Dear fellow Americans, we can do much better!
I am writing this on the day after Massachusetts residents used their God given rights as articulated in our Constitution to exercise their sovereignty in this country, to make their wishes known to our representative government. A main issue, of course, was health care.
As friends and patrons of the Black Diamond Library, we had to wait for more than a decade for a new library to be built in Black Diamond. Now that our community has enjoyed the benefits of our new library for more than a year, we do not wish to experience cuts in current library services or hours.
Free books, free movies, free music, free Internet, sounds great, oh, yeah, we already have it all at the library. The King County Library System is the third busiest library in the U.S. And who uses the library? Most of us do with almost 90 percent of King County Library System residents having a library card.
On Feb. 9 the Tahoma School District will put two levies up to a vote. These levies will no longer need a 60 percent approval to pass. The Legislature in Olympia changed the State law last year to allow school levies to pass with a simple majority. More yes votes equal pass; more no votes equal fail.
I don’t have children, but, at one time, I was one.
As an adult, I see and hear how parents, good and bad, treat children.
I know and knew then that nothing makes a greater difference in children’s lives than adults who teach them by example.
I’m not suggesting that Brandon is a bad parent, I don’t know him from Adam.
On Feb. 9 the Tahoma School District will put two levies up to a vote. These levies will no longer need a 60 percent approval to pass. The Legislature in Olympia changed the State law last year to allow school levies to pass with a simple majority. More yes votes equal pass; more no votes equal fail.
From a recent Covington City Council meeting I was disappointed to hear that, as a Transportation Benefit District, the council is considering levying a $20 licensing fee for every vehicle in Covington.
As we get closer to filling out our ballots for the February special election, here is a little insight into why it is practical to have a five person fire commission board for our fire district.
While serving three months filling in for a resigning commissioner, I was hard pressed to get the information and history from the other two commissioners because a meeting between two of us (constituting a quorum) to discuss district business ran the risk of violating the public meetings act under state law. It is incredibly difficult to study and discuss work that could be done as committee work when two of three members cannot meet.
I just thought I would spend a moment and comment about the article trying to encourage tax payers to support the school levy increase. You know, we never get enough of the liberal side of our newspapers constantly striving to become the hero of the average student or the parent or whatever, by always trying to get tax payers to spend more money on good things rather than the best things.
On Feb. 9 you will have the opportunity to provide support to our children and our school district. By voting YES for the educational programs and operations levy and the technology levy you will be voicing your belief that quality education and our children are valued.
As we enter the new year 2010, we will be faced with many new challenges, choices and decisions.
Maple Valley Food Bank and Emergency services staff and board of directors would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the countless individuals, businesses, organizations, clubs and churches who brought the magic of the holidays to local families this past season.
The Tahoma School District is running two levies – the educational programs and operations levy and the technology levy. The operations levy is very important to our community as it is 20 percent of the district’s operating budget and pays for numerous programs and essential needs in our school district. It helps fund busing students to school which the state does not fully fund, it provides before and after school learning opportunities for students in all grades, and provides supplies and curriculum materials for our schools.
As a parent in the Tahoma School District, I am asking fellow parents and community members to join me in voting YES for the continuation of two levies on the Feb. 9 ballot. Both of these measures are important in ensuring that our students continue to get the quality education they will need to be successful.
Welcome to the first meeting of the new City Council. Thank you for attending and witnessing your local government in action. Your participation is essential to good government.
On behalf of the city of Maple Valley, we wish to thank Anthony Pomata for his Dec. 11 Letter to the Editor commending the city and county for the prompt removal of the deer carcass on state Route 169.
In March 2009, Covington ran an article in The Reporter about the
“Benefits of Building Permits”. A later article identified a feature on their (city’s) Web site to report neighbors “building” anything so the city can ensure they have a building permit.
We just had our wrap up meeting of Maple Valley firefighters’ holiday engine event. Now I know that there is a lot of much deserved accolades going out under other notices; but as one of the back room elves, I thought that we would get a jump on Costco for Christmas 2010 and put up Santa’s Christmas wish list for next year to make it an even more successful event.
Why is it that I, a 15-year-old girl attending Tahoma High School, can go into the lunch room and get two slices of pizza, an Arizona tea and three cookies all for under $6, but I can’t go to the grocery store and get a healthy meal for even close to that.
We’re homeowners in the Maple Woods subdivision. About 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13th a silver SUV with a truck bed crashed into our garage – crushing the door and smashing into the back of my car that was parked in the garage.
