I recently saw a copy of a column from Mayor Pete Lewis updating the public on plans for economic developement in downtown Auburn. While I’m sure the Mayor and City Council are justifiably proud of current efforts there was an unfortunate reference that economic developement efforts from 1979 forward were “failurers … that led to a sense of loss for the next two decades.”
Demonstrating their frustration with the slow pace of the economic recovery, voters across Washington State and America unwittingly chose legislative gridlock on Tuesday by opting to punish the party currently in power and rewarding the party that caused the mess, guaranteeing both an ideological and a partisan showdown over the future direction of the country.
Bill Peloza is not a war hero in a wheelchair, just a task-mastering City Councilman, tireless volunteer and Navy veteran who proudly wears the white hat.
King County’s budget crisis is real. Property values are down, and people just aren’t making as many purchases, leading to reductions to the County’s property and sales tax revenues.
The final hours of the 2010 midterms are upon us. As field teams rev up their get-out-the-vote efforts for their candidates, operatives working for both sides have taken the air war in Washington State to new lows, particularly in the Senate contest, which pits Patty Murray against Dino Rossi.
Three times the voters have approved initiatives requiring either a two-thirds vote of the Legislature or a majority vote of the people to raise taxes. Three times. Yet Olympia took it away this year, despite overwhelming citizen opposition.
As expected, the election season continues to rear its ugly head, producing forgettable, mudslinging moments. Try Murray vs. Rossi, Reichert…
A number of issues merit clarification in the Oct. 8 Auburn Reporter article (“Mayor: Sound Transit reneges on promise to build second garage”) as well as the City of Auburn’s related news release.
By now, I am sure you have heard the weather forecast for fall and winter will be much different than last year.
What part of “no ” do some Olympia lawmakers not understand? Three times, in 1993, 1998 and 2007, the people of Washington passed a requirement saying, “Do not raise our taxes without a two-thirds vote in the legislature.” Each time lawmakers, chaffing under voter-imposed restraints, repealed or suspended the limitation. Conveniently – for them – lawmakers only need a majority vote to repeal the two-thirds vote requirement, and they did it again earlier this year.
Looking for a new challenge and a change of pace, Dr. John Keech discovered Auburn.
Four years ago, my wife and I visited friends at Vantage on the Columbia River. This was my first exposure to Eurasian water milfoil, an aquatic, plantlike weed that thrives in freshwater lakes, rivers and other water bodies.
A major employer in our region is making big changes in its benefits package. Boeing’s non-union workers are going to pay more for their health insurance. And it’s likely that union workers won’t be far behind.
In 1979, when I came to Auburn, there was an economic redevelopment effort under way in the downtown. I was very impressed because it seemed that all of the important people, the bankers and owners of the city, were working together.
The start of the school year is always an exciting time of renewal and opportunity.
As our nation marks five years since the Hurricane Katrina disaster, it is important that we look to see if our city and our nation are more prepared.
Vern Styles pushed aside his foamy beer for a moment to consider his reply.
I would like to respond to the letter written by Dan Shields (Auburn Reporter, Aug. 22) as the information he provided is not correct.
No doubt a lot of you have heard and read about changes in King County Animal Control in the past few months. Soon, the City of Auburn will be making a public campaign to encourage citizens to license their cats and dogs through the county.
