The Black Diamond Community Center celebrates success of the Harvest Moon Auction that was held Nov. 3, at the Center in Black Diamond.
I want to thank all the great people from the Maple Valley Black Diamond Rotary that put in my new porch and cleaned my yard.
I wish to express my deepest gratitude to the citizens of Black Diamond who voted to keep our mayor and form of government.
The King County Council is reviewing the budget and may be considering not funding the King Conservation District (www.kcd.org).
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council (GMVUAC) held its regular monthly meeting Nov. 5.
While the recent business growth in Maple Valley has brought several positive assets to the community, an area of extreme concern is the amount of high-speed traffic using Southeast 280th Street, a roadway often used as a shortcut between Kent-Kangley and state Route169.
Under our current mayor-council form of government the greatest power is vested in the mayor. The council has little power other than to approve the budget.
There is no shame in not having a college degree – there are many paths to success in life. So it’s baffling that Brad Toft would feel compelled to claim he has college degrees he does not. These fabrications appeared on both his campaign website and on a press release sent directly from his email address.
Make a Difference Day on Saturday, Oct. 27, was the best ever.
Over the past few weeks I have read several misleading letters regarding November’s Proposition 1 to change our form of government in Black Diamond. Our City Council voted to place this issue on the ballot in response to citizens who are frustrated with the direction the city has taken over the past several years.
I have worked with Mark Mullet since he was elected to the Issaquah City Council in 2009. It really bothers me to see the stuff coming from independent groups saying that Mark Mullet supports raising taxes.
That is simply not true and is far from the truth.
When the recent mailing from the “Vote Yes on Prop 1” arrived, I was shocked at some of the claims it made – and it made me wonder, “Who’s behind the Yes campaign and is this true?”
Truth is not what the vote yes on Prop 1 group relies upon.
I don’t expect Republicans to fix them. I don’t expect Democrats to fix them. I expect people fed up with such loopholes who elect Democrats or Republicans to fix them.
I would like to address the recent rumor regarding the Black Diamond City Council allegedly considering sacrificing our city’s police department for the sake of tightening the city budget.
This coming election is very important to our state and nation. Locally, we need to send a new representative to Olympia.
When I moved to Maple Valley three years ago, I felt lost. I had lived in the same town my whole life, now to be uprooted due to my parents’ divorce, and plunked down in what felt to be the end of the earth. How could I find a niche in this place?
In these days of poor leadership by some elected leaders, we are very fortunate to have Pat Sullivan in the Legislature representing those of us in the 47th District.
Imagine…a school in your neighborhood that you have no control over. Your school board has no jurisdiction over it. And if you want to complain, you have to query a Committee in Olympia.
Election time. This year, Black Diamond voters have a decision to make regarding the form of government for their town. Prop. 1 asks whether Black Diamond should switch from a Mayor-Council to a Council-Manager form of government. I am voting No on Prop. 1.
