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POLITICS
Will Locke’s primary ballot
veto be found illegal?
By Adele Fergusen |
| Don’t fret too much about the new primary election ballot we’re getting this year, it probably will be the only time you’ll see it. The first court it winds up in will give it the boot as unconstitutional... (Full Article) |
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My Turn
An agenda for getting
Washington back to work
(Editor’s Note: Gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi has established an agenda and vision for improving Washington 's economy and getting more Washingtonians back to work. This is the first of his Jobs and Economic Growth agenda papers.) |
Phase I: Changing the culture of state government.
Washington has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. Businesses are leaving this state and new businesses are not coming here. Many talented people cannot find good jobs, and face the frightening prospect of not being able to provide for themselves and their families... (Full Article)
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wave Broadband |
| Just read your article on Wave Cable. This company had very little thought in user interface with its so-called web site. This is a far cry from the ease at which one could administer their account on Charter’s website. The company rolled out a product that was at best in a beta format. Numerous other users that I have spoken with have the same sentiment as I... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Home & Garden show |
| The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the more than 60 exhibitors and 1,200-plus people who attended the inaugural Home & Garden Show at Woodward Middle School March 20... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Class Warfare |
| Like a broken record we hear it from the Democrat candidates every election over and over and over, “The rich, the wealthy, the rich, the wealthy” ad nauseam... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Monorail |
I saw where Bremerton City Councilman Mike Shepard proposed buying Seattle’s World Fair monorail and moving it to downtown Bremerton.
What great sense it makes to spend the taxpayers hard-earned dollars on a 42 year-old piece of equipment that’s prone to breakdown, made by a company no longer in business, for which repair parts are hard to come by and probably need to be custom-machined... (Full Article)
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POLITICS
Just how phony is John Kerry really?
By Adele Fergusen |
| Want one more example of John Kerry the phony? Remember that speech he made to Congress as a returned Vietnam War hero in 1971, when he slammed his fellow vets as sadistic killers, and became the hero of the antiwar movement... (Full Article) |
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Fueling the Kitsap County
small business economy
By Commissioner Patty Lent |
| The International Speedway Corporation (ISC), in association with NASCAR recently, extended a special invitation to a group of Washington officials to attend the popular Daytona 500 race. Because Kitsap County is one of several locations being considered by ISC as a location for a future motorsports center, I, at my own expense, attended the famed race to see what the buzz was all about... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tort Reform |
| It continues to surprise me that my dedicated and intelligent friends in the medical community are being used as pawns for the insurance companies and the Republican Party. For example, a recent letter by Dr. Richard Amber states that carefully researched studies have shown that a $250,000 cap on damages will make a substantial difference in malpractice premiums... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tort Reform |
It’s nice to know that somewhere there is a legislature that isn’t owned by the trial lawyers.
I am saddened that Representative Pat Lantz has been unable to do her job as chair to move legislation forward that will end the financial screwing businesses, governments, and professionals must endure to feed the out of control trial lawyer bar in this state... (Full Article)
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tort Reform |
Your last editorial is absolutely one of your best pieces of work — it sounds just like the scammers we have in Arizona.
Representative Lantz is obviously another self-serving politician who is only interested in her ilk and their money grubbing agenda. You should be given an award for keeping her feet to the fire and not being caught up in the typical “liberal” crap to keep the public looking the other way while she works her slight of hand over there... (Full Article)
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Permit Clarification |
| My good friend, Jim Kendall, made a respectable and appreciated effort in the March edition at addressing the rather confusing issue of when electrical work permits are required and who is authorized to perform specific electrical work in both commercial and residential applications... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tolls |
I saw an interesting story this past weekend on King 5’s “Up Front” with Robert Mak on replacing the $4 Billion Alaska Way Viaduct in Seattle. Here’s how the Seattle insiders say they will pay for it;
Nick Licata, Seattle Councilman, says “Seattle taxpayers cannot bare the burden. We need the State to come in and help... (Full Article)
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POLITICS
Jennifer Dunn, Janet Jackson,
racial slurs and more
By Adele Fergusen |
| ITEM: U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-Bellevue, announces she will not run for re-election this year, after 14 years in Congress. She has remarried and aspires to making some big bucks in private industry. Washington Republican leaders fear losing her 8th district if the “wrong” Republican becomes their candidate... (Full Article) |
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QUESTIONS ON GMA: “Here’s the Beef!”
