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Letters To The Editor - 4(d) Exemption |
| I examined that question and determined that, simply stated, “4(d)” is a section in the US Endangered Species Act that requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Fish & Wildlife Service to issue regulations for the protection of any species that is declared threatened (not simply endangered)... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - County Charter |
| The Freeholders have released a draft of a Charter for Kitsap County, (www.kitsapgov.com/freehldr/), that is well done and makes our County government more representative to the citizenry, improves efficiency, restores county employee morale, establishes the citizens additional rights for better control of our County government, and will suit us well for the 21st Century... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Political Correctness |
| For the last forty or fifty years we have been subjected to and manipulated by a liberal movement nationally and locally promoting political correctness and downright lies. They also conjure up "incidents" to destroy good people, for example the recent attack on Commissioner Jan Angel... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Indignation |
| This letter is in reply to Richard Horn's "Our Views" editorial in The Sun, titled "Its not easy being a Green Republican... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Home Rule |
| Recently there have been a number of letter writers stating that they will not vote for the new Home Rule county charter government, regardless of the obvious improvements, if the commissioners are elected by district... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - 4(d) Exemption |
| Don’t be chinnookerd by commissioner Endresen’s comments about the discarded shoreline regulations. Saying they, went way too far. (Path B). It is a fine statement a year late... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - County Charter |
| I received an unsolicited blast e-mail from a Democrat honcho Jim Sharpe, telling me that the Charter draft provision of by district elections for the council/commissioner is bad for working families in Kitsap County... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - County Charter |
| It is apparent that some political partisans are making their efforts known to make sure elections are held at large with the new Charter. If you disagree with them, they threaten to veto the whole process. They seem to believe that when they speak, all voting citizens will blindly follow of their political party. They use fear of your fellow neighbor as their logic... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Support Bozeman |
| As a native Bremertonian and one who works in Bremerton, I care a great deal about our city. The future of Bremerton is at a crucial turning point and we are in dire need of a mayor who can provide proven and fresh leadership to guide this city out of its doldrums. We are blessed to have Cary Bozeman running for mayor... (Full Article) |
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Things that make you wonder...
By Adele Ferguson |
| With only one year left since the lifetime, five-year maximum on welfare benefits was enacted, the state is already moving for extensions for the thousands of families it says won’t be able to make it on their own as of Aug. 1, 2002... (Full Article) |
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POINT – COUNTER POINT – FROM THE LEFT
Will governmental center revitalize Bremerton?
Kitsap County is at a business crossroads
By Tim Ryan, Owner Ryan Construction |
| Promotion of new business activity and job growth is critical in preserving the quality of life in Kitsap County. Kitsap needs hundreds, even thousands, of new jobs to meet the present and future demands of this community. Many Kitsap leaders believe that bringing Bremerton back from the brink is essential to generating countywide economic growth. As a commercial developer, I can personally attest to this necessity and to the fact that Kitsap County must commit its resources to this cause... (Full Article) |
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POINT – COUNTER POINT – FROM THE RIGHT
Will governmental center revitalize Bremerton?
Governmental center just a plain bad idea
By Jan Angel, Kitsap County Commissioner |
| Although there are seemingly lots of good reasons to build a new governmental center in downtown Bremerton, there just as many or more why it’s just a plain bad idea... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Parks & Recreation Article |
| Thank you for the fantastic article on the Park and Rec situation. As a former president of Central Kitsap Babe Ruth Baseball (two terms), a former board member of both Tracyton Soccer Club (9 years) and West Sound Baseball club (2 years) and a strong supporter of Olympic High School Athletics, I can say... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Spy In The Sky |
| The “4d” compliance requirements now move to the enforcement stage. Proposed ordinances to comply with the elusive NMFS “4d” requirements already plot out design/building ordinances that restrict use of 65-90 percent of prospective building sites. These proposed ordinances dictate that the aforementioned portion of building sites is to remain in “native vegetation and 5 percent or less of impervious surface... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Inslee |
| I am dumbfounded by the lack of common sense and compassion of my Congressman, Jay Inslee... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Political Correctness |
| For the last forty or fifty years we have been subjected to and manipulated by a liberal movement nationally and locally promoting political correctness and downright lies. They also conjure up "incidents" to destroy good people, for example the recent attack on Commissioner Jan Angel... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Home Rule |
| Recently there have been a number of letter writers stating that they will not vote for the new Home Rule county charter government, regardless of the obvious improvements, if the commissioners are elected by district... (Full Article) |
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Letters To The Editor - Freedom of Speech |
| Freedom of speech may be the mantra of the Kitsap Regional Library Board but when I stood outside the Poulsbo library one morning the police were called. I was there to alert parents with minor children of the possible dangers from accidental exposure to pornography and sex offenders. I was neither rude or disruptive, nor did I block the entrance to the building. The police agreed... (Full Article) |
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