Thanks to the members of the City Council – Tina Burdell, Bill Boyce, Jim Berrios, Dennis Higgins and Brenda Fincher – for voting down the… Continue reading
Dennis Doucette may not be familiar with the term “racist” but he sure knows what a bigot is. I’m as far left as you can… Continue reading
Yippie! Kent is going to get rid of that beautiful open space known as the par 3 golf course and replace it with “500” apartments.… Continue reading
In response to Jerry Cornfield’s column (“Battle brews over Planned Parenthood practices, issues”, Reporter, Jan. 6): I would note that the Senate Judiciary Committee has… Continue reading
Is it time to get someone on the City Council the likes of Kshama Sawant with a Socialist Alternative perspective? The recent unanimous votes and… Continue reading
I was privileged to meet Marvin Ekfeldt on Christmas Eve while visiting my mother. His “Let’s end hatred, mistreatment of others” in “My Turn” (Kent… Continue reading
This is infuriating. Our taxes don’t just go up by $35 a year. It ends up costing us hundreds of dollars a year, going up… Continue reading
One of the few truthful statements Donald Trump made during the presidential campaign was, “The election is rigged.” Boy, was he right – but not… Continue reading
A recent letter writer asked Trump supporters for assurances we won’t support the president-elect’s racist policies. When conservative voters supported enforcing our immigration laws as… Continue reading
Thank you for covering and reporting on the City Council’s last meeting on Dec. 13 regarding the funding for parks. I would like to commend… Continue reading
We would like to humbly thank the community and all the participants who donated to, and supported the sixth annual Kent Turkey Challenge. Thank you… Continue reading
I offer my full-throated support for the 2016 school construction bond.
With the election fast approaching and ST3 on the ballot, it would be nice to see a local analysis of the ST3 initiative as it applies to Southeast King County residents, particularly East Hill, but the entire Kent/Auburn/Maple Valley area would be sufficient.
Having seen several articles recently on Sound Transit, I'd like to offer my experience with it.
As a state with three national parks of our own here in Washington, many of us are lucky enough to have personal connections with the National Parks Service, whether it be family trips to the Cascades or hikes up Mount Rainier.
I believe the headline ("City tax revenues up, expenses down in 2016") in last week's paper was mistakenly misleading.
The Kent City Council continues to surprise me with their incompetence.
In response to the letter to the Editor published on July 8 and written by Aaron Tam:
On Aug. 19, the Reporter published a letter from P. Larson criticizing Congressman Dave Reichert over Zika funding. Unfortunately for P. the facts do not back up that claim.
Aegis of Kent welcomed members of the Kent fire and police departments to our assisted living community for a thank you barbecue last Sunday.
