour de France

Last night while walking our dog on Green River Trail at 212th St. in Kent, a man riding a bicycle at a high rate of… Continue reading

  • Aug 13, 2009
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Appalled by Palin letters

Having read letters by John Kerr (“Palin attack ‘standard liberal issue,’ July 22 Kent Reporter) and Lynn Seegmiller (“The Mother of Nightmares is coming,” July… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2009
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Seattle light rail: Making tracks to bankruptcy?

I know that we are all proud of the Seattle/King County light rail system, and all the patient supporters must have been thrilled that it… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2009
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Unions aren’t the bad guys here

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  • Aug 11, 2009
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KentReporter.com Staff Writer Brian Beckley preps an egg before attempting to cook it in Editor Laura Pierce's car.

Article kindles memories of scorcher in Wink, Texas

The Kent Reporter today, Aug. 1, told about "A real scorcher for the Puget Sound region," and it brought back memories of the heat wave… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2009
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KentReporter.com Staff Writer Brian Beckley preps an egg before attempting to cook it in Editor Laura Pierce's car.

Ferry tax shortchanges Kent

By now you’re probably aware of the heated debate over the proposed expansion of the King County passenger-only ferry system. Shortly after I called on… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2009
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The Mother of Nightmares is coming for Palin haters

It never stops with the left, does it?The last attack on Sarah Palin never being enough. (“Sarah Palin and the viper pit”.)She is hated by… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2009
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Palin attacks come from both sides

I feel compelled to write in reply to our beleaguered and abused conservative friend Lynn Seegmiller, ("Palin attack standard liberal issue," July 22 Kent Reporter.)I… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2009
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