How can we as a people stand by and watch the Israeli stormtroopers bombard Gaza? How can we as citizens…
Gene Bullock calls the state’s $6 billion debts a simple shortfall. What would his creditors call it if it was his debt?
Some version of plan A is required … plan B is simply not viable and will be a destructive force negatively affecting Puget Sound growth and development.
The parking garage in downtown Port Orchard is a good idea. To put it underground with the new library on…
Reading the editorial pages of recent editions of the Port Orchard Independent, you’d think that tax hikes were on the…
I read with great interest the article in the Independent regarding the possibilities that would result from a failure of…
Wayne Senter, chief of South Kitsap Fire and Rescue, need not ask for more money at this difficult economic time….
What is going on in this state? Voters elect a tax-and-spend governor who has run up a projected debt of…
How should Washington state respond to illicit methamphetamine use (“We’re making progress, but meth still a scourge,” Dec. 13)? During…
In addressing the State Route 302 traffic problems, our legislators and the Washington State Department of Transportation can be thankful…
We certainly have had our weather over the past few weeks!
I join the community in extending our thanks to the state and county road crews for their tireless efforts in clearing and sanding our roads. It can be discouraging to work all night plowing snow off the roads only to have them covered up the next day, but unless you stay on top of it, the roads really become a mess.
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Reader feedback Writers facts are topsy-turvy In his Dec. 17 letter to the editor, Dean Jenniges turns the facts on…
City Hall
This is why all the fuss
In response to “Why all the fuss” with regard to the Poulsbo City Hall problems, Ms. Gearliach’s Aunt Muriel may appreciate another point of view. I was proud of the literally hundreds of Poulsbo residents that stepped forth to express their desire to have the hall located in the downtown area. For myself, the thought of doing another makeshift was just too gut wrenching. After so many years of doing that and with the need so great, I felt let’s start from scratch, let’s think ahead and let’s do whatever it takes to not have to do this again for at least another hundred years. Although I had nothing against the 10th Avenue location, it was pleasing to see the people come forward and express their desires.
I’m not in favor of putting a library on top of a parking garage, or on Prospect Street. There are…
I’ve been following the debate about the mayor’s salary and I feel I have to take issue with the letters…
Many thanks to the fine residents of the Forest Rock Hills neighborhood of Poulsbo who donated to the sixth annual food drive in support of Fishline food bank. We brought in a record 1,077 lbs. of donations just before the holiday season. Even in our time of economic uncertainty, these giving people contributed as never before.
City Hall
How much, exactly, is a study worth?
Have you ever wondered how much of your tax dollars the city of Poulsbo has spent on their studies? You could just about put a down payment on the city council’s new city hall.
I could never understand why the city has to have these studies done when in fact they have high rollers in key positions to make to make these studies.