Faced with another failure to pass a school construction bond, the Lake Washington School District will look at other options to handle school crowding.
Imagine the domed state Capitol as a classroom, with 147 state lawmakers as students, and you may get a better picture of the challenge facing Washington’s Supreme Court this summer.
After the terrible explosion that tore a hole through downtown North Bend in the wee hours of April 25, I urge my fellow Eastsiders, both individually and as a business community, to come together to help not only these individual Snoqualmie Valley businesses and their employees, but also the city of North Bend in its efforts to heal and spring back.
It’s no secret that Americans spend too much time sitting. Long hours working in offices, commuting in cars, and watching TV or playing video games for relaxation render many of us near motionless for entire days. Health experts keep encouraging everyone to move more, but that is not easily done. The consequences are among the greatest health concerns facing us today.
That venerable adage ‘It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it’ came to mind Tuesday as President Barack Obama departed the Oso firehouse.
Political parties still struggling with education plan.
The defeat of King County Proposition No. 1, to help pay for transit as well as road maintenance and improvements, puts pressure on the Legislature to deal with this issue on a statewide basis. That’s where it belonged from the start.
Apparently good schools aren’t enough in the Lake Washington School District. Too many voters want them cheap as well.
It took longer to complete than expected, but the $4 million effort to improve the salmon habitat in Issaquah Creek is finally finished. We couldn’t be happier – and we expect the salmon will be, too.
One issue of particular importance to Sammamish voters is the $404 million bond issue to rebuild and construct more schools in the Lake Washington School District. We urge a “yes” vote.
Transportation is a key issue in determining our regions competitiveness. Solutions take many years of planning, permitting and construction, so the decisions we make today we must live with for a long time to come. Leadership is needed and an informed electorate is the best first step.
It would be easy to say “no” to King County Proposition 1, the tax and vehicle fee for transportation. After all, who wants more taxes? But that would be the wrong thing to do.
King County Proposition 1 can leave a person feeling sheared.
Sometimes it takes a calamity to move anything through Congress.
Kids can’t learn and communities won’t grow if our school system fails to provide the basic structure – the classrooms and schools – needed for learning.
But what does tourism and community promotion have to do with sustaining a strong local economy? Everything.
The mudslide disaster in Oso is almost beyond belief. Many are dead and the toll keeps rising. Homes are gone, buried under tons of mud. While we can’t image the grief suffered by that community, Issaquah and Sammamish residents have responded in force to help.
Everyone can become a real life hero to the Oso landslide victims.
When it comes to your chances of getting cancer from the foods you eat, what odds would you like: one in a million, or one in 100,000? There are two important numbers that go into determining how much pollution the state allows to be put in our waters. The numbers are 10-6 and 6.5.
You may notice the daily media briefings on the Oso mudslide getting shorter and tenser with less said and more questions asked. Families are still the story of the Oso mudslide – and the other questions can wait.