Our tax bills won’t arrive until mid-February, but the effect of levies on local government revenues and the average impact…
If a candidate could spend 10 months campaigning for a seat in the state legislature, how would you as a…
Starting a new calendar year isn’t the same as starting over, but it does tend to make us ponder the…
There was a time when talking about the weather was safer than discussing politics, but the idea that man-made global…
Having raised property taxes in the recent past by more than 1 percent plus the amount generated by new construction,…
The surprising thing about a market-based economy is the extent to which new enterprises spring up even while the news…
Whether voters approve Initiative 1033 on Tuesday or not, voter control of city and county general fund revenue increases during…
If it’s true of some tasks that “too many cooks spoil the broth,” would it be true of efforts to…
Rather than having the public react once enough people realize what our elected representatives have in mind to do to…
The commissioners of the Port of Manchester may need to repair their relations with the voters and taxpayers of the…
A quarter of a century after it was nullified by state law, Kitsap County’s ordinance banning the carrying of firearms…
Between now and December, Kitsap County’s budget for 2010 will be drafted and then adopted in an environment that is…
If the economy begins growing again in the second half of this year, the latest tax-limiting initiative from Tim Eyman…
The Port of Bremerton commissioners must make realistic choices about spending public funds to spur economic development — especially the…
If it’s any consolation, this time all county taxpayers are in the same boat when it comes to paying the…
If Port Orchard is to thrive as a city, annexation of the commercial properties in the Bethel Corridor apparently has…
