I am the owner of the Enumclaw Sears Hometown Store. On March 13, a man entered my store and walked out with two chainsaws that he did not pay for. I chased him for approximately 200 meters when the man dropped the chainsaws and continued to run.
I love Enumclaw but am a little troubled by the recent article “Understanding geography of red, blue” (March 11). I’ve never agreed with much of what Rich Elfers has written, but his most recent piece is downright disturbing. That someone would write something so blatantly racist and ignorant is almost as upsetting as the fact that the local paper would publish it.
Here in Washington state we are very fortunate. Our legislature has made registering to vote, and voting, very easy. There has been no effort to disenfranchise any group of voters.
I want to address a terrible trend that I see in Enumclaw and unincorporated King County – litter! It’s everywhere!
While many school districts ask for tax increases when attempting to pass bonds, our Enumclaw School Board members kept its constituents in mind when they were working on their bond proposal. They were adamant that the growing communities of Enumclaw and Black Diamond could fulfill their needs by simply renewing the expiring bond, therefore not increasing taxes over the current rate.
Please vote “yes” to approve the Enumclaw School District capital facilities bond measure on April 28.
If I may I would like to comment on a few items in several weeks of Courier-Herald papers.
There was an error in Wally’s recent column. He has been contacted directly but it also seemed in order tooffer some additional information.
There was an error in Wally’s recent column (Courier-Herald, Feb. 4). He has been contacted directly but it also seemed in order to offer some additional information. Wally mentioned that the organization of Free and Accepted Masons is for men only, which is correct. He then mentioned an affiliated group – Eastern Star, saying it is for women only. That is incorrect. In fact, The Order of the Eastern Star must have Master Masons as members in order for a chapter to exist. And, of the group of 18 officers in a chapter, at least two must be brothers. Nine of the officers must be sisters, and the remaining seven may be either sisters or brothers.
There is an event happening in Enumclaw that will give our community a peek into the future.
I would like to comment on Rep. Hurst’s article (Courier-Herald, Jan. 21) in regards to lobbyist’s wining and dining politicians. There is one correction I would like to make and that is reference to our type of government. Five times he makes use of the word “democracy” and a democracy is one of the worst forms of government. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution or the constitution of the 50 states is democracy used. The founders that gave us our form of government knew the difference between a republic and a democracy. A democracy is rule by majority and a republic is rule by law (constitution).
Congratulations, Mr. Elfers. Your article (Courier-Herald, Jan. 28) is in the best tradition of modern Islamic propaganda (worthy of a run of the CAIR website) and while fresh to the Plateau, it sounds rather stale on the national and world stage.
I would like to comment on Rep. Hurst’s article (Courier-Herald, Jan. 21) in regards to lobbyist’s wining and dining politicians.