Opinion
Villeneuve | Let’s not celebrate Osama’s death or be afraid of reprisals
While it is unquestionably true that the world is a better place with one less mass murderer in…
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Editorial | Dispose of your prescription meds, help reduce abuse
Attention Redmond residents, there’s an easy and effective way for you to help reduce the rising epidemic of…
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Villeneuve | Why do people run red lights in the first place?
In all the debate I’ve witnessed so far over red-light cameras, the discussion seems to have centered around…
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Editorial | Microsoft Tag connects real world to the digital one
There’s some new technology from Microsoft that can connect content in newspapers, like the Redmond Reporter, to more…
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Guest column | Let’s not give red light cameras the green light
The red light cameras are installed, the strobes are flashing away, and tickets are being issued. We are…
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Villeneuve | Sound Transit pushes on, despite recession
On March 20, Sound Transit will officially inaugurate service at its new Mountlake Terrace highway station at 236th…
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Hey Traffic Guy | Safety tips to driving on snowy, icy roads
If we’ve learned one thing the last few months it's that drivers in this part of the country…
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Villeneuve | Looking ahead: What’s on the 2011, 2012 ballot
As activists and candidates are well aware, the moment one election cycle ends, another begins. Only a few…
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Editorial | Protect your right to know
State legislators are looking for ways to pare down a budget deficit projected to be $4.6 billion in…
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Villeneuve | Stop corporate exploitation of our tax code
At nearly every town hall, legislative action meeting, or budget question-and-answer session that I've been to in the…
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Editorial | Don’t let state shirk its duty
They've barely finished counting the votes on I-1053 and already Gov. Chris Gregoire is trying to get out…
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Villeneuve | ‘Lame duck’ Congress turns into sprinting cheetah
Defying the conventional wisdom that they can’t accomplish anything significant during the last few weeks of an even-numbered…
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Guest column | Time for change: City should allow backyard chickens
Recently our family joined more than 80 other citizens in attending “Livable Redmond,” an event held last month…
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Villeneuve | It’s time to rethink our view of taxes
Throughout these last few weeks of autumn, a debate has been raging over taxes at both the state…
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Villeneuve | Make the holidays a little greener
Every year, during the final weeks before January rolls around again, retailers and automakers go to great lengths…
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Villeneuve | Voters choose gridlock in 2010 midterms
Demonstrating their frustration with the slow pace of the economic recovery, voters across Washington State and America unwittingly…
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Editorial | Expensive campaigns derail democracy
What do you call people who would spend $3.7 billion on an election? For half of them, the…
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Villeneuve | Don’t be swayed by the political attack ads on TV
The final hours of the 2010 midterms are upon us. As field teams rev up their get-out-the-vote efforts…
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Editorial | Vote ‘No’ against state income tax
One of the most important decisions voters will make in November is whether or not to establish a…
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Stop the greed: Vote no on corporate initiatives
This autumn, Washington voters are facing what seems like a record number of initiatives. Five of these measures…