While I certainly can understand a previous Reporter letter writer’s passionate pleas for the passage of Initiative 594 from her perspective, she is sadly misinformed or indifferent to what the 18-page initiative actually says.
This November, we have an opportunity to close the loophole that allows dangerous criminals to buy guns online or at a gun show without a background check by voting “yes” on Initiative 594.
As a candidate challenging for a seat in the State House of Representatives, I would like to take just a few moments of your time before ballots arrive and remind you how important this election cycle is to our community. Even with the vast amounts of media we consume each day, I realize that not everyone is tuned in to local politics. Equally, many are turned off by politics altogether.
I am the last original cashier at the Redmond Fred Meyer store, which opened in November 2002, and I’m moving to another location. I started working there two months before the store welcomed you folks in to shop. I am honored to have been instrumental in its birth, growth and development.
I am a mother of two high school students from Kirkland and founder of the Redmond-based Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy, our state’s leading autism outreach and advocacy organization.
On Sept. 30, about 25 residents from (mostly) the eastern end of the Bel-Red Corridor attended the first joint Bellevue/Redmond City Council meeting in seven years.
I’d like to go into the breeding and conservation of endangered species.
I write in response to letters that are coming in opposing Initiative 594, the measure that would require background checks on all gun purchases.
I noticed Diane Meehl’s letter concerning Initiative 594 in the Sept. 12 edition of the Redmond Reporter.
There have been several letters in the Redmond Reporter critical of the rechanneling of 166th Avenue Northeast. I, for one, very much like the change, for these reasons:
Supporters of I-594 will tell you that it is about background checks for gun sales. But the proposed law also criminalizes temporary “transfers,” such as when one friend offers to teach another how to safely handle a firearm at home. An exception was carved out specifically for such transfers at shooting ranges, but instruction is far easier when both of you are not wearing hearing protection and interrupted by loud noises every couple seconds.
The traffic redesign on 166th Avenue Northeast is no doubt the least thought out plan I have yet to see.
To Redmond Mayor Marchione, Redmond City Council and Public Works director:
I am sure you are aware of the fact that a Public Works construction project has caused a huge disruption to the community, particularly businesses, due to digging up critical fiber and copper data lines owned by Frontier Communications.
Last week, a new analysis of FBI data revealed that, over a 30-year span, 61 percent of the Washington law enforcement officers were murdered with guns sold to prohibited purchasers. As voters, we have the responsibility to do everything we can to protect the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect us.
Being a recent graduate from a local university has been a great accomplishment. I have made many memories in the 45th Legislative District, such as going to the Juanita Beach Farmers Market, the different festivals in Kirkland and the Woodinville Parade.
We are longtime Redmond residents and are asking you to consider voting for Joel Hussey as our state representative in the 45th Legislative District.
I am a resident of Redmond and have been since 1973. I have seen this go from a town to a city. I am disgusted with the City of Redmond Planning Commission. Even though I know there is change that will happen, I am not happy about…I can deal with it or move. I am back in my hometown because of personal reasons with my family. This most recent construction of the lanes for Education Hill are one word: absurd.
In Steve Jobs’ biography, his friends and co-workers claimed at times he suffered from reality distortion. Is our U.S. State Department suffering from this fractured image of reality or is it just propaganda that is shaped in the media and the institutions that share information to the American people?
I wanted to counter the falsely simplistic arguments that supporters of the gun-control initiative I-594 are stating.
So many of us feel powerless to affect change in the midst of turmoil at home and across the globe. But there is something we can do to save lives right here in Washington – vote “yes” on Initiative 594 this fall.