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.
As a parent, teacher and member of this community, I believe Gov. Chris Gregoire is the best person to continue leading our state. I am voting for her, and I urge all voters to cast their ballot for her.
Need for a plan Roy Isaksen’s letter (Auburn Reporter, July 30) notes in part: The mayor and other “city officials”…
As I look back into yesteryear I see myself lying on the floor watching family friendly shows and eating popcorn…
Too bad there are no adults with functioning brains among the office of mayor and city officials, with the possible exception of Virginia Haugen.
I must express my dismay after reading the July 19 article “Council member implicated in sign flap on railroad trestle”.
Virginia Haugen is an elected City Council member placed there by us, her voting constituents, for the purpose of representing our best interests as well as those of the community at large; not to give her a platform to promote her own undisclosed agenda.
My husband is a Pearl Harbor survivor. Days before and after July 4 there is constant noise from fireworks, and he relives the bombing he encountered.
Heartbreak
I was really impressed by the naiveté of the writer who is concerned about the animosity toward fireworks and their users (Auburn Reporter, July 16). It’s not tradition to have to listen to monstrous booms and crackles everyday and night from May through July. It’s not tradition to have to tranquilize your animals for over a month because the “lovers of fireworks” are doing their thing.
We are in control of Auburn’s future. We elect our officials and entrust them to stay in tune with every aspect of the management of Auburn.
Read with interest about the Best of Auburn list and was fairly disappointed in that it was not the Best of Auburn. There were several places of business that are not in the city limits, specifically the Jade Greens Golf Course and the Washington National Golf Course.
If it is going to be the Best of Auburn, limit it only to those places located with the city limits, not the surrounding areas.
The land swap article of June 25 notes a proposal to exchange the parking lot used by Sunbreak Café patrons.
The article includes comments leading one to believe the public planning processes are in the early stages and that no decisions have been made regarding parking changes. No one can deny, however, that decisions already have been made to the detriment of the city’s central business core.
I can’t help but laugh about all the animosity toward fireworks and their users every year. More and more cities ban them, hoping the noisy, drunken, immature people, supposedly the only ones who enjoy fireworks, would just go away. But there is a fundamental flaw in this assumption in that you are dealing with the traditions of countless people over the generations who have enjoyed using fireworks to celebrate this country’s independence.
Sara Byers says she wants “a safe place” for her kids to play and walk to school. I sincerely hope she does not allow her children to play on or near such a busy road.
Despite the presence of sidewalks on A Street, the Auburn School District does NOT consider it to be a safe walking zone.
The city defiantly is concerned about putting their best foot forward to possible patrons and shoppers in the downtown area.
After being downtown on a Sunday afternoon I noticed there were many more pigeons than people, so I guess we are satisfying the masses.
I found myself sitting here pondering what is wrong with this city I grew up in? I was surprised to know my “moral compass” was off and that I’m a prude for objecting to scantily-clad baristas.
The Auburn City Council has been working hard to improve our city and has taken some bold steps to do so. But on one matter, I think they missed the mark.
I remember well the night Deena Cornish spoke before the City Council about downtown Auburn. She has written for the Auburn Reporter (“Recalling a vibrant downtown then, and what it could be now,” June 25) of memories I and many others have of a downtown Auburn may be losing.
John Carlson raises good points that the “green” movement has not come of age. But the point of the green movement is that Western culture has not come of age. We have not used our technological advances to live in harmony and limit our damage to the planet and each other. The green movement is at least looking to make our lifestyle sustainable.
While I agree that the Auburn Police Department could better spend its time on the street rather than behind a desk, I think Greg Brown’s letter regarding the police blotter presents a false and unfair argument.
I, for one, enjoy the comical format of the police blotter in the Reporter. The writer has taken a normally boring and often overlooked section of the paper and transformed it into an inviting and catchy section that I make a point to read.
