LIKE IT IS
Memo to local jurisdictions that have adopted — or plan on adopting — a critical areas ordinance (CAO) similar to King County’s: You will be sued, and you will lose.
In United Way’s 2006 Community Assessment survey we found that the top issues facing Kitsap County were mostly related to dental, medical and housing with drug abuse, after school activities and child care as somewhat important.
At the planning stage of an economic development project, the risk of financial loss as a result of less than the anticipated return requires an answer to a straightforward question: “What would we do then?”
Democrat Rep. Larry Seaquist of Gig Harbor decided to demonstrate at the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce’s “eggs and issues” forum that he was fit and sound despite having just reached his 70th birthday so said he’d take all his questions standing up.
In United Way’s 2006 Community Assessment survey we found that the top issues facing Kitsap County were mostly related to dental, medical and housing with drug abuse, after school activities and child care as somewhat important. As the economy began to wane in late 2007, the top issue by far on the minds of many changed to affordable housing with affordable medical care still the No. 2 issue and the price of gas and energy rapidly gaining speed as a concern.
You stab the large piece of romaine lettuce in your salad when a simple melody breaks through your quiet reverie.
Our local American Red Cross chapter marshals volunteers to respond to disasters, near and far.
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, Port Orchard resident Karl Duff, president of the Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners, argues that the Puget Sound Regional Council’s stated goals and the policies it would adopt to reach them contradict each other.
OMG, people.
This is the last chance for anyone to give feedback to the state Transportation Commission (TC) on how to fund ferries. After this, the ability to change the decisions will be extremely difficult. Do not let this last opportunity pass you by.
FAITHFUL LIVING
Sally Santana, religious leader and local writer, recently sent out a plea to as many of us as she could reach. She knew our local food bank cupboards are often bare. We were asked to spread the word to all local gardeners and community groups to grow fresh produce to donate to Kitsap’s food banks and soup kitchens.
2008 marked the first time in years the Board of County Commissioners balanced the budget without using reserves. We were able to achieve this accomplishment through a combination of cuts, which included reducing positions and working with our employees to freeze the increase of health care costs to our budget.
After a three year fight with her local union, Vancouver teacher Susan Wiggs is finally free to send her union dues to a charity that fights sex-trafficking.
Sally Santana, religious leader and local writer, recently sent out a plea to as many of us as she could reach. She knew our local food bank cupboards are often bare. We were asked to spread the word to all local gardeners and community groups to grow fresh produce to donate to Kitsap’s food banks and soup kitchens.
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