Vashon Island ferry riders (that would be all of us) recently had the heck scared out of them when the state’s Transportation Commission suggested that the Tahlequah/Point Defiance and Southworth runs might be completely eliminated. It’s hard to imagine what that might have meant for our schools, medical services, property values and ability to get to our jobs every day, but it seems likely that life on Vashon as we currently know it would immediately cease.
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updated 2:24 PM February 21, 2012
This is the first letter I have written to the paper. The reason I am writing is to encourage others to vote yes on the upcoming levy for schools.
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11:29 AM
February 1, 2012
After last November’s election I asked King County Elections for the list of challenged ballots. Ballots are challenged when either voters do not sign the outside envelope or their signature does not match their original voter registration card. King County Elections then sends notices to all, asking for some action to correct this.
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updated 11:24 AM
February 1, 2012
My younger-but-still-adult daughter and I were sitting in the Vashon Theatre, waiting for The Muppets to begin. We were a little early, and even though we have been going there for decades (well, I have, anyway), there is always something to see and talk about.
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updated 11:22 AM
February 1, 2012
Thank you for your timely story on coyotes. Co-existence with coyotes is possible and has much to do with how human populations behave. Part of peaceful co-existence includes learning about our resident coyotes and their habits. Vashon Nature Center is interested in keeping records of Island natural history, including coyote sightings around Vashon.
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updated 2:39 PM
January 24, 2012
One month into my second term, I would like to thank Vashon voters for subjecting me to another six years of ... that is, for doing me the honor of allowing me to again serve on the Water District 19 commission.
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updated 2:38 PM
January 24, 2012
Returning to a week-long substitute teaching job at the high school, I was full of enthusiasm and excitement for the new year. That was soon quenched after talking to staff and students.
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updated 12:36 PM
January 17, 2012
Those of us who live in parts of King County, which includes Vashon Island, have just been advised by Puget Sound Energy (PSE), our natural gas and electric provider and the only provider that we have access to, that they are requesting a rate increase. If this increase goes through, here is what it will cost us all: $159.7 million for our electric charges (an 8.08 percent increase) and $33.3 million for the natural gas they supply (an increase of 3.16 percent).
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updated 12:31 PM
January 17, 2012
Vashon has a reputation for civility, but it certainly does not apply to the roads. There are some dangerous, aggressive drivers on Vashon. I have run thousands of miles all over the United States but have encountered more dangerous driving in two years on Vashon than the last 25 years of running on the roads. I have had five near misses in the last year alone.
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11:23 AM
January 10, 2012
For 29 years, the Vashon Park District has kept our parks and recreation programs in the black. Then, when the first project dips into the red, it is described as “shocking” in a Beachcomber editorial (“Unfortunate financial woes plague the park district”).
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updated 11:21 AM
January 10, 2012
Brava to Hilary Emmer for her well-put letter to the editor (“Park district dug itself into a financial hole”).
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updated 11:17 AM
January 10, 2012
