Issaquah council's standards questioned
Is this the same Issaquah City Council that laudably considered all variables and enacted a forward thinking decision to eliminate plastic bag use in Issaquah?
Bikes not the problem
The June 14th issue of The Reporter contained a column, "Bikes following the road rules." I am a cyclist who commutes to work and rides with a group and follows most of the rules of the road.
Court's DNA ruling goes too far
The June 7 issue of the Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter contained op/ed about the recent Supreme Court decision to allow authorities to collect DNA samples from (presumed innocent) citizens who have been arrested for any reason. To equate fingerprints to DNA is like comparing a single word on a piece of paper with an encyclopedia.
Fossil fuels still needed
Regarding the May 31 article, "Crossing party lines for climate change," the irony for this group is that it probably was fossil fuels that got them there.
Water issue alarming
It’s alarming when you receive a letter in the mail from your water company that the drinking water is unsafe due to high e. coli contamination. It really hits the panic button when you’ve got small children and infants.
Help needed in US, too
After reading the May 17 article (Issaquah doctor helps women in Bangladesh) and like so many of the feel-good stories I have read in the past about local residents taking up the cause to help with services and donations to far flung countries, I thought I would issue this challenge.
Fire department prompt, kind and helpful
A big shout-out to our fine local firefighters who responded so promptly during the May 13 windstorm, when a tree fell on our house and broke the large skylight.
Logging not the enemy on Squak Mt.
The May 10 front page article does a disservice to the timber industry and promotes the waste of public money.As a graduate forester with a 30-year career in the timber industry, I do have some standing to comment on the article.
Level on gun control debate sinks
I am disgusted by the level to which the national debate on (gun control)has sunk. Mr. Howard's recent letter is prescient – comparing knives and baseball bats to firearms is the latest example that he and the NRA have concocted.
Editorial appreciated
Life should be about our "values," and it should be reflected in our state and federal budgets.
Democracy hater?
When Sammamish voters elected John Curley did they think they were getting the genial "Evening Magazine" host or did they know they were getting a tea-baggy/taxation is theft crank?
