If the fine for possession and/or use of illegal fireworks were high enough – and publicized widely – I think that would cut down substantially on the use of dangerous types of fireworks. The elderly and pets are especially traumatized by these explosions.
As a 24-year resident of Kent, I am once again angry and saddened by the fireworks in Kent.
Regarding "City could get $350,000 per year for retail marijuana sales tax" (Kent Reporter, July 18):
As a 25-year Kent resident, I am contacting you regarding the fireworks allowed in our city, both on and around the holidays of July 4 and New Year’s Eve.
As the perceptible layers of cordite blankets the neighborhood, I am reminded of what the Fourth of July means to me.
It is time to ban fireworks in Kent. This past Fourth of July was like an arsenal around the corner from our house.
Two days after the Fourth of July and my neighborhood still looks like a war zone.
I just looked at the last page of the Kent Reporter: "Have a happy and enjoyable Fourth!" Living here for over 20 years, that has never happened.
I am writing about the ludicrous idea the City Council has about selling the par 3 golf course.
I would like to suggest a way that the Kent School District could increase school security.
Summer vacation in Washington is in full swing and teen drivers are on the road more, whether driving to jobs or meeting friends. I was pleased to read that a recent study ranked Washington State ranked No. 9 in the country for teen driver safety.
A letter writer recently wrote about the Rockstar Mayhem Festival (in Auburn). He felt the heavy metal including aggressive sounds and angry lyrics would corrupt our young people.
I'm frustrated with the article "Local braider takes fight to state" (June 20, Kent Reporter).
I just caught a portion of a City Council committee on Channel 21, and I think I heard Councilman Dennis Higgins proposing that a new fee be established with Republic Services garbage disposal, which will end up raising all of our garbage rates.
There is a certain eerie historical resonance to be noted between today's desperate breakdown inside Iraq and the collapse four decades ago of our surrogates in Saigon.
My neighbors and I are not in agreement with the apparent decision to sell the Kent (Riverbend) par 3 golf property.
The Reporter misidentified the Jacob Llavore, the Kent-Meridian student who was featured in its June 13 edition.
What was said in Susan St. Clair's letter ("Article exposes Cooke and her obligation to pay up," Kent Reporter, May 30) is exactly the reason why, after one year of living in a condo, I sold and moved out.
I am writing as a parent of a graduate of Kent-Meridian High School.
I wasn't very surprised to read the responses written in regard to the May 9 article about Mayor Suzette Cooke's financial troubles.
