Opinion
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COLUMN: An honor to be on the fire line
As reporters, we spend a lot of time telling other people's stories. Every once in a while, though, you find yours…
TOBACCO SALES
Earlier this year the legislature passed Senate Bill 5340, which made it illegal to order most tobacco products on the internet or by mail-order in order to prevent children from getting these products. This was do…
MOSQUITOES
Whoa! What a great turnout for the public hearing in Moses Lake on the update to the Aquatic Mosquito Control General Permit. We count this large attendance as a sign of a successful public process. At the same tim…
THANKS
I would like to thank Mike and John with First Choice Restoration. In November I had a water leak in my home. I contacted a company I found in the phone book that advertised water and mold detection and prevention.…
Bill gives free pass to bad decisions
EPHRATA — State Sen. Rosa Franklin, D-South Tacoma, sponsored Senate bill 5516 that “would cut down on deaths from drug-related overdoses by discontinuing the prosecution of people who alert hospitals or police if …
Childish
The idiom that children should be seen and not heard is probably nowhere more appropriate than in an air traffic control tower. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case at John F. Kennedy Airport in February.
Teachers need tool to remove bad teachers
OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire is promoting her education bill, SB 6696, as an effort to improve Washington schools and give the state a shot at a share of the $4.3 billion available through President Obama’s Race t…
AGRICULTURE
Where does your food come from?
TEA PARTY
Feb. 27 was the one year anniversary of the fastest growing nationwide grassroots movement in our country since the Revolutionary War. That movement is collectively known as “The TEA Party” movement. Millions of Am…
Un-American?
A recent attack ad put out by Keep America Safe, a conservative national security organization headed by Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, twists the very values it purports to defend.
Gun rights
State governments can and should enact gun regulations that increase the public’s safety, but Americans do have an individual right to own them.
BUSINESSES
I have lived in Moses Lake for 13 years; And in that time there have been many businesses move in and out of a building on West Main. But this one sure take the cake.
Don't scoop funds from injured
SEATTLE — The Governor has proposed — and the House and Senate appear poised to agree to — the scooping of $2 million from the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Account, established pursuant to the Tommy Manning Act (RC…
GRANT COUNTY COURTS
I’m writing in concern of our judicial system in Grant County. I’m currently being held on a burglary, where I’m going to trial and another case of a driving while license suspended in the first degree and alleged …
Budget ideas
We asked readers to suggest ways for the state to correct their budget woes. Some letter writers offer thoughtful ideas, while some bloggers just argued.
STATE BUDGET
There are going to have to be cuts in state spending, there’s no way around it. What shouldn’t be cut are essential services like law enforcement, corrections, education and emergency response. Everything else shou…