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POLITICS
Eyman’s new 800-pound gorilla
By Adele Fergusen |
| Never poke a sleeping bear, or tiger, or Tim Eyman, the fourth branch of government. On the day his Initiative 776 was rolling up a comfortable lead at the polls, mandating $30 car tabs, he was filing another one for next year, to be I-800, requiring a 75 percent super majority for any tax or fee increases by the legislature... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Campaign Material |
| After receiving an onslaught of fliers from the various candidates for office, I am literally forced to take action and write you this note. I beg to have just one question answered: Since when in this nation of ours did we the people ever say that it was okay for our elected officials and those candidates seeking election to harass, insult and annoy us to the polls... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wendell Cox |
| On Oct. 31, Commissioner Jan Angel presented the first in a series of economic development events for Kitsap business and community leaders. The unfortunate first choice for the series was Mr. Wendell Cox... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Microcredit |
| In the aftermath of September 11 we learned that one of the underlying causes of terrorism is the extreme poverty that plagues the world... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Education Funding |
Our children’s future is at risk and so is the investment we have already made as a community in education.
North Kitsap voters have done their part to support education by faithfully approving bonds and school levy requests. But now, the State of Washington may not be able to fully fund their portion of our children’s education costs due to a $2.2 billion budget shortfall... (Full Article) |
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POLITICS
Exposing the myth of
“Baghdad Jim” McDermott
By Adele Fergusen |
| The more I see and hear “Baghdad Jim” McDermott strut and bluster as the Jane Fonda of the War on Terror, the more I wonder whether he’s “overstating” more than just his shocker that we can trust what Saddam Hussein says but not our president... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ergonomics Story |
| In your cover story entitled “L&I grants Wal-Mart, Safeway ergonomics exemption,” you write “But the legislature, with the support of Locke and Moore, imposed one for our state over the objections of the federal government that is even more stringent than the one the feds abandoned... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ergonomics Story |
| Thank you for putting the story highlighting the state Department of Labor and Industries’ exemption of Wal-Mart from ergonomics rules on the front page of your publication... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Response from Boss |
Dear Lary – (Why is there only one r in your name?)
Of all the press I received during my recent run for the Senate in the 26th District your editorial in the September edition of the Kitsap Business Journal was by far my favorite. Not because it was accurate, (it was not) not because it was informative, (it was not) but because it was funny... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
County Budget |
| The latest statewide survey of property taxes finds that 34 of the state’s 39 counties and 19 of 22 major cities limited annual property tax increases 1 percent, reported Dan Zarelli of the Washington Policy Center. Too bad Kitsap County isn’t one of them... (Full Article) |
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POLITICS
Referendum 51 and the budget mess
By Adele Fergusen |
The wonder isn’t that so few people bother to vote, it’s that so many bother to run.
When Washington’s jobless rate rose to 7.2 percent in August, we slipped past Oregon (7 percent) to take the title of the state with the highest unemployment rate in the country... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Republican Response |
| If Editor Coppola had conducted a little more research he would have learned that the difficulty of recruiting candidates for public office is a phenomenon across the state of Washington, not just with the Kitsap County Republicans... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Narrows Bridge |
| It’s easy for Senator Tim Sheldon (D - Potlatch) to pat his pal, Bob Oke (R-Port Orchard) on the back and downplay the importance tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have in the 26th District political races... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Commissioner’s Race |
| Pardon me for being a bit sarcastic but when I read the words “Qualified, Fair, Decisive” on the bottom of a campaign sign for a current county commissioner who is running again, I couldn’t help but shake my head at the word “Fair” Fair that is if you happen to be a “left wing social planner” who wants the government to be “guardian” of your whole life including what you even think... (Full Article) |
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