LIKE IT IS
DISH FROM THE COMMISH
FOR SLIGHTLY WORSE
When many students graduate from high school, the vast majority of them have no foundation, much less a concept, of the basics behind buying a house, buying a car or even establishing credit.
If you read body language the way debate coaches do, one thing obvious at the debate between state Rep. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island, 41, and her Republican challenger Mark Lowe, 43, is that if you tied her hands together she couldn’t talk.
TORRENS TALK
They don’t want to cause a fuss or complain. And they certainly don’t want any attention at all. But they, a handful of nearly silent residents who live on Third Avenue, are getting the shaft.
Like It Is
If you read body language the way debate coaches do, one thing obvious at the debate between state Rep. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island, 41, and her Republican challenger Mark Lowe, 43, is that if you tied her hands together she couldn’t talk.
My parents grew up during the Great Depression, and the lessons from those tough times were etched in their minds.
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, South Kitsap Helpline director Jennifer Hardison thanks those who assist the food bank, but notes that with the current demand, more assistance is needed.
Once again, Kitsap County finds itself in the midst of a “budget crisis.”
Seems like just last November our commissioners were busy patting themselves on the back because they had a balanced budget.
Now, the truth be known, we discover what they gave us was just one more spending plan with spending limited to projected revenues.
The fundamental problem with the healthcare system in this country is the cost.
Bush cannot be gone soon enough. This country does not need anymore of his self-centered governance.
Cassie Holden would probably be a mother today with three or four kids in school, or maybe she’d be a teacher or a doctor.
Before we start jumping out of windows or forming bread lines over the current “down” economic news, it might be better to spend some time understanding how we got here and what fixes are available. To find the source of the problem, rather than the obvious symptoms, we need to work backwards.
Bush cannot be gone soon enough. This country does not need anymore of his self-centered governance.
At times like this, many of us begin to notice just how little we know about the inner workings of our nation’s economy.
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, Federal Way resident Angie Vogt argues the country and state’s current economic problems come down to the simple fact that people have forgotten how to live within their means.
Cassie Holden would probably be a mother today with three or four kids in school, or maybe she’d be a teacher or a doctor.
