Denis DeFrancesco’s view (Nov. 12 letter to the editor, Auburn Reporter) about Walter Backstrom’s editorial reflects many of those I talk with: “I understand disagreeing with the president’s policies or actions, but calling the president of the United States and Commander in Chief disgusting names is something I just don’t understand.”
If you don’t follow NASA more closely than noting a space shuttle launch or space walk on the International Space Station, you might not be aware that America is building a new rocket.
The mood at the Kent Regional Library last month was upbeat, but on the brink of somber.
The participants filing into the library meeting room Oct. 24 were of both genders – although there were more women overall.
They came in business suits or slacks and sneakers, bearing keys to sports cars as well as old clunkers.
They may have differed in many ways, but that afternoon they had something in common.
A single focus.
The Domestic Abuse Women’s Network, also known as DAWN, had organized an official “Hour of Remembrance,” focused on drawing attention to the incomprehensible – someone dying at the hands of an intimate partner.
There was almost a very ugly confrontation at a Fred Meyer store the other day – I’m just glad Fred wasn’t there to see it.
I was urged not to say a kind word about George Bush. I was even asked, how could I, given all the mistakes he has made.
When the flood waters rose last December, Kelley Jones received a phone call. As a Medical Reserve Corps volunteer in Thurston County, she was asked to assist the relief effort in rural communities west of Centralia.
While out for a jog the other day (a jog that turned into a sprint when a German shepherd came after me), I noticed a “For Lease” sign sitting in the empty window of a failed restaurant.
Regarding the letter criticizing the
My father, uncles and grandfathers were veterans. Through them, I learned about the Normandy invasion, the sinking of the Quincy and Patton’s army.
One thing about economics – like time and the weather, it plays no favorites. The laws of economics are rigid….
What does it say about the judgement and maturity of an elected official like Geoff Simpson when they go on a public blog and personally engage in sophomoric mud slinging, particularly the week before an election?
Regarding the police blotter, isn’t there enough dryly written bad news to read about in our newspapers?
Regarding the letter to the editor, “Blot out the remarks” (Oct. 22), I felt it was uncalled for. The reader has the right to voice her opinion, but why did she have to be so sharp-tongued and outright rude?
The last thing Auburn needs is to discourage new businesses, so I’d like to respond to
Initiative 985 says it will address congestion, which is a very tempting idea.
You’ve probably heard the news. King County is facing a $93 million budget shortfall for 2009, close to 10 percent of its general fund. This is one of the worst deficits our county government has ever experienced.
