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EDITORIAL Enough's enough the money collected from the urge the city to make the one-tenth of 1 percent sales tough decisions necessary to The city commission's deci- tax, if approved by voters, will fully fund the police depart- Sml~ flus week to ask voters to go to public safety. It would ment with the tax revenue approve a sales tax increase be foolish to argue against they already have. in November couldn't come at having a robust police depart- Despite Mayor John Tar- a worse time. ment and the city's revenue rant's urging, the county corn- Unemployment is through has taken some major hits in missioners wisely took a pass the roof, the local foreclosure recent years. However, city at joining the city's sales tax rate is of['the charts andmany residents already saved the increase effort. It will ulti- businesses are struggling to library and opted to create a mately be up to the citizens of keep their doors open. The Metropolitan Parks District. Shelton to decide this issue, people of' Shelton should not Adding another tax, underbut we've got a feeling that be asked to give even more of the auspices of keeping cops thefll have the same reaction their hard-earned dollars to on the street, is simply too that the county commissioners the city in a time like this. much to ask for. did and say, "Thanks, but no City officials insist that all It will not be easy, but we thanks." A photo, left, ran on the cover of the July 28 Jour- nal with an incorrect cap- tion. The caption should have read: =Mike Burdick, Bill Bogle and Mike Park- er help set up grange dis- plays for the Mason Area Fair." Also, Patti Tupper's name was misspelled in the article "Poor atten- dance hinders flower chal- lenge" in last week's issue of the Journal. The Journal regrets the errors. Set the Editor, the Journal As a state legislator I have always felt we should take the same pay cuts as every other state worker. It did not make com- mon sense to me that it could not be done as part of our state budget, but the law was written by a vote of the people in the initiative process and it took a new law to change the initiative. I just want to set the record straight concern- ing the media coverage of this issue. When 1 read in the paper that there was an opportunity to request a pay cut I did so immediately. I have taken many other reductions that amount to a great deal more money that a 3 per- cent cut, but I have done what 1 can to reduce spending at all levels. I want people to know the truth on this issue. The media is a very pow- erful entity and on this issue I hope they will make the efibrt to set the record straight. Kathy Haigh Shelton Murray's rise should vious merit in the oppo- mean-spirited citizens sition's proposals? How who will do anything to can she ever contribute a disrupt the processes es- part of a panel formed to tablished by our govern- look at all the vital pos- ment and us. sibilities, regardless of We are well aware the politics? of how much it took to Bob Hoit succeed, but you did Union succeed. You have my deepest respect and ap- Thank you preciation. JackKrause Shelton Thanks for family Editor, the Journal l ditor the Journal Rachel and John Han- sen and their three beau- tiful children deserve the Mag0n County e0mmu- nity's gratitude for their tremendous effort in giv- ing us all a truly wonder- ful fair this year. They toiled for many weeks and never stopped despite the vilifying per- sonal attacks by a small number of anarchistic individuals of the CAVE (citizens against virtu- ally everything), who were intent on derailing the event. The CAVE organiza- tion -- ardent opponents of the air and eagerly abetted by, the local print media's continuous at- tempts to stir up circula- tion enhancing contro- versy -- happily failed to derail a civic enterprise that proved most ben- eficial to our community and especially to our children. My personal respect for civility precludes my describing in detail the bullying lies, name- calling and misinforma- tion used by this group of aging hippies in CAVE during the buildup to the fair except to say it was shameful. And so was Port Com- missioner Jack Miles' blatant endorsement of these lies in an attempt to garner support for his reelection. This commu- nity deserves better. The Hansens will not be back. This is tragic and can be scored a victory for the CAVE organization. Too bad. The Hansens were working for the good of this community to help it become a more family oriented place to live. God forbid that they might have made a few dollars to cover their ex- penses and labors. Thank you, Rachel and John and all your kids for the tremendous ser- vice you have provided us by overcoming the few It takes a village to raise a child, but it took a wonderful town to bury one of their own. I thank all of Belfair for the kindness and the love they have shown me and our kids. Thank you for your kindness from each and every one of Ron's friends. Janie Mathews and Family Belfair trans is- the best Editor, the Journal The Mason County transit is something to be proud of. Neighboring counties are having prob- lems with their transit systems. King, Pierce, Clallam and Jefferson counties are having prob- lems with their systems. Editor, the Journal Why is that? Is it the The selection of Patty people, manager, drivers, Murray as co-chairman maintenance, schedul- of the debt panel super ers? committee may truly I have used the MTA warrant these questions often in the last several now being asked, con- years. The drivers are all cerning her ability to quite competent, courte- see some logic in ideas ous and care about their not fitting her rock-solid passengers. The driv- democratic partisanship, ers have their followers, Her rise to fourth rank- Frank, Juan, Ron, Patsy, ing democrat in senate Shauna, to name a few, leadership, with appoint- have their devoted fans. ments to high profile Dan Stewart was the otTices, may arguably apple in the eye of one be the result only of her elderly man who had to seniority, rather than move to be closer to rela- her vision, or her accom- tives. plishments As a U.S. He would ride to the Senator front our state, Safeway stop to buy gro- when can we ever recall ceries, and then catch her voting in thought- Dan when he came up ful opposition to her co- the hill. Dan would es- senator Maria Cantwell? cort him to his apart- When has she ever ad- ment door with his gro- mitted to seeing some ob- ceries. / The Journal welcomes and: en, cou.rag si O!f to the editor. We will prin ! of local interest.: :N!6!ils i '!! i! am.libelous: o, :!sCUrril IT :I! The dial-a-ride sched- do about another five out of the area. ulers Data, Christy, years unless there is. Clallam County is try- Athena have an old boy one trained to take over. ing to a manager from almost in love with them What can be done to keepthe ranks Let's see how because of how well they him, a week at the oceanthey do. schedule me. I probably or mountains? Ralph Wingert misspelled some names. I would prefer the next Shelton Our transit manager manager to come from speaks of retiring. My- the ranks and save the self, I would like him to money spent searching Shelton-Mason County USPS 492-800 She#on-Mason County Journal is a member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association. 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