Opinion
In our opinion: Tax time could be worse
While filling out your taxes this year, count yourself lucky. Yes, you may have to write a check…
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Everything Bremerton: Greetings from Florida
I’m on vacation. In fact by the time this column runs, I will have already been on vacation…
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Is the federal budget a moral document? | As It Turns Out | April
Nobody wants to talk about the federal budget, that could be how we got into this mess in…
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Cultural identity and navigating life’s stormy waters | Editor’s Notebook
In a canoe, out on the ancestral waters, everyone has to do his or her part. You have…
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Reason to be prepared, and to give | Editorial
As the Japan quake and tsunami have shown, we on the Pacific Rim are united as much by…
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Annexation can’t always be done alone
Perhaps the decision of the boundary review board on the proposed “McCormick East” annexation can help Kitsap County…
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Future generations are counting on us | Being Frank
Step by step we are working to restore the health of Puget Sound, the rivers and our Pacific…
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Police move to City Hall is a good decision | Editorial
As this editorial was written, Mayor Becky Erickson and Police Chief Dennis Swiney were finalizing a plan for…
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Everything Bremerton: Spring time is tax time
Tax day, April 15, is fast approaching. This year the deadline has actually been officially extended by the…
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In our opinion: Give
It may seem callous to ask yourself whether donating to relief missions in Japan is the best use…
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Can urban development allow lower taxes?
Annexing urban growth areas into cities could be one objective of planning, but planning alone won’t get it…
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State has hard choices to make about ferries
The numbers we’re hearing from Olympia with respect to the region’s ferry service are as confusing as they…
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In our opinion: There should be blood
When talking to those who, as a matter of their daily lives, donate blood, it’s funny how often…
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Everything Bremerton: Size matters (and not just when it comes to fish statues)
Very recently the proposal to reduce and redraw Bremerton City Council districts down to seven was reintroduced. It…
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In our opinion: B&O and shrinkage
After scaling it back and providing exemptions, the Bremerton City Council is considering the elimination of a tax…
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AARP tax-help story deserved bigger play | Editor’s Notebook
The caller didn’t leave her name. What she did leave was a well-deserved verbal bashing. The caller’s irritation:…
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SoundRunner is a good investment | Editorial
The SoundRunner passenger ferry is a good investment in alternative transportation and in the economic development of Kingston…