I am writing to urge readers to vote for Kevin Haistings this November.
Drugs are easily available to teens.
State Rep. Roger Goodman recognizes this danger and has the innovation to think outside the box and look for solutions.
In a recent letter to the editor, a mother in Sammamish asserts that Kevin Haistings “believes that the legislature needs to look into vouchers, tax credits, and charter schools . . .”
Is she suggesting that Mr. Haistings would not only raise taxes in order to give to the rich but take much needed funding away from public education which serves all children? That would be morally wrong.
I recently saw 45th District Sen. Eric Oemig’s attack ad about candidate Andy Hill.
I must state here that I have personally known Andy and his family for several years. Andy has served his community as a parent volunteer for our school’s PTSA. He’s been a soccer coach for years in his community.
Senator Eric Oemig claims he represents the 45th legislative district’s values but he has spent four years wasting his time and our money attempting to impeach former president Bush and former vice president Cheney, unsuccessfully trying to tax a coal plant in Centralia and making it easier for felons to vote.
Our legislature needs to stop looking for quick fixes to our state’s economic problems and focus on ensuring success for the long term. We need to elect leaders who hold an unwavering commitment to a balanced budget and to our state’s education system.
I met Kevin Haistings a few years back and I am very glad that he decided to run for the State House.
Lake Washington School District (LWSD) has started a public forum for discussing how to handle overcrowding in our schools.
Before we moved to Redmond, my family lived in a number of states due to military duty. Colorado Springs used a year-round school schedule to reduce overcrowding in its schools. In a nutshell, our school facilities sit idle for approximately 12 weeks during the summer break. Year-round scheduling utilizes that 12-week break by implementing multi-track schedules. So the facility can work year round, and handle an increase in student throughput.
I was so disheartened to see yet another political attack ad on the TV recently.
This ad attacked Andy Hill, who is running for State Senate in the 45th legislative district.
In the past few terms, Washington state’s leadership has shown a lack of fiscal responsibility. We need new energy and talent in the legislative system that isn’t embedded in partisan politics.
Gregg Bennett is not a career politician; he is an upstanding member of the community who has made a living helping businesses become more profitable by remaining keenly focused on fiscal responsibility. It is experience that our state desperately needs.
As my two children grow up and go through the Lake Washington School District in Sammamish, I get more troubled by the day. In junior high, everything is done on computers, textbooks are now obsolete and Internet programs grade homework.
Why do career politicians think that the voters buy negative advertising?
Recently I saw a TV spot that attacked Andy Hill for being a “politician” that has a hidden agenda that can’t be trusted. Andy Hill is a first-time candidate for State Senate in the 45th district. He doesn’t hide his agenda. He’s all about creating jobs, getting the spending under control and fixing our schools.
In his mailings, Sen. Rodney Tom likes to talk about how he has fought against raising taxes. What he doesn’t like to talk about is his role in making higher taxes both easier and necessary.
As a resident of the 45th Legislative District, one of my current representatives is Roger Goodman.
I just received a campaign mailer from him in which it states that he “voted to cut more than $3.5 billion to help balance the budget and opposed all sales tax increases.”
I’m convinced — if it has to happen — the best place in Western Washington to have your car quit on you is in front of Aegis Living in Redmond.
Been there, done that.
I take exception to your editorial cartoon in the Aug. 13 edition portraying a gloating Gov. Christine Gregoire in a carriage consisting apparently of ill-gotten taxpayers’ money.
Jay Inslee does not “represent,” he tells you what he has decided. Is that who you want voting on your behalf?
This became clear to us when we attended his recent town hall meeting.
I must correct those who contributed to the article about the sales tax increase on the November ballot.
Those who wrote the article are clearly in favor of transferring money from our family budgets to the county and city budgets. Government cannot “raise” new revenue except through higher taxation. King County Councilmember Lambert is listening carefully to her constituents and hearing correctly that they do not want to give any more money to support an already obese government.
I have a suggestion for your crime prevention section of the Reporter.
This is an old scam but it would be good to remind people to not fall for this crime. In the last two weeks, I have had two separate instances at my home of door-to-door solicitation.
If you’ve been through the Red-Wood Road-Northeast 90th Street intersection lately, you’ve seen the steel going up for the new Evergreen Medical Clinic in Bella Bottega.