Most of us have already voted by now but some readers have asked my opinions anyway, even if only out of curiosity, so I shall oblige as I do in most elections.
My, how times stay the same. I wrote the column below in the Dec. 16, 1998 Marysville Globe and Arlington Times. We now have different mayors, different City Councils, and the proposal for a college is revised to embrace a four-year, possibly residential, probably science-math-engineering-technology college. What is also different is that local folks are psyched about hosting what could become a world class Washington version of MIT.
by Don C. Brunell
by Billy Frank, Jr.
by Alex Epstein
by Don C. Brunell
by Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman
A 47-year old Sammamish woman was at her boyfriends house in Bremerton playing a video game when there was a knock on the door about 8 p.m.
The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so they may maintain control over the instruments they have created.
On Tuesday evening, after The Globe and The Times went to press, the Marysville City Council was slated to deal with the issue of the illegal use of fireworks. The proposal this time was to make the illegal use of fireworks a civil matter, rather than criminal, to make it easier to enforce the law.
Labor Day weekend represents the final countdown of the summer season and it should be a time of fun and leisure but when drinking and driving are added to these festivities, fun in the sun can quickly turn to tragedy.
Ill believe the Legislature and Gov. Gregoire will restore Initiative 747s one percent cap on property tax collections when they actually do it, I told Tim Eyman.
by Lee Hamilton
