LIKE IT IS
Most should now know Commissioner Jan Angel is the only commissioner who had the gumption to vote against ratification of Puget Sound Regional Council’s (PSRC’s) VISION 2040, taking us now to the next step of regional government. Commissioner Josh Brown voted for it. Commissioner Steve Bauer was absent from the vote. (Whether by accident or design, we don’t know.)
To put it as simply as possible, the most effective way to deliver the most assistance to people in need in our community who are in distress is to give to United Way.
Back when the electronic media were still in their infancy, there used to be a wildly popular program called “Queen for a Day.”
Most should now know Commissioner Jan Angel is the only commissioner who had the gumption to vote against ratification of Puget Sound Regional Council’s (PSRC’s) VISION 2040, taking us now to the next step of regional government. Commissioner Josh Brown voted for it. Commissioner Steve Bauer was absent from the vote. (Whether by accident or design, we don’t know.)
Central Kitsap Commissioner Josh Brown, whose bio-
Remember that great scene in “Bridge on the River Kwai” where Alec Guinness discovers the plot to blow up the bridge, and says, “What have I done?” before he and a couple of the plotters are killed?
I don’t understand how the city of Poulsbo can afford to build an estimated $16.9 million Taj Mahal city hall when we can’t even afford to keep our North Kitsap community pool open beyond Dec. 31, 2008. Many other cities share a funding partnership with local school districts to operate their community pools.
The fabric of a community
I-1000 and I-1029 don’t apply exclusively to the aging, but that’s where most of their impact would be felt.
While Senators McCain and Obama have been discussing their plans to handily repair our nation’s broken economy, my mind has been admittedly elsewhere.
FAITHFUL LIVING
As Port Orchard Planning Commission chairman, I had the opportunity to work closely with former Mayor Kim Abel. Much has been disclosed in regards to Kim’s mismanagement and micro management.
In one of Dino Rossi’s recent campaign ads, Dino mentions that he put himself through school working as a janitor. Though I am appreciative of Dino’s pride in having been a janitor, I feel the voters need to know how he has treated janitors like me, and all other public school employees in Washington state.
Decision time
T acoma Narrows Bridge officials report revenues remain in good shape, yet the citizens advisory committee is contemplating yet another toll increase in July.
As chairman of the Suquamish Tribe, I am very disturbed by Dino Rossi’s campaign for governor.
