I would like to personally thank the Kent Reporter for the article on Suzette Cooke. This was not an atypical tabloid article as many have commented in the letters to the editor.
Congratulations and thanks to the city of Kent Public Works Operations department for an excellent event showcasing their equipment and operations on May 20 at City Hall.
I was disappointed to see the Kent Reporter story used to disparage the personal character of Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke ("Kent Mayor Cooke fails to pay condo assessment fee," May 9).
We heartily agree with the letter from Marianna Klon regarding Mayor Suzette Cooke ("Mayor Cooke deserves better than your attack," Kent Reporter, May 16).
Regarding your outrageous article about Suzette Cooke:
As a seventh-grader at Mill Creek Middle School, I understand your point of view about my school ("Bullying, fights plaguing school," Kent Reporter, May 9), but we are not as bad as you say.
In the May 16 issue of the Kent Reporter, two articles on the front page concerned the homeless population in Kent.
I read your last issue (May 9) with shock and dismay, thinking someone had delivered the National Enquirer to my driveway in error.
I am a 66-year-old man who has worked hard all my life.
If the Kent City Council asks for a property tax increase to pay for a new police station, it will show how out of touch they are with their residents.
"Good gracious, Sister Sue, isn't it just great how our city officials saved us from the scourge of marijuana? It was scary to think of what might have happened if we allowed marijuana production and sales (mainly to people with chronic pain)."
As a high school teacher of American Government, I taught two generations of Kent students that elected leaders serve to represent the will of the governed.
The Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives needs to step up and address Immigration reform.
My husband and I recently delivered some wool socks, work gloves and warm shirts to the volunteers in Oso. It was so incredibly bad; whatever pictures you may have seen aren't the real thing. The media calls it a mudslide, but I saw for myself that half a small mountain swallowed that sweet little town.
The more that I read concerning the marijuana issue, the more that I believe that Initiative 502 was and is bad legislation. Marijuana is an addictive drug and is also a gateway drug to more powerful drugs, such as methamphetamine or heroin.
The excitement was obvious when Amazon recently announced they would open a new location in Kent. This will mean hundreds of good-paying jobs coming to our area.
I admire the mayor and certain members of the City Council for their quixotic efforts to eliminate marijuana from the city of Kent.
The reasons for selling are the same reasons for keeping the par 3. The money from the par 3 will soon be gone, then what valuable asset will Kent then sell?
Some of you have asked why I voted no on Prop 1 (to fund Metro Transit and roads).
We will be voting on a proposition where the (King County) Council has attached a road-maintenance tax to a Metro transportation tax that provides an estimated $3 million for street repairs to the city of Kent.
