It didn’t take long after the Boston Marathon attack for some people to blame Muslims. But blaming Muslims for the attack at the Boston Marathon makes no more sense than blaming Christians for the bombings and killings by white supremists.
We can’t imagine the horror and agony of former Issaquah resident Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who was terribly injured at the Boston Marathon bombing.
Everyone is a ‘soft target’ when terrorists are around.
The two bombs that killed three people and injured scores of others at the Boston Marathon remind us that there is no easy way to prevent the evil of terrorism. However, we can make the task of finding those responsible easier.
As the weeks became months for those of us crafting the Senate operating-budget, and the plan itself crept closer to the 400-page mark, it helped to pause and remember that our task was about more than making policies and allocating dollars. We were making choices that would affect people’s lives, be it the student who is counting on government to provide the tools he or she needs to succeed, the small-business owner who is trying to keep the doors open, or the person with mental-health challenges who will struggle even more without state support.
The real point of tighter controls on guns is that doing so would help change people’s attitudes about guns and our gun culture.
Even white collar workers at Boeing are subject to layoffs.
There’s a scene in the movie Poltergeist in which the mom is running down the hallway in her home to save her daughter from the mean ghosts. But as she’s running, the hallway keeps getting longer and longer. As a parent of three kids in Issaquah, I feel like I’m living a similar nightmare with regard to college tuition. Just when you think you have a handle on saving for college, the cost of tuition in this state keeps going up – and up – and up.
Think about what both business and non-profit organizations, together, provide for our community – and how interrelated they must be to maintain a strong, healthy, sustainable and successful Issaquah.
For most of my life I’ve been defined by my crazy, curly, lion-like red hair. That’s why cutting it all off tends to be a pretty big deal. Especially if it’s a bad haircut.
We see some conservatives in our state are upset over what they see as “activism” by the state Supreme Court. Specifically, they’re peeved that the court has ordered the Legislature to spend more money on education. At the same time, they’re upset that the court has ruled that it only takes a simple majority for the Legislature to increase taxes. Spending and collecting money, these lawmakers say, is the job of the Legislature. Well, yes – and no.
I spent Tuesday morning bushwhacking with Squak Mountain resident Cathy Brandt. With husband, Doug, they built a lovely home on the mountain, which backs to state park land. They are at the end of the road. I now truly realize what a shame cutting timber on the mountain, one of the “Issaquah Alps,” would be.
Lawmakers got some good news Wednesday as state revenue was projected to be $40 million higher than anticipated over the next two years. While that’s something to cheer about, the Legislature still faces a $1.3 billion shortfall. Even worse, the state Supreme Court is requiring the state to increase education funding by $500 million to $1.7 billion over the next two years.
As The Reporter was going to press Wednesday night, it appeared that a bill in the Legislature to require background checks for all gun sales had been shot down in the House. Yes, we used that word intentionally. We mourn the bill’s death.
In Washington, we pride ourselves on being a state that values fairness and embraces the idea that diversity makes us stronger. As leaders in the faith community, these values serve as the foundation of our religious doctrines and the heart of our respective faith communities, as they work every day to make our communities stronger and healthier places to live.
Reporter Josh Suman opines on the plastic bag ban in Issaquah.
Imagine a child with a life-threatening food allergy. Now imagine that child having a severe reaction while at school. If that student is fortunate enough to have an epinephrine autoinjector on school grounds, he or she may receive a dose to help reverse the reaction and potentially save a life. But what about students with a food allergy who don’t have their injector with them?
A $10 billion transportation tax package has been rolled out by House Democrats in Olympia certainly is an eye-opener. But it might just be what the public needs to focus on how we move people and products in our state.
It’s no stretch to understand why a community like Issaquah would want to focus on economic vitality. If the Great Recession has made anything clear, it is that job preservation, business success and economic competitiveness matter greatly for a small community’s vitality.
More than 280,000 of our friends and neighbors in King County live without the security of health care coverage. The care that many of us take for granted, such as treatment for a sinus infection, provider visits to help manage diabetes, or exams for breast cancer detection, are luxuries to those without health care coverage. But there is hope on the horizon – the Affordable Care Act.