As it should be, the Kitsap County budget is a major topic in the campaigns of candidates for county commissioner….
The Kitsap County commissioners face a daunting task in drafting the budget for next year, since there is not yet a sign that revenues will increase significantly.
The board of trustees must decide before the end of this month whether to propose a property tax increase for the Kitsap County Rural Library District.
A fortunate coincidence presents voters an opportunity to consider what positions on some local issues will be taken by the incumbent legislators and the contenders for their seats.
The Kitsap County commissioners have begun considering the legislative proposals they intend to push during the next legislative session.
It’s the beginning of budget-writing time again — you can tell by the reports of dire circumstances faced by cities…
By November we might find out whether a majority of voters believe we are taxed enough already.
People who receive compensation from government revenues have begun to make it clear that Democratic Party politicians must go along…
Just when it seemed that the issues involved in a Kitsap County Rural Library District property tax lid lift were…
Suppose a school district board of directors considered a new policy that would discriminate against children residing in the district…
The recession may be over already, but economic growth may not accelerate enough to make it obvious for quite a while.
The National Bureau of Economic Research is generally accepted as the authority in determining when a recession begins and ends — and they aren’t yet ready to say when or whether this recession has ended.
So far, the Kitsap County Rural Library District board of trustees is approaching the idea of a property tax lid lift in a way that may make it practical for voters to decide rationally whether to approve or reject a tax increase.
If Port Orchard is to be annexed into the Kitsap County Rural Library District, the city council needs to make…
If it’s so hard to bring spending into line with revenues when one political party controls the executive and legislative…
Forming a regional fire protection service authority to consolidate Bremerton’s fire department and South Kitsap’s fire district may seem like…
People living within the South Kitsap Fire and Rescue district have an opportunity to learn from the experiences of others,…
