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Editor,
One of the skills we’ve lost as a nation is the ability to have an evidence-based discussion. Why? It involves math, and by current estimates, only about 9% of the U.S. …
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9/17/24
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Editor,
It's done. The 30th Rainier Pickin' Party is over. Who would have thought that such a hot and sunny festival season would have produced an honest-to-goodness, stereotypical Pacific …
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9/10/24
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Editor,
We’re not in Boston, and this is not a tea party!
Over the years, we have seen a greater revolt in our community over passing dollars needed to keep our Yelm Community Schools …
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9/10/24
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Editor,
John Sununu, Republican governor of New Hampshire, is a guy I could vote for.
In interviews he is likable, energetic and gives straight knowledgeable answers to questions — …
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9/3/24
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Editor,
We all got our tax assessment from the Thurston County Assessor Office this month. We paid 36.54% for local school taxes and another 23.32% for state school taxes. That is a total of …
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9/3/24
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Editor,
Yelm schools and teachers:
Both sides waited for the week before school started to begin negotiations on what would be acceptable to both parties to resume work.
This is a …
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9/3/24
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Editor,
We are beyond the questions of whether public K-12 education has failed or whether we wish to fix it. We are at the point where the question is “Can we save it?” Some …
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8/20/24
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Editor,
Massachusetts recently took a compassionate step forward by banning the use of animals in circuses, setting a precedent that Washington should follow. As a child, my parents did not take …
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8/13/24
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Editor,
I was an attorney in state government for over 37 years. Because of my experience I am closely watching the campaign for Washington state attorney general. There is no question in my …
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8/13/24
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Editor,
Voters beware: Please educate yourself before this next election and Google Project 2025. It spells out very clearly the Republican policies they intend to implement. If you are a …
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8/13/24
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Editor,
Many in the national press, Democratic elites and turncoat Congresspeople should be proud of themselves: They’ve forced a humiliating withdrawal by a good man and great …
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8/6/24
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Editor,
I am writing so that all constituents understand the proposed changes to Social Security outlined in Project 2025, the treatise from the Heritage Foundation (and the Hungarian Danube …
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8/6/24
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Editor,
Some 40 years ago, when we first moved here, a county official came by and told me, "You have tansy ragwort growing in your field. You have to get rid of it or you can be fined."
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8/6/24
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Editor,
One of the most competitive races on the upcoming Aug. 6 primary ballot is for Commissioner of Public Lands. The office heads the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which manages 5.6 …
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7/30/24
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Editor,
Yanah Cook knows the backroads of our rural Second Legislative District and knows what doors to knock on in Olympia’s legislative halls.
Yanah has spent decades showing up at …
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7/30/24
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Editor,
Please vote in the Aug. 6 primary for Nick Brown for attorney general of Washington state. As a retired attorney who has worked for 40 years under five attorneys general in two states, I …
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7/23/24
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Editor,
I am writing to encourage you to vote in the Aug. 6 primary for Nick Brown for attorney general. Your vote is important this year, not only for national elections but also for state …
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7/16/24
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Editor,
As a resident of Yelm deeply invested in the future of Thurston County, I write to urge my fellow community members to consider Rachel Dreon for Thurston County commissioner District 2 …
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7/16/24
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Editor,
As a firefighter, I know that emergencies don’t respect anybody’s schedule. We first responders have to be on call day and night to respond to whatever crisis may arise. …
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7/9/24
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Editor,
We are all in this together.
I'm talking about the traffic that now chokes our roads both in the mornings and starting about 2 p.m. every afternoon. There have been days when …
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7/9/24
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