City Hall

Not with my cash

Kudos for the article written by Jan Harrison (Saturday Nov.8). City council members please read and keep a copy of it on your desks! I for one do not want my taxes raised for this city hall fiasco.

Not only does the financing need to be in place but the design needs to be in place.

Is the city going to go the way of the big cities and go “up” so that the only way you can see the sky is to step outside your door and go to the middle of your street and look up? But wait, with the traffic you can not get to the middle of the street.

With the present traffic problem maybe someone will entertain the idea of getting the infrastructure in place before putting more stress on the already overflowing downtown traffic.

As to the comments from the developer David Smith, please ask the residents of Poulsbo Place II Division 5 their opinion of his attitude of “just move forward and get the thing built.” Our roads in the Division 5 are still waiting for drainage repair to be done.

I am in hopes that with the city council pausing on the city hall project, they will again examine the design and realize that this present design does not represent an “Historic Downtown Poulsbo” appearance.

Let them represent all the homeowners in Poulsbo and lower the height of the building.

Views should be maintained as well as the “cottage” small town appeal of the downtown area.

If this can not be achieved on the Moe Street site then there are many buildings with empty office space in the Poulsbo area that the city hall could be move to at the fraction of the cost of the present idea.

Jean E. Ford

Poulsbo

For the record

There are no athiests in foxholes

I am writing again to affirm my views, as Mr. Shubert indicates: “We the people, need you to carry on publishing both sides”… as honestly and unbiased as possible. But I find a certain irony in any liberal or progressive person’s use of the phrase “We the People,” as the preamble to the Constitution of the United States begins. American historical documents are rife with discussion that today’s progressive would find simply distressing, to anthema. Words such as: Providence (capital letter indicating God), blessing and prayer, are written throughout the comments from our Framer’s letters. It seems to me, that any citizen who might advocate for the evolved and distorted Constitutional interpretations of today, has little in common with the authors of that document.

I am sure you agree. America is in the throes of a culture war. We all work jobs together; we buy groceries at the same market; we send our children to the same schools.

Yet it amazes me to hear a woman on the ferry opine that Initiative 1000 was approved by the constituency.

My logic is: before you can introduce euthanasia on a broader scale (unhappy with the quality of your life?), you must first cheapen human life by finding lawfull the act of infanticide (partial birth abortion), moreover, to allow it for the shallowest of reasons. I will agree that in cases of rape, incest, infant disability, or real danger to the mother, abortion is a necessary evil. But something seems amiss to me. There seems to be an obvious agenda to lessen the dignity and importance of human beings on earth.

The Fairness Doctrine has had much consideration of late from both sides of the aisle. I believe it will be enacted by a liberal House, Senate and White House. Too bad, as much of the truth about the world economic state, the United Nations’ agenda for multi-culturalism, and the demands placed on America from foreign countries, is divulged in the alternative media (not yours). I also believe there will be a serious infringement on the citizens’ right to own firearms.

I also believe that government will continue to tax and spend, handing out billions of dollars to people who have not contributed to our economic system. That being said, you and I had better stock up on canned goods post haste. We’re in this together, right? Please note I have not used the words Democrat or Republican in this essay.

Lastly, if the economic projections indicated by so many actually come to fruition, that political pendulum might swing away from the progressive existentialism (which I see paraded defiantly). It may land all those progressive Americans right back at Sunday morning communion. There are no atheists in foxholes.

Barry Clemons

Poulsbo

Feedback

Cartoon confusing

I’m puzzled by Frank Shiers’ cartoon description of Kitsap County’s Administrative Offices service as being slow and indifferent. He must have had a isolated poor experience with the county.

My personal experience, as an average citizen, has been quite the opposite. Though the county’s decisions haven’t always been in my favor, I have consistently experienced treatment which has been both thoughtful and in good humor. Kitsap County is fortunate to have such a professional staff.

Arnie Gooder

Poulsbo