It came to her in a dream.
The Federal Reserve finally declared on Monday what the common man has known for a while: we’re in a recession.
Are you really serious about green power?
Normally, I dump any extraneous material sent along with my household bills without reading it, but the stuff from Puget Sound Energy caught my eye.
“Join the Green Power program,” one of the leaflets read, inviting me to contribute $4 or $8 a month to “green all my kilowatt electric usage per month,” making me someone who really cares about the environment.
Do you not find it interesting that success in balancing a county budget merits rave reviews, but having to dip into reserves to balance a budget is not appropriate for critical comment?
Sound Off is a public forum. Opinions are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners (KAPO) president Karl Duff, a Port Orchard resident, argues that the Puget Sound Regional Council, in which Kitsap County participates is a environmental extremist organization that has as its goal restricting your freedom to drive your own automobile.
For the first time in a generation, we’re apparently experiencing a significant economic recession.
This is the second part of the Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners’ (KAPO’s) review and discussion of the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Vision 2040. This document covers regional planning for the central Puget Sound region of Kitsap, King, Pierce and Snohomish counties for the next 30 years. KAPO’s question is, “Is Vision 2040 beneficial to Kitsap?”
Come January 20, going green is going to become much easier. That is when Obama will become our 44th president. He is already highlighting alternative energy as a way to rejuvenate our economy and remove us from dependency on oil imports.
Now that we have a huge hole in the ground where the new city hall will be — someday — we can thank the city council of 2006 and the previous mayor for our predicament.
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This is the second part of the Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners’ (KAPO’s) review and discussion of the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Vision 2040. This document covers regional planning for the central Puget Sound region of Kitsap, King, Pierce and Snohomish counties for the next 30 years. KAPO’s question is, “Is Vision 2040 beneficial to Kitsap?”
As discussions and questions grow around 2009 toll-setting for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (TNB), it is apparent there is a need for better information on how the tolls are set and the state of Washington’s obligations to pay for the TNB.
When I went down to get the newspapers the other day, there was a buck deer standing under the apple trees next to the driveway. A spike, but a really long-horned spike.
President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama has won his election. We have much to be thankful for.
A reader sounds off on structures at Kitsap County’s Norwegian Point Park.
(The following is a letter to Washington State Ferries.)
When I went down to get the newspapers the other day, there was a buck deer standing under the apple trees next to the driveway. A spike, but a really long-horned spike.
He didn’t move, so I did, although I was a little apprehensive he might be one of those deer that charge you and I was only about 6 feet from him as I walked by, but he was just a looker, not a charger. I walked back up the driveway ignoring Satchel Paige’s advice, “Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.” The deer stayed put.
