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“Insane, absolutely insane.”
That is the opinion of Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen of Eatonville on the push by 123 college presidents in the nation to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18.
“Insane, absolutely insane.”
So Kitsap County may continue to have a party split on the board of county commissioners. Good for you, Kitsap County.
OK, fellow Puget Sound Energy customers, belay any fears over the pending sale of PSE to a bunch of investors from Canada and Australia.
OK, fellow Puget Sound Energy customers, belay any fears over the pending sale of PSE to a bunch of investors from Canada and Australia.
Four middle-aged men eyeing the open 35th District House seat brought their sales pitches to the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues the other day, stressing “not one of us is a bad guy” and promising a “clean, solid, good campaign.”
health providers and insurers so corporations would pay what people are worth, wages that allow workers to support their families.
How about this for a way to save money?
Cut high school back to two years. Why do they need four? Most of them just lollygag around in the final two years, some ditching school altogether before they get that far.
They’re busy earning money to support their cars.
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OK, who and what do you want for your new South Kitsap County Commissioner to replace smart and sassy Republican Jan Angel who wants to go to Olympia instead?
Response to my suggestion that we return to the 55 mph national speed limit we had from 1974 to 1995 to conserve gasoline was practically nil, so I was pleased to hear over the radio that Sen. John Warner of Virginia had written Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman about the same thing.
Got your letters yet from the schools your kids will be attending this fall on what they should bring with them on the first day?
Sustainment of the constitutional right of individuals to keep and bear arms got all the publicity last week, but there was another court decision on an equally controversial subject that affects every one of us. It wasn’t from the Supremes, but the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia which turned down a petition from 17 states, including Washington, asking for a decision from the Bush Administration within 60 days on whether greenhouse gases and global warming are a threat to public health and welfare.
Sustainment of the constitutional right of individuals to keep and bear arms got all the publicity last week but there was another court decision on an equally controversial subject that affects every one of us. It wasn’t from the Supremes but the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia which turned down a petition from 17 states, including Washington, asking for a decision from the Bush Administration within 60 days on whether greenhouse gases and global warming are a threat to public health and welfare.
“In your article about the person in Port Angeles who had received medals and benefits not awarded, it seemed the fellow did receive a proper sentence,” writes Dennis Wojciak of Marysville.
