The Health, Housing and Human Services Council of Bainbridge Island (HHHS) ceased providing service to our community in January 2011.
Your Oct. 14 edition contains a guest opinion piece by Arlene Buetow (“City needs to act in best interest of ratepayers”) recommending transfer of the city’s water utility to the Kitsap Public Utility District (KPUD).
The woman who is my wife and I have slightly different personality types when it comes to meeting new people. For example, when Wendy walks into a room full of people she doesn’t know, she becomes energized and acts as though everyone in the room is an old friend she is meeting for the first time.
There’s no doubt that people, especially those living in a small town whose populace has a high political IQ and loves a spirited power struggle, have a tendency to want to put neighbors in office who share their own political or consensus-building views. That makes sense, at least if it’s done on an individual basis and important personality traits such as morality, ethics, and honesty are also taken into account.
It’s not by accident (just another near-miss) that Squeaky Wheels, the island’s bicycle advocate, is holding a meeting Monday from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Senior Center Commons. Bicyclists and other community activists are calling the event “Safe Roads For All,” and it’s not an oxymoron like it may sound.
Are you too growing weary of the campaign hyperbole and unending dialogue concerning the disposition of the city’s water utility? I’m a city utility ratepayer and I certainly am.
Our November ballot seeks establishment of an island-wide Port District to be managed by five, simultaneously chosen commissioners. If approved by a simple majority vote, the Port of Bainbridge Island becomes our sixth taxing district.
A couple weeks ago we were taking our newborn baby for his first walk. We were pushing his stroller down a one-lane road through a thick Bainbridge forest when it happened. Thump!
If you haven’t attended one of the two candidate forums held during the last 10 days involving the upcoming City Council election, here’s an example of the atmosphere hanging over it.
Bainbridge Island’s rich, and occasionally dramatic historic storyline is often underappreciated because it represents no more than nanosecond in time. It’s interesting, but not necessarily vital, at least not until March 30, 1942, when 262 Japanese American islanders became the first victims of President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 establishing relocation camps.