By Commissioner Jan Angel |
| Washington State has failed to live up to several of its own growth management goals, while imposing costly mandates on local counties and cities that bog down the planning process with complex and frequently conflicting regulations... (Full Article) |
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Jennifer Dunn has served with dignity,
class and a strong sense of duty
By Don C. Brunell, President
Association of Washington Business |
| The same weekend the “classless” Super Bowl halftime show aired, one of Congress’ classiest members announced she is retiring from the House of Representatives at the end of this year... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lantz Responds |
Lary Coppola has made it perfectly clear that when it comes to Tort Reform, his objective requires no objectivity.
Debating an issue requires more than offering your own opinion — it is a two-way street requiring the exchange of ideas. Contrary to his previous statements, I, in fact, led the public debate on this issue last year by calling for an exceptional three-hour hearing on ESSB 5728... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tort Reform |
| I have been reading up on the issue of Tort Reform and found a quote (can’t remember where) showing the aggregate cost of medical related claims to the insurance companies. The information claimed that the impact of these claims on insurance rates was not significant... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tort Reform |
| I don’t believe Mr. Coppola is being at all “combative” about Tort Reform as Stare Representative Pat Lantz has alleged. What he’s done is point out the fact that Rep. Lantz has betrayed the trust of every citizen in the State of Washington by not letting this issue reach the House floor for debate... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Commissioner’s Retreat |
| Common sense should tell us that we haven’t and don’t need all the “sensitivity type” stuff we have had pushed on us all since the 50’s. I have observed enough of them thru the years to know... (Full Article) |
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POLITICS
Is the Cajun primary the best solution?
By Adele Fergusen |
How come now, I asked Olympia lawyer Jim Johnson, you’re hot for the Cajun primary to replace our blanket primary, when only months ago you were against it?
Johnson represents the Washington State Grange, which ran the initiative that established our blanket primary in 1935 and, now that it has been declared unconstitutional, has filed an initiative for an alternative... (Full Article)
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tort Reform |
| I was disappointed with Bill Broughton’s counter-point article in the January KPBJ. Several months ago I replied to Michael Koch’s statements regarding the liability cost crisis and I had hope that Bill Broughton’s article would shed some new light on the issue from the point of view of the plaintiff’s bar. However, his statements are the same misleading, and in some cases, absolutely false arguments that have been around for years... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Impact Fees |
| Many words have been written recently concerning impact fees and school funding. We would like to express our views on several key issues... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Impact Fees |
| I attended the Impact Fee hearing where the issue was decided and frankly was stunned at the number of educators all whining how the sky was going to fall if the increase didn’t pass... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
NK Schools |
There they go again! Promising one thing and giving us another.
On March 13, 2001 the citizens of North Kitsap voted to fund a bond for a new high school in Kingston to the tune of 61 million dollars... (Full Article)
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Thanks |
| As we close Christmas Angel 2003, I must pause to thank United Moving and Storage in Bremerton, for the tremendous support the company has given our program throughout the years... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hotel Motel Tax |
Great article about the funding issue surrounding the Hotel/Motel Tax going to the Admiral Theater vs. VCB. The VCB needs some serious house cleaning of staff, and policy changes at the top.
Keep hammering them.
Marcus Hoffman
Silverdale
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POLITICS
Will the ferry unions ever “get it?”
By Adele Fergusen |
| I still say that one of the reasons Boeing flew the coop to Chicago was that it was sick and tired of negotiating with surly and disrespectful union bosses. Every time there was a contract on the table, it seemed, the negotiators for the union were shooting their mouths off to the media about what they would or would not accept... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Politics and Revenge |
| What is wrong on Bainbridge is “Politics.” Sure, people use political maneuvers to get elected, but once elected; they have a responsibility do the actual business of the City in a fair, just and legal manner. That is not happening and the resulting turmoil has created an atmosphere of which none of us proud or comfortable... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bureaucrats |
| I was recently listening to a report that was being presented to a national audience by Ms. Jerry Ellis from Washington State on how to implement Public Private Initiative Programs across the United States. The one part of her presentation that caught my ear specifically was how to get around public opposition. Here’s what she advised... (Full Article) |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tunnel |
| A tunnel to divert Bremerton ferry traffic makes sense when you look at a futuristic picture of the downtown core as a pedestrian plaza. I envision dense towering commercial buildings bordered by a vast shoreline of condominiums and cozy mixed-use neighborhoods and parks. This scenario doesn’t sit well with a thoroughfare running through the middle so people can transport themselves from Seattle to Silverdale... (Full Article) |
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