“War rages on tobacco? in your Dec. 8 issue urges parents to be aware of various forms of tobacco and to keep them away from their children. We could not agree more.
Start a year-round tradition. Support your hometown, the small business owner so they can keep their doors open.
Congratulations to the three new members of the Auburn City Council. The challenges we face as a city are enormous, and I wish you well.
Thank you Jeanne Herold for speaking up on this very subject (“All wet with high water bill,” Auburn Reporter, Dec. 2).
I just received my water bill for Oct. 21-Nov 20, and it was $95.39. There is no way that I used that much water. It certainly isn’t like I’ve been watering my lawn.
I just wanted to say a big thank you to Auburn’s Fred Meyer and its community partnership with our schools.
Auburn Tourism: For special events in the Auburn area, visit the website: www.auburntourism.com.
Campaign signs are a part of any election. However, campaign signs are not wanted after an election. We have all seen election signs here and there for an extended period of time post elections.
With school back in session, Washington school nurses have an important message for parents: if you haven’t had your preteens and teens vaccinated against meningococcal disease yet, the time to do so is now!
Unethical and immoral proposed budget cuts will affect many of Washington’s most vulnerable citizens. At the start of the legislature’s special session, Nov. 28, representatives will begin discussing the almost $2 billion budget deficit and DSHS’s 10-percent proposed budget reduction.
I just want to say that I took offense to the letter that Rich Wagner wrote, “Holman is right choice for Council” (Auburn Reporter, Nov. 4). It wasn’t so much that he’s for John Holman, but rather that he is so opposed to Virginia Haugen. Anyone reading the letter could see that.
As I was thumbing through the King County Official Local Voters’ Pamphlet, I found the City of Pacific section where Kevin Cline, candidate for Position No. 6, states: “A vote for Cline means a pro business, pro property rights Libertarian on the Pacific City Council.”
No one is better prepared than Wayne Osborne to become an Auburn City councilmember.
First of all, let me say that nobody asked me to write this letter. It is written because of my concerns, as a longtime Auburn City councilman who has been elected to the Council five consecutive times, that voters may not be fully aware of the important differences between City Council candidates Virginia Haugen and John Hayes Holman.
I have lived in Auburn for more than 30 years and worked here for 23 years. Back in the ’70s and ’80s it was a lovely, bright, thriving community. With lots of businesses on Main Street and elsewhere with friendly people working in them. We had a choice of more then one jewelry store and clothing store. We had JC Penney’s, Rottles, Kaspers; Weese’s Jewelry, a drug store, a dime store, restaurants, taverns, several car dealerships, just to name a few.
I urge voters to support Anne Baunach for Position 4 on the Auburn School Board because providing excellent education for our children is truly Anne’s passion. She has put this passion into action over the past 15 years through her leadership, work and volunteer activities in our community.
Ryan Anderson is a candidate for the Auburn School Board. I have worked with Ryan on the Auburn Citizens for Schools Committee for six years. He has been chairman of the committee for several years.
In regards to the letter from David Hines (“Time for new ideas on City Council,” Auburn Reporter, Oct. 21), Mr. Hines felt John Hayes Holman and Wayne Osborne presented well-thought-out ideas and plans at the debate for the City of Auburn. He felt Virginia Haugen and Frank Lonergan were dour, negative, taking cheap, unwarranted shots at the Auburn Police Department.
We are lucky to have Largo Wales running unopposed for City Council Position 1. She has the energy and fire in her belly to be a huge addition.
I am very familiar with the politics going on at our City Council meetings with Mayor Pete Lewis and Frank Lonergan and Virginia Haugen. It seems Lewis has accused them of being too negative. But the fact remains, that if Pete would give them some positive outlook on the economy as it stands in Auburn, they would have a more positive attitude toward him.
