In August 2007, residents from the Lea and West hills voted to become annexed into the City of Auburn. Prior to that action, the Auburn City Council said it would not consider annexing these PAAs (potential annexation areas) unless it could be done so as to prevent adverse financial impact to the city’s current residents.
Now the City Council is raising our rates for water and storm drainage almost 10 percent.
I believe that the contender who will win our upcoming governor’s election is the one who will honor the 1-percent cap on property taxes. Also one who will bring on NO new taxes.
I have been on the picket line for several days in support of my friends at Oak Harbor Freight. The company sent a LOT of scab drivers out. This is no exaggeration, the majority of the drivers they sent out were unskilled and, in some case, reckless drivers.
Rebekah Tracht’s letter to the editor (Reporter, Sept. 24) says that “no human being has a right to decide the value of another man’s life.” She can believe this and still vote yes for I-1000.
Karen Campion expressed her view (letter to the editor, Auburn Reporter, Sept. 24) that standing there begging is just like working and if she had the authority, she would give the beggar a job as a bank guard.
The latest Rasmussen poll shows that Dino Rossi is leading in the gubernatorial race, 52-46.
Please! John Carlson is so conservatively biased and to run his column weekly in the paper with no liberal counterbalance columnist is a travesty. I grit my teeth every week when I read his column.
I am writing in response to the
Some years ago a young high school girl took a seat in my contemporary world affairs class at Auburn High School. She was bright, interested in good education and a student leader.
Although I don’t have a soapbox, I still need to respond to Jeanne Herold’s letter to the editor in the Auburn Reporter on Sept. 17.
As a citizen of this great nation, I am concerned for the state and direction of our society. Our government is trying to pass an initiative (I-1000) that will require doctors to aid patients in committing suicide.
Tim Eyman was born and raised in Yakima, and now lives in Mukilteo. So why is he presenting an initiative (I-985) that affects Auburn?
While I’m on my soap box, I might as well add my two cents worth about Virginia Haugen.
In a previous issue of the Reporter, Tim Eyman once again is trying to get involved where he doesn’t belong.
On a good path I read with interest and anticipation your article on our just-opened 124th and 304th Lea Hill…
In response to the letter in the Sept. 3 edition from Laurel Kirkman regarding Auburn’s parking permits, I would like to clarify that in April of this year, City Hall’s customer service hours were extended to 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, to accommodate the working hours of those needing to access the finance counter, human resources, city clerk, public works and planning.
Regarding downtown parking, “Permits can be purchased on the second floor of City Hall, 25 West Main St., during normal business hours.”
Now there’s a convenient idea.
It was with great sadness that I read of the recent shooting of an innocent neighborhood dog.
I attended one of the senior coffee hours with City Council members and posed a question. As expected,
Daniel May was very lucky to get a kidney transplant (“Auburn man accepts gift of new kidney and runs with it,” Auburn Reporter, Aug 16). Over half of the 99,000 Americans on the national waiting list will die before they get a transplant.
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