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POLITICS
Incoming legislature a mixed demographic bag
By Adele Fergusen |
| One of the oddities of the election that mixed bag of demographics state lawmakers picked for their leaders. Senate Republicans stayed with Jim West of Spokane, middle-aged, divorced, 20-year veteran. House Republicans went with spinster Cathy McMorris of Colville. Well, I didn’t want to call her an old maid. She’s only 33. Pretty young to take over from sly old fox Clyde Ballard, who’s been the GOP boss for I believe a couple of earthquakes. She may be in over he head... (Full Article) |
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Locke’s budget cod liver oil
for state’s ailing economy
By Don C. Brunell, President
Association of Washington Business |
| Anyone who’s ever taken cod liver oil wonders if the cure isn’t worse than the disease. In fact, I can remember my grandmother telling me to hold my nose, swallow hard, and I’d get better. It worked... (Full Article) |
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MY TURN
The ingredients are here –
Market Bremerton now!
By Amy Burnett |
| Marketing is as tall as it is wide. It’s the crossing of an ocean or the breath of a word. It’s hard enough to market art, let alone when that art is in Bremerton, because Bremerton itself needs to be marketed... (Full Article) |
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State should end the ban on private ferries
If the state won’t provide passenger ferry service, it should let the private sector do it |
| Washington Policy Center, an independent nonprofit think tank in Seattle, believes Washington State Ferries should not harm riders by canceling passenger service, while at the same time maintaining the law that bars anyone else from providing it... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Botkin’s Exit |
| Last Monday evening, I happened to see the last few minutes of the BKAT presentation of the Kitsap County Board of Commissioner’s meeting. During this meeting the commissioners adopted the County’s 2003-2004 budget. In addition to passing the budget, there was the formal adoption of a motion made by Commissioner Chris Endresen, to elect Commissioner Jan Angel to Chair the Board of Commissioner’s for 2003, from the outgoing Chair, Commissioner Tim Botkin... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Brunell Column |
| I found Don Brunell’s last article profoundly disappointing, giving credit where it should not and ignoring real issues. The only thing Gov. Locke has done is help run this state into the ground. Now he and the rest of the legislature are trying to lift their pants back up and not look like they are... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Those Studies |
| I read Bill Hoke’s essay, “Incubators, entrepreneurs and studies” and thought Bill’s point is well made. It is, our Kitsap Regional Economic Development Council squanders resources, be it time, business donations, taxpayers’ dollars and something else... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Entertainers and Iraq |
| How comforting it is to have such learned entertainers (rock stars and actors) traipsing over to Iraq to give us their expertise regarding the situation there. (taking only three days for Sean Penn!) Since many of them were, and some still are “pot heads” and “druggies.” am sure that we will get really serious profound opinions from them. And of course as usual our media promotes them ad nauseam... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Response From Cox |
| Tom Nevins finds my criticism of smart growth and the Growth Management Act polarizing (Letters to the Editor, Dec. 5). Truth often polarizes... (Full Article) |
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