Tire recycling sign
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Late and out-of-date
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President Obama painted a rosy picture of the state of the union on Tuesday night in a flowery speech about how America is on the way back. Who is he kidding? In just a few minutes the Mud Bay Blog identified a number of serious issues with the union that NO ONE seems to be working on. Here are five:
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Posted in Economy, Government
They came, they listened, they said no. If the informal vote taken at Bremerton Councilman Will Maupin’s district meeting Tuesday night on going ahead with sewer planning is representative of what Rocky Point and Marine Drive residents think, area homes will remain on septic tanks for the next few years.
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Initiative 1183, the most expensive initiative in Washington’s history, puts the state out of the liquor business. With so much money at stake and in a slow election season, citizens are being bombarded constantly by advertising from both sides, much of which either skirts the truth, makes little sense, or is guesswork as to what might happen if the initiative passes. Although I’m generally in favor of a smaller government footprint, I needed a better reason than simply eliminating what is obviously a nonessential service—one that Washington isn’t particularly good at—to vote for the initiative.
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USPS 98312 - Note the dahlia garden
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My census tract
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How would you interpret this sign?
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Last week while reading The Truth About Cars web site I learned that Carl Levin, the long-time senator from Michigan, has a brother serving in Congress. That wasn’t the point of the post—it was about additional subsidies for electric vehicles proposed by U.S. Representative Sander Levin—yet it got me to wondering if there are any other siblings currently making the nation’s laws. There are, although not as many as in two previous Congresses.
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January 30th was the last time the Port Orchard Library—or any Kitsap Regional Library branch—was open on Sunday. It was a downer day for me. Stopping by the funky old gray-and-blue building on the Port Orchard waterfront was part of my Sunday afternoon routine.
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