The Sept. 30 Bellevue Reporter front-page article “Mayors, business leaders support ST3 in Bellevue” is a perfect example of what happens when a well-funded pro-light rail organization sponsors a press conference telling voters about ST3.
In the August primary, the Democratic candidate for state Senate, Lisa Wellman, won by about 400 votes. Are the 41st District voters starting to see through Sen. Steve Litzow’s viewpoints? He has been advertising himself as a magic unicorn — the mythical pro-choice Republican — but 98 percent of the time he voted the same as the most conservative Washington state senator.
Reaping Sound Transit 3’s benefits from an urn | Cartoon
Reaping Sound Transit 3’s benefits from an urn | Cartoon
The proposed Fire Station 10 site selection process was obviously flawed for several reasons and the Bellevue City Council should allow the selection report to be reviewed prior to making a final decision. Issues include environmental, traffic, ignorance about bridges and a profound disregard for community outreach.
The Bellevue, Redmond and Issaquah City Councils recently passed resolutions in support of regional Proposition 1, the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure.
It’s outlandish that a progressive and prosperous region like ours is gridlocked for half the working day.
In our last election, he touted himself to be “the education candidate,” but is 41st District Republican state Sen. Steve Litzow really good for public education?
Before people were even elected to the Bellevue City Council, ghosts with vested interests to make money on the biggest expenditure of light rail ever attempted in our state, were spending money to load the people who would carry the votes that would allow big spooks like contractors, corporations, unions, polling and media rake in the tickets.
This year, with such unpopular candidates for president of the United States, many people may like to know that there’s a viable third option. The presidential debates offer a platform from which those other voices can and should be heard.
Climate change was one of the topics covered by a panel of Eastside mayors at the Sept. 9 Leadership Eastside meeting. The Bellevue Reporter article “Eastside mayors discuss challenges, opportunities” (Sept. 16 issue) states that many of the mayors were proudest of their efforts to curb the impact of climate change.
I have long lamented what appears to be the exclusive rights held by Comcast in Bellevue. Back when Verizon was pushing Fios, we bought in, then it seemed Verizon found they couldn’t provide TV in town and sold their interests and holdings here to Frontier.
One thing I would like to see: if a person who has been granted U.S. citizenship and then turns on his adopted country by becoming a terrorist, and if found guilty, should be stripped of his U.S. citizenship and deported to his country of origin.
On a recent Saturday at 5 p.m. a King County employee turned up at my door to check the number of cats we have. This is apparently part of King County’s “community outreach” effort.
Every great literary work started with an interesting idea.
Washington state is experiencing an age wave. People are living longer, particularly those aged 85 and older. In 25 years or less adults aged 60 and older are expected to make up 25 percent of the King County population. As a volunteer with organizations that serve older adults, I believe our legislators need to effectively address this demographic shift.
This is in response to the letters from the two gentlemen regarding the misuse and perceived “true class” actions from the Seahawks players and organization.
I wish to express my concern that PSE is holding private meetings with individual Eastside homeowners about details of Energize Eastside siting prior to receiving approval from the city of Bellevue over even choosing a route. This represents an unfair and bad-faith attempt to short-circuit and bypass required city environmental and permitting process.
I agree with Jennille Jankauskas’ letter that 120 days is a shamefully ludicrous sentence for the man who ran the brothel in Bellevue. His crimes amount to accessory to kidnapping and human sex trafficking.
The Reporter’s recent article about the new Fire Station 10 may have left the impression that the city of Bellevue and the Bellevue Fire Department were open and transparent about the selection process. Nothing could be further from the truth.