After reading about the ShoWare Center ("ShoWare's lofty losses create rift among leaders", Kent Reporter, Oct. 17), I hope this is the last time I see our elected leaders run down one of the most positive things in our city.
The departure of Edward Lee Vargas from the Kent School District presents one radical opportunity for the school board to address a very real problem.
The election side show is on us once again led by the two national parties, Republicans and Democrats.
According to local TV coverage, the city of Kent continues to subsidize the ShoWare Center to the tune of over $600,000 from the general fund. This has been on a continuing basis.
I find it ironic that the Kent Reporter's announcement that Kent School District Superintendent Ed Vargas is quitting his post is buried on page 8 in the Oct. 10 edition.
The Kent Downtown Partnership wants to thank the 400-plus people who attended our Kent Wine Walk on Sept. 19.
am writing to praise Congressman Dave Reichert for his contributions to the House of Representatives Task Force on Human Trafficking, which led to passing of his legislation to combat sex trafficking of foster children.
Comparing the facts of the ShoWare Center vs. the money being asked for the new public safety building, ShoWare was listed in 2008 at $68 million, $30 million was to come from the state, $38 million from the property owning taxpayer.
I spent 42 years in law enforcement; 15 of those years were as your police chief in Kent.
I think the upcoming bond measure that will ask the residents of Kent to support a new $34 million police station is not the proper solution.
Have you seen the signs around town urging us to vote favorably on Kent Proposition A? My husband and I own a home in Kent, and I've learned that if we vote yes, our taxes will increase.
Well, never let it be said that the City Council, combined with the Chamber of Commerce, can't get together and "put it to" the citizens of Kent.
Regarding the uproar over a comment made by City Councilman Les Thomas: Why can he not have an opinion and be free to state it? What is happening to the values and precepts our wonderful country was founded on ... like free speech?
I find that the Letter to the editor written by Sandra Gill and published in the Sept. 26 issue of the Kent Reporter ("What did Thomas say that was incorrect") was condescending and dismissive of the concerns of the black community in Kent.
I read the opinion letter, "What did Thomas say that was incorrect?," and was saddened that someone else shared my frustration with a race of people perceived to cry "foul" too often.
After reading Ms. Gill's letter, I am wondering if Ms. Gill and Mr. (Les) Thomas have missed the point on this situation.
When Kent set up the system of paying for garbage and not paying for yard waste or recycle service, I understood that all residences would pay. Not true.
We need to have quality and honest representation in Olympia.
A girl's first named was misidentified in the Kent Reporter's Sept. 26 story on "If You Build It, They Will Play," about the rebuilding of Green Tree Park.
The black community is (again) all in an uproar and indignant about what a white official had to say about a young black man. This seems to be a daily issue across the country.
