For the first time in a long time, Renton-area voters in the 41st Legislative District, have an opportunity to vote for one of their own in the state legislative race. Marcie Maxwell is running for the open seat in the 41st for state representative. Marcie has played a major role in the Renton community for many years. She has been a very successful small business owner, and she is currently serving her second term on the Renton School Board. In 2000, Marcie was chairman of the Board for the Renton Chamber of Commerce, and in 2004, was selected as “Citizen of the Year!”
Yea! Duvall Avenue is getting some long-awaited improvements. While this is a huge project that impacts hundreds of homes, I think most, if not all, residents are willing to sacrifice for awhile for the overall good. I live on the corner of a culdesac and Union Avenue with my only way out via Union.
I would like to apologize for my negative letter to the editor (Sept. 20, 2008, Renton Reporter) about Sarah Palin; in hindsight, attacking anyone is really not a productive thing to do, and I deeply regret the volley of negativity it spawned. My intention was to offer some balance for what I perceived to be the lack of pro-Democratic letters regarding the national election printed in this paper; but the opposite has been soundly accomplished, at least as far as what this paper actually publishes.
I read your story (Oct. 1, 2008, Renton Reporter), and I am so glad these women have Vision House to help them.
The McCain/Palin ticket represents a continuation of the dangerous, neo-conservative Bush/Cheney package and would keep the world at terrible risk of continuing terrorism.
Melissa Kruger’s anti-Palin letter seems to have ignited a fire under the Alaska governor’s supporters. First, she was literally rebuked by Lamont Faulkner who line by line refuted everything she stated. Then on Wednesday she gets it from Jason Oleston whose letter I can’t even understand. I just get a sense he, too, is trying to defend Palin. Forget the car wash and Covenant House and let’s get real. Let them try picking this apart.
As the United States now faces another financial meltdown, our elected officials from both parties are treating it as an opportunity to portray themselves as representing their constituents, when in reality they are a major contributor to many of our country’s ills and problems. The U.S. House and Senate members are addicted to the special-interest money from lobbyists filling their re-election coffers. They no longer represent their constituents.
Since accepting her party’s nomination for vice president, the woman who could be a heartbeat away from a desk in the Oval Office has consented to three interviews and participated in one Town Hall meeting with her running-mate. Sarah Palin’s uninspiring, unconvincing interviews with ABC-TV’s Charles Gibson and CBS-TV’s Katie Couric clearly raised concern among McCain – Palin campaign officials.
I just moved to Renton and don’t know much about this “newspaper,” but is it common for you to print bald-faced partisan hack lies without the mere attempt at fact-checking?
In response to Kay Smith’s letter about polling people who found out their schools are “failing.” I am a parent of two Renton Park Elementary students. I was offered a transfer for both of my children because their school didn’t meet the AYP for the last two years. My choices were Tiffany Park or Talbot Hill.
While I sympathize with the Wrights’ plight trying to get out of their own driveway, obstructed due to the overflow traffic caused by the closure of Duvall, I’m a little concerned about her solution. If she is asking people to stop in the middle of the traffic flow to let her out onto the road, she is advocating an unsafe and illegal action. This is unsafe due to the hazards created when only part of the traffic stops.
Renton’s new garbage contract was passed by the Renton City Council on Sept. 22, 2008.
The Renton City Council made a decision to throw out the contract which expires Dec. 31, 2009, which was negotiated in 2000 with a monthly rate of $13.44 for a 32-gallon can a week, for a contract that cuts down service and increases rates to the customer.
The front page of the Renton Reporter (Sept. 20) carried
Melissa Kruger’s (M.K.) Letter to the Editor (Renton Reporter, Sept 20) was entitled: “Palin’s positions are not “friendly,” then goes about showing us readers the examples she has for making this judgment.
People who are excited at the prospect of Sarah Palin’s candidacy need to look a bit more closely, because her positions are not woman-friendly, family-friendly, or even America-friendly.
I am responding to the news that our garbage rates will be increasing. I understand that the cost for services will increase; but with this $60-a-year increase to my household budget (more than a 270 percent increase, going from $3.36/can to $9.20/can), I was completely baffled as to what I will be receiving for my money.
I’ve really had it with John Carlson’s opinion pieces. I’m not sure his opinions are worth the paper they’re written on.
I am responding to John Carlson’s commentary on “Palin can think for herself.” I am “astonished” as well but not at the “brazen hypocrisy of liberals.” I am more astonished at Mr. Carlson’s comparisons. He compares Ferraro’s campaign with Palin’s. These are different times – he’s comparing apples to oranges. The “doesn’t have enough experience” statements were originally being made by McCain against Obama as a “reason” to vote for McCain. Now that the “doesn’t have enough experience” is being used against Palin, he calls it “excuse.”
I have never written to an editor before but I am so outraged with our animal-control people that I had to voice my opinion for the poor voiceless animals in our area. A few weeks ago I was appalled at our animal-control officers when they darted a frightened bear 60 feet up in a tree in Kennydale. It fell and was badly injured. What did they think it would be? Or did they even think? It cost us taxpayers a lot of money to have the poor bear’s broken bones repaired, not to mention the pain of the poor bear.
