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EDITORIAL City commissioners made the development of a neighbor- the right decision this week to hood so close to the airport rezone 160 acres of land just had to do with concerns about south of Sanderson Field. noise. The change in zoning from The pert succesfully ap- commercial/industrial to pealed an initial rezone be-fore neighborhood/residential use the Western Washing-ton opens the door to much-needed Growth Management Hearings development here in Shelton. Board due to those concerns The California based Hall and sent the city back to the Equities Group now has an drawing board. oppertunity to build a new Extensive studys have now neighborhood which in turn shown that the port's concerns will allow them to develop about noise are unwarranted. commercial, retail and After years of doubt, de- recreational spaces along the bate, dilly-dallying and de- west side of Highway 101. liberation, we hope that the This rezone has been a long next thing we hear won't be ume coming and was met with a 747 landing at Sanderson stiff opposition by the Port of Field, but rather a back-hoe Shelton, local pilots and others, turning some dirt just to the The main objection to allowing south. TO EDITOR Wal k in our school board, which runway and landing is a best uncivil, at worst zone to train pilots and their shoes malicious. They have years paratreopers on a regular of research, professional basis. Editor, the Journal opinions and data to The main contractor for support their claims, as the Shelton sewer project As the Supreme well as the best interest flew in several times a Court reiterated in theof our community in their month to check progress. case against protestershearts. How do you support Comedian Dennis Miller .,L funerals of fallen your claims, Mr. Diehl? arrived by jet several weeks ~ervicemen, we are When have you actuallyago for his appearance at guaranteed the right to free walked through the school? the Little Creek Casino. In .~peech. We can espouseHave you spoken with 2008 the Port of Shelton .,~rson view without regard students who yearn for a hosted the Sanderson tu the validity of our claims, modern, healthy place to Expo. Admission was In regard to Mr. Diehl's learn? Are you one of the free and more than 2,000 recent letter, I have any on-site professionals people attended. Pilots noticed that whenever aand volunteers who know volunteered their time, bond proposal submittedfirst-hand what is actually money and airplanes to give to voters to rebuild needed? more than 200 local kids a the decrepit Pioneer Deborah L. Allen free flight. intermediate/middle School Harstine Island All commercial airline he is quick to condemn the pilots start their training request. He has been doing in small airplanes. Pilots so for many years. That is from Seattle and the his prerogative, but I take surrounding area come exception to his inaccurate here to fly GPS approaches claims, and practice landings. The original Pioneer Ily There are also two aviatien School building was virtua businesses that use the not built to last. It has airport on a daily basis and a V shaped roof, which provide numerous local pools water and causes jobs. deterioration of the come out And yes there are the structure. No longer should local pilots who Price money be wasted repairing of the cave describes as "old white this roof. Many windows in men" in her article on the the additions are Plexiglas, Editor, the Journal Shelton Biog. After reading without insulation. Indoor her article on the blog and air quality has been I am writing in response the comments at the end scientifically determined to the letter last week from from Tom Davis and other, to be poor because of the Katherine Price about the you will begin to see the inadequate venting and airport. Having worked true nature of Price and air circulation designs, at the airport for the last her band of CAVE people not to mention the years three years. I am in a (Citizens Against Virtually of mold, fungus and position to give a muchEverything). rodent excrement that are more accurate description Dennis E. Frost well contained, but why of airport activities than Union would anyone want to Price. house children in such an Two years ago when the unhealthy environment? main runway at Olympia Another writer states was down for maintenance, that she does not doubtthe Governor's aircraft, iS tryi g that a new building is along with others belonging r~ needed and asks why build to variousstateagencies to impose it all now? Postponing were staged at our airport. -v the inevitable is why weThe Governor and DNR now have K-3 Primary made several flights from a tax on School, instead of a K-5here during that time. Elementary. The majority The Washington State of voters did not want to Patrol and Department spend the money necessary of Corrections also use to do the job right the the airport. Local fireEditor, the Journal first time, so we are left districts use the airport to As the former director with this task to correct transport accident victims of nursing for a skilled the issues caused by via Life Flight helicopters nursing facility, I know shortsightedness, to trauma centers. The first-hand that sere'ors Mr. Diehl also aligns military uses both the are in long term care for a Sheiton-Mason County reason. Skilled nursing care is already so tmaffordable that people wait until the last moment to move in. Adding an additional bed tax of up to $21 per day on private pay nursing home residents puts our seniors in great danger. Seniors are rapidly spending down their savings that they have worked so hard for all their life -just to pay for skilled care. The legislature is to impose this tax or in private nursing he with the promise tha federal government match the funds to iz the quality of care, b~ we've heard this fron before. If they couldn keep their promise tc hospitals, I don't see we should expect any tying seniors rnes ; the dll ~prove tt them t the ~hy thing different this time around. If this proposed tax takes effect, who will care for our most vulnerable members of society when they can no longer afford the skilled care they desperately need? Our legislators need to take a hard look at the implications of this tax on our most vulnerable population. Mary Ann Southworth Shelton o ......... She~ton-Mason County Journal is a member of Rick Kennedy, publisher Advertising: / Composing room: o~-~ .~-ow Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association. 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