City Hall
Council’s painted into a corner
Re: “New city hall could be a lesson,” Herald, Nov. 1.
In the city’s ongoing struggle to find a way to finance the new city hall, I almost find myself with sneaking sympathy for its plight.
I am humbled and heartened by your vote. I believe it validated that I have been listening to you, and working for you.
Gene Bullock’s letter (“Fear tactics didn’t work,” Nov. 8) exemplifies how out of touch a person can be when it comes to evaluating the so-called religious right. Being a Christian and supporting traditional values seems to initiate a plethora of objections. Listening to the pro-choice mantra, they claim to be fair and balanced. The problem is, if your choice is the sanctity of life the sanctimonious pro-choice supporters go berserk. Therefore you basically have no choice. Why doesn’t the left call their position exactly what it is: pro-abortion.
Scandia Creek
Who were those masked volunteers?
They came on a snowy cold April Saturday and descended on the beach at the mouth of Scandia Creek. There must have been 30 or more dedicated volunteers.
All day long we watched them pull up and remove the ugly rebar that has scarred the inlet for many years. In mid-October the job was finally finished and they silently left us, as they came, with a cleaner and more beautiful creek.
I believe the election results were a repudiation of mean-spirited bigotry repackaged as “religious values.”
Barack Obama
I want to say thanks to all the Republican sign wavers who were out in the rain last Saturday at the corner of Ridgetop Boulevard and Silverdale Way.
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NK community pool
Pool coordinator welcomes all
As the new coordinator of the North Kitsap community swimming Pool, I would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming support of our pool. Having only been here a few weeks, I’ve felt nothing but acceptance and warmth from this community and none more so than from the pool patrons. You should also know that there is an outstanding staff of lifeguards and water safety instructors at our pool – they are exceptionally well trained and positive people who work well together to make our pool safe and fun to visit.
Albert Einstein once said insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I’ve lived here for more than 14 years. I am amazed each election cycle to see the same Democrats re-elected after everyone I hear from complain about all of the additional taxes and spending the taxpayers here have shouldered as a result of the policies of the very same Democrats.
I’d like to express my opinion of the political mailers Charlie Bermant reported on in his Oct. 25 article, “Abel,…
When you’re 30 years old, feeling young and virile, it’s easy to feel offended that someone would seriously consider their…
Governments in Bainbridge, Kitsap and Olympia are in varying degrees of meltdown and befuddlement. Truth be told, our 23rd Legislative delegation of Appleton, Rolfes and Rockefeller chart toward more abysmal finances and clouded vision.
Rossi isn’t as stupid as Bush, he is, however, a Bush-style economic conservative who would rather see bridges fall into the river than know he has paid $1 more for maintenance. These guys’ economic policies are scary. By contrast, having spoken with Gov. Gregoire at Legislative Days, I found her very impressive. Sure the economy isn’t impressive, but when you realize the other Washington has led us into the toilet, I am so thankful that we had Gregoire as a governor.
The Kitsap commissioner’s race for District 2 parallels state and national GOP for dirty tricks. For Republicans, these races are about power and promoting Republican ideology.
Reader feedback
Jack Hamilton’s Sound-Off (“The end is not near (except for some government officials), Oct. 4) was more off the mark than soundly on it. If nothing else, Mr. Hamilton showed once again that ideology is an inadequate substitute for what was once described as profound knowledge.
Walt Washington is our county auditor and he has been endorsed by retired auditor Karen Flynn. As a mater of fact, Flynn would not have retired when she did if Washington wasn’t perfectly capable of doing the job in a trustworthy, efficient and transparent as well as non-partisan way, with the highest possible ethical standards.
