Get ready for summer rerun of curfew saga - 'Once more unto the breach" is a line from Shakespeare describing a desperate King Henry V who wanted his weary troops to make one more attack against the enemy. The same can be said of Yakima City Councilman Micah Cawley as he seeks, once more, to persua...MORE...
07/02/09 Letters to the Editor - Celebrate librarian To the editor -- Sorry to hear Lorraine Brown passed away in June. She was the Union Gap Library's first librarian back in 1946. She returned as a library assistant in the last 1960s, and became head librarian in the 1980s, serving unt...MORE...
State's going down wrong path with alcohol - The state has a bad addiction, and the record budget deficits haven't helped. In a calculated move to re-jigger its revenue, the state plans to ramp up the sale of alcohol while at the same time tacking on extra costs to consumers through markups. The end...MORE...
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06/30/09 Letters to the Editor - They are ours To the editor -- The Yakima Herald-Republic on June 18 reports the lack of outrage over the gang violence in Yakima. I feel part of that is our stunned inertia -- What's to be done? Beefing up police patrols and the juvenile court system is ...MORE...
06/29/09 Letters to the Editor - Let's focus on the problem To the editor -- Mayor Dave Edler tells us that the city and police are doing what they need to do. Councilwoman Sonia Rodriguez tells us that street gangs are spreading their criminal activity all over Yakima. The Yakima Police...MORE...
This time, majority politics works in our favor - This editorial appears in the June 29 Yakima Herald-Republic It helps to be in the majority party. Just ask Sen. Patty Murray. The Washington Democrat pulled off two "appropriation coups" last week when she engineered funding for separate measures to fig...MORE...
06/28/09 Letters to the Editor - A good first step To the editor -- I applaud the efforts of Councilwoman Sonia Rodriguez in proposing a binding code of ethics for the City Council that would prevent council members from profiting from their positions and disclosing information from clos...MORE...
We're all in this fight against graffiti - Graffiti doesn't only deface the side of a building or wall. It's an eyesore that devalues property and, if allowed to linger for days, broadcasts a message that the community has given up, that the gang thugs and roaming taggers have won. This is a battl...MORE...
06/27/09 Letters to the Editor - Thanks for helping To the editor -- I am writing this letter to thank all the people who watched my SUV and camp trailer flip on its side on Interstate 82 between Selah and Ellensburg on June 16. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart ...MORE...
'Cash for clunkers' is a bit clunky - This editorial appears in the June 26 Yakima Herald-Republic We would have preferred Sen. Maria Cantwell to have just said no to President Obama. But she didn't, and what we now have is a "cash for clunkers" bill that is short on expected results and lon...MORE...
06/26/09 Letters to the Editor - Different race is on To the editor -- Re: June 21 op-ed column, "Boycott is going down a bad road," by Philadelphia Inquirer writer Michael Smerconish. I will buy Chrysler or GM, just not a gas-guzzling dinosaur. I'm waiting to see Chrysler's version of F...MORE...
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