The Bellevue Downtown Livability Advisory Committee voted on June 18 to recommend increasing building heights in nearly the entire downtown Bellevue district. The quality of life will suffer for the undesired changes.
At Energize Eastside meetings, Bellevue residents have repeatedly requested that PSE submit one-line diagrams, various load flows and at least some results from their analysis of the system’s need for upgrading. Otherwise we cannot verify how much this encroaching and expensive project is truly needed.
PSE’s Energize Eastside Community Advisory Group (CAG) process is deeply flawed and does not represent the preferences of the neighborhoods.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that corporations have the same rights as individuals. However, when it comes to benefits, we individuals are given the shaft.
The problems in the VA are just the tip of the iceberg in governmental agencies. All cabinet appointees are temporary, at the pleasure of the president. Career employees are there forever. It is nearly impossible to fire career employees, due to the union and protective regulations.
I’m not sure it’s possible for most of us to conceive of the magnitude of what we are facing in the reality of Puget Sound Energy’s, “Energize Eastside” project.
The Water for the World Act (HR 2901) is on its way to being voted on in Congress. Clean water is an expectation for us, and by simply calling Congress, we can make it a reality for others as well.
It is very disappointing to see politicking that we are paying for at the Bellevue City Council meetings.
The Obama administration reminds me of a pinball. It keeps ricocheting from scandal to scandal.
Prince William was spotted on an airplane, sitting in coach class, on his way back to England from Tennessee. The Queen says all royalty pay their own airfare — probably the reason he was sitting in coach.
With gas prices at $3.75 a gallon, the cost of filling up a tank of gas ranges from $63.75 for a Toyota Corolla (gas tank capacity 17 gallons) to $116.25 for a Chevy Suburban (tank capacity of 31 gallons).
Pat Cashman’s column, “Times – and names – are changing,” is an interesting write-up that brings back past memories.
Mainstream reporters try to justify the President Obama’s late, inadequate response (at Oso). He he responds with action much better to worldwide events than to issues within the US.
I am very uneasy about the prospect of huge power lines that Puget Sound Energy proposes to bring to my neighborhood.
If light rail had not been built, there would be plenty of transportation funds for buses.
I’ve come to expect your paper to be out of step with democratic voices in this county, but Craig Groshart’s recent editorial on Rodney Tom cannot go unchallenged.
It has taken the best part of a year for the leadership in Bellevue City Hall to effectively not appoint a new city manager. It is the latest example of their inability to appoint senior management from outside of the city of Bellevue.
The Bellevue Reporter made a sound decision in supporting Proposition 1. This measure was unanimously passed by the King County Council. A total of 60 percent of the money raised by the ballot measure would be used to maintain bus service at current levels, while 40 percent would be used for road maintenance and safety improvements.
The March 21 edition has a political cartoon titled “Why the legislature can’t pass a transportation package….” This is so wrong-headed.
I see the Boo Birds are already out in force against Prop 1, including lots of visual pollution along our streets, your front page coverage of the Bellevue Chamber’s opposition (big surprise there), plus the nine column-inches and banner headline you gave them on your “Viewpoints” page to state their case.