The article that ran a few weeks ago in the Kent Reporter entitled, "City Council committee to study fireworks ban," indicates there remains much to be desired regarding Kent's approach to this issue.
Sometimes my epiphanies amaze even me. I am reading that the ShoWare Center is losing money faster than national Democrats are losing elected offices and that the pricey new police station for Kent is too costly for voters.
Proposition A failed. No one in Kent wants our police force to have substandard facilities, equipment and training. What we do want is political leadership.
While I don't know the actual number of articles, I'd guess that the most talked about subject on the Kent Reporter front page over the last year has been the "Great ShoWare Center Disappearing Cash Act" performed by the political magicians on our City Council.
The Kent School District trains its teachers through several means, but the most controversial right now is during instructional days. This means taking the teacher away from the classroom and providing a substitute. Or it should.
Moody's downgraded the city of Kent twice – sending the clear message that Kent City Hall has not managed the city's finances in a responsible way.
Could you survive on $9.47 an hour? That's next year's state minimum wage.
I urge all Kent residents to take a good look at Prop A. It is needed with the growth.
I urge voters to vote no on Proposition A – a new police station – for no other reason than we are not getting the service we are paying for now.
In "ShoWare's lofty losses," there are numbers thrown out in an attempt to justify positions on both sides.
I suggest the city of Kent remodel the current albatross, the ShoWare Center, and rename it the Kent Law Enforcement Center.
Garbage pickup service is for garbage, recycling and yard waste. It is not for street safety.
Twenty years ago, living in my home in Kent, I received my water bill bi-monthly, around $35.
In 2009, the city of Kent reported that on a daily basis over 11,500 cars travel the 256th Street corridor from just east of 104th Avenue Southeast to 116th Avenue Southeast.
Do we need ethical people in Olympia to represent us?
Alisa Luedtke's last name was misspelled in an Oct. 24 Kent Reporter story about new teachers at Kent-Meridian High School.
Three months after the disaster that was the Fourth of July and the City Council has still done nothing.
Reading about the saga of Kent and marijuana is like the joke about the man on his rooftop in a flood.
While Kent is struggling to find new revenue to cover its wishful spending, it refuses to allow pot sales in Kent.
We are told that the current administrative facilities for the Kent Police Department are inadequate.
