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    Articles by Colleen Smidt
    Asking the question: Who’s your nanny?
    Asking the question: Who’s your nanny?
    By Colleen Smidt • November 15, 2014 8:00 am

    I do not support the recent decision on the panhandling, how it is being implemented and the silo mentality behind it.

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    Is this an end-run around the charter ?
    Is this an end-run around the charter ?
    By Colleen Smidt • November 5, 2014 6:21 pm

    Currently, Mayor Patty Lent is looking to make an end-run around the city charter by eliminating the budget for the city auditor position, thus eliminating the position itself.

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    He’s a true educator for the public
    He’s a true educator for the public
    By Colleen Smidt • October 29, 2014 5:59 pm

    The opportunity to serve on the Bremerton district’s finance committee when it came along, seemed like a natural choice to me as an available learning experience.

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    What message does a brewfest send?
    What message does a brewfest send?
    By Colleen Smidt • October 15, 2014 5:35 pm

    The undermining of the overall message that the organization sustains will garner significant damage

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    It’s the smart thing to do…chip me
    It’s the smart thing to do…chip me
    By Colleen Smidt • October 11, 2014 6:00 am

    When a retailer or institution is compromised the vicious time consuming job of protecting oneself falls to the individual consumer

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    There are monsters in our world
    There are monsters in our world
    By Colleen Smidt • October 1, 2014 7:45 pm

    These monsters are the worst kind of evil. They use their positions in their neighborhoods and their communities to be close to or gain individual access to their prey.

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    Developer deserves due process from city
    Developer deserves due process from city
    By Colleen Smidt • September 29, 2014 6:53 pm

    A Sept. 10 letter signed by Bremerton City Council President Greg Wheeler and Mayor Patty Lent was sent to developer Ron Ragge, manager of Gold Mountain Capital, LLC. The entire letter was comprised of only three sentences that pushed citizen opposition and city disinterest in supporting the development of a casino at a location on Callow Avenue.

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    Developer deserves due process from city
    Developer deserves due process from city
    By Colleen Smidt • September 25, 2014 7:34 pm

    A Sept. 10 letter signed by Bremerton City Council President Greg Wheeler and Mayor Patty Lent was sent to developer Ron Ragge, manager of Gold Mountain Capital, LLC. The entire letter was comprised of only three sentences that pushed citizen opposition and city disinterest in supporting the development of a casino at a location on Callow Avenue.

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    Our Washington State ‘Fairy’ System
    Our Washington State ‘Fairy’ System
    By Colleen Smidt • August 29, 2014 7:00 pm

    For the last decade the Washington State Ferry System has been presenting what has now been revealed as nothing more than a deliberately manufactured fantasy of an actual transportation service.

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    Which way is it to Bremerton?
    Which way is it to Bremerton?
    By Colleen Smidt • August 21, 2014 2:58 pm

    Visitors and those in town looking to conduct some business can and should be directed to services and or attractions that can be found throughout Bremerton.

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    Our friendly neighbors to the north
    Our friendly neighbors to the north
    By Colleen Smidt • August 14, 2014 2:22 pm

    Looking for international travel that is only a few hours away?

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    Report all crimes, large and small
    Report all crimes, large and small
    By Colleen Smidt • July 31, 2014 1:35 pm

    In the past month or so, the increasing number of small crimes occurring in my Union Hill neighborhood have been on a significant and personal rise.

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    Vote ‘yes’ for the Bremerton EMS levy
    Vote ‘yes’ for the Bremerton EMS levy
    By Colleen Smidt • July 26, 2014 2:00 pm

    Columnist Colleen Smidt offers her input on why she believes voters should renew the EMS levy.

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    Signs, signs, everywhere a sign
    Signs, signs, everywhere a sign
    By Colleen Smidt • July 16, 2014 7:18 pm

    In the past few weeks the flood of uniform, repetitive campaign signs cropping up in, around and on top of just about every available public right-of way-space.

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    Kicking back for Bremerton BrewFest
    Kicking back for Bremerton BrewFest
    By Colleen Smidt • July 10, 2014 1:39 pm

    Warm weather, award winning brews and a festive atmosphere in downtown Bremerton, combined with a few hundred of your friends, and it is a good time to be had by all.

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    Things to celebrate in our schools
    Things to celebrate in our schools
    By Colleen Smidt • July 3, 2014 1:22 pm

    Two news items about the Bremerton School District that were put out this week have me combining them into a single column.

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    Debating smoking in public parks
    Debating smoking in public parks
    By Colleen Smidt • June 26, 2014 2:00 pm

    One thing that is certain is that any governing or stewarding policy adopted in regards to smoking in public spaces will not make everyone happy.

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    This committee did it the right way
    This committee did it the right way
    By Colleen Smidt • June 19, 2014 1:43 pm

    There are typically two reasons as to why public committees are conveyed.

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    An evening with the BlueJackets
    An evening with the BlueJackets
    By Colleen Smidt • June 12, 2014 1:27 pm

    What makes a BlueJacket game a fun experience is the various forms of between-inning entertainment

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    Development bubble bursting?
    Development bubble bursting?
    By Colleen Smidt • June 5, 2014 1:07 pm

    For Bremerton, it is a major loss and possibly even the straw that breaks the ca

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