Are we in a state of polarized catastrophe where single-minded religious and ideological thinking dominates? Fear mongering propels religious fanatics…
Going in the heart of downtown Bellevue is imperative. Then, from the stop at the South Bellevue Park & Ride,…
The Bellevue City Council’s study request of the BNSF light rail alternative route by Sound Transit is an exercise in…
So the State Department of Transportation and a bunch of elected officials calling themselves an advisory committee think that charging we-the-people a toll to use one of the lanes on I-405 is a good idea. Their idea is that people should have to pay extra to ride in a lane where the traffic actually moves during rush hour.
I’ve been inundated with mailings and now phone calls to vote “yes” on the two upcoming school levies. I have…
Few would argue that the Bellevue schools don’t need the additional funds provided by local option levies. The question is…
Gresham, Oregon’s central business district lost the financial prosperity brought by light rail because the city council routed the tracks…
The Bellevue School District has the opportunity to significantly improve middle and high school math instruction, but without input from…
The King County Library System (KCLS) says that it needs additional funds to operate. Hmm, I would find it easier…
I live by Kelsey Creek Park – and am daily dismayed to see piles of unscooped dog poop. Some dog…
Paul Sutton’s letter typifies liberal “blame America first” attitudes by claiming we’re under attack because we don’t show sufficient “compassion…
I was heartened to hear Mayor Don Davidson honor Bellevue’s Lynn Johnson at Tuesday’s council meeting. Lynn died ahead of…
Sherwin Lee’s comments in the Jan. 20 issue (Council should listen to transit commuters) prompts these comments from a former…
In his Jan. 16 editorial (“Don’t give felons the right to vote”), Craig Groshart argues that allowing convicted felons to…
What a shock to go to Nature’s Pantry only to learn that it is closing. “Why?”, I asked. After all,…
With the selection of the East Link light rail alignment under consideration, a number of Bellevue’s councilmembers have been lauded…
I generally share Craig Groshart’s healthy skepticism of taxes (Editorial, Jan. 6), and I agree that the facts are critical to solving the budget problem. However, several relevant facts are missing from Craig’s analysis.
Most importantly, state workers are paid significantly less than the private sector. So it is generally true that state employees pay less for benefits than private sector workers, but that is (far) more than offset by lower salary. In fact, your state public servants are even paid less than other government sector workers (by as much as 30 percent compared to many federal and municipal workers).
On Monday Jan. 4, the Bellevue City Council elected Don Davidson the new Mayor of Bellevue and Conrad Lee as…
Where was John Carlson’s outrage in December 2001, when Richard “Shoe Bomber” Reid was “lawyered up” and placed “in civilian…
“I appreciated the Jan. 6 editorial against increasing state taxes to balance the budget, however I’m afraid that your perceptions…