I would like to respond to Dean Radford's recent commentary about the new Washington liquor law/taxes ("Liquor doesn't deserve obvious spot in our everyday lives", Reporter, June 22).
I want to send out a big thank you to those who contacted the police when they saw some suspicious characters lurking around our homes on a recent Friday.
First off, 79 percent of Kent voters support these two collectives (May 18 Web poll results, Kent Reporter). The collective gardens are patients helping patients. These are patients who are being productive as well as proactive in their lives. These patient's have a prescription for this medication and a legal right in Washington.
There is a good reason the governments are pushing back on medical marijuana collectives and dispensaries these days. They want to preserve a market share for new marijuana products with the aide of government influence.
I have had two brain surgeries and now have seizures. I take three different meds to stop them. Nothing works unless I add medical marijuana along with the other three meds I'm already taking.
I was glad to see the letter from the Sheriff's office reminding people to wear life jackets (PFDs) while on or near the water. But I need to make one small correction.
The Kentwood Cheer supported the 2012 Special Olympics Summer Games over the past weekend by bringing more than 50 volunteers to the games, offering cheers and words of encouragement, smiles and hugs.
I'd like to say a few words on behalf of Denise Kay Grigsby.
I have never been a fan of basketball, but the Port of Seattle's claims that a new arena will cost our region family wage jobs fail to identify the real problem.
I've read that one reason the ShoWare Center is losing money is they "can't put butts in the seats!"
Project U(th) of the Kent-Covington area would like to thank Kent Station owned by Tarragon Corporation and its manager, John Hines, for housing its program in a suite for an entire year at no cost to the organization.
Regarding the removal of the sandbags, I'm sure someone must have thought of this, but why not collect all of the sand from the sandbags and put in an open area in Kent to use for sanding the roads when the snow and ice hit?
Last week a resident wrote to the Kent Reporter with concerns about the use of pesticides at Clark Lake Park and the potential risks and impacts to the park and park users.
Regarding the removal of the sandbags written on April 13 by Steve Hunter, there was mention of the relative cost associated with the removal and obvious concerns for the negative impact it would create for the city budget.
After reading Steve Hunter's story on the Kent City Council's recent approval of an economic study of the ShoWare Center (April 20), it occurred to me the council's current rationale for owning an event center has changed over the past five years.
I went to Clark Lake on a beautiful Sunday to walk. I was appalled to see a posting that the landscape had been sprayed with Roundup and two other chemicals that they listed as pesticides and herbicides.
I am a senior who is mentally challenged with physical disabilities writing for the Midway Residential Housing Group, a division of Navos, in Kent.
Over the last two months the Kent Chamber of Commerce and the Kent Downtown Partnership have held countless meetings examining the issue of a potential homeless center located in downtown Kent. It was with feedback from our membership that the Kent Chamber of Commerce decided to oppose the use of the Resource Center, in downtown Kent, as a homeless shelter.
KentHOPE has responded with renewed energy and vigor after the Kent City Council denied the use of the city Resource Center as a day center/shelter. We are moving forward with our partner, Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, toward our vision of establishing a day center, and eventual overnight shelter to provide hope and assist those who are homeless in pathways to stable housing and a more secure future.
I first met Thomas 18 months ago at the dinner my church serves weekly to the homeless and financially needy
