Do you know where your tax dollars are being spent?
The mansion ($3.5million), the city hall ($26million), and the clock ($100,000) were all built or bought for the greater good of the city staff and council with little or no benefit to the citizens.
The Issaquah Parks department recently posted a sign at the entrance to the Old Mine Hill Road on Squak Mountain reading “No Mountain Bikes”.
Regarding the recent news that the deal for a grocery store in the Issaquah Highlands fell through, and given that the entire commercial area along Highlands Drive and 9th Avenue Northeast has a nice covering of grass, I suggest that the City Council re-zone that area as a city park.
Budget cuts are coming to the Lake Washington School District (LWSD). The story that is not being told is how much waste is built into the system as a byproduct of unruly classrooms and student discipline issues.
The tax protests sure were a clever spectacle.
But, like the war in Iraq, and like skepticism about global warming, the protests were a sham, organized for the benefit of the rich and the powerful.
In 2007, a newspaper columnist described how coaches at Skyline High School led football players in pre-game “chapel” so the students could “focus on the Lord.”
As long time property owners of several parcels on Pine Lake, we are relieved that the City is now moving to enhance protections of the shorelines via the new Shoreline Master Plan.
I am writing this to make sure that all are aware that there will be a local election this November. Four positions on the city council will be voted upon.
Disregarding widespread objections from citizens, the Sammamish Council has taken out what amounts to a sub-prime mortgage.
It was 1947 and I met an elderly Mongolian in Japan who was 114 years old and a direct descendent of the great Genghis Khan.
Last week the Sammamish City Council approved a motion to accept funding from the Federal Stimulus package for expansion of the East Lake Sammamish Parkway project beyond Phase 1A.
In light of the $9 billion deficit, it appears that no state funded program will be spared.
An open letter to the Sammamish City Council:
My head is swelling, my heart is bursting.
As the Executive Director of the SAMMI Awards I have received so much positive feed back after the ceremony last Saturday that I can hardly believe it.
As a citizen of Issaquah, I wanted to voice my concern about what seems to be an new defining characteristic of Issaquah — monitoring traffic.
Lingerie football is insulting. As a 40-something female, I remember campaigning just to be able to play sports in high school.
The City of Sammamish was awarded $3.5 million by the state last week.
These funds were part of the Federal Stimulus money.
As a parent and former teacher I would like to applaud Bellevue, Issaquah, Northshore, Renton, Spokane and Seattle school boards for endorsing Senate Bill 5444 and House Bill 1410.
In a recent article (“City invites best minds to the table,” Sammamish Reporter, March 6) on the town center developer charette held March 5, the city’s Community Development Director, Mr. Gurol, states: “We need to be very thorough.
Last December, the Marine Corps League of Puget Sound teamed with the Issaquah Masons in a last-minute toy drive to support the Marine Corps Reserve 4th Landing Support Battalion Annual Toys For Tots Program.
