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Letters trict after 11 years as super-
intendant, I still care deeply
Continued from page /,-4 about the staffand students.
For that reason I am cam-
ample support for distri¢; pelted ha join the Coalition for
staff, while not micro ma 1.ag- School iBoard Excellence to
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ing our district's limited ] e- speak qut about the upcoming
sources. Donaldson and I Lich school beard election. I can be
have my vote. the voi~e for those who fear
the animosity they have seen
Jason Dose against those who would dis-
St elten agree with the board.
Twq candidates, Caroline
Rich a~d Sharon Donaldson,
Elect Rich are challenging the incum-
bents, McCausland and Cra-
ter. Rich and Donaldson have
Editor, the Journal the integrity, ethics, core val-
ues an([] commitment needed
Caroline Rich is a hig~ ly in those board positions.
competent downtown Sh, dton
professional very experiel ll~ed The public rarely sees the
in business, residential ~ work o: "the board and doesn't
complex commercial tran ~ac- know r inch about its busi-
tions. She has been prep~ red, ness. E aving seen it from
the ins: de for many years, I
knowledgeable, timely, al :- urge y( u to vote for Rich and
curate, pleasant to deal ~ ith Donald son, clearly superior
and unusually wise in th,
three-dozen or so transac ions candid~ ttes.
I've had with her in the k st Joan Zook
10 years. Caroline Rich is one Re~_ ed Superintendent of
of Shelten's most valued ; md Shelton School District
hardworking volunteers-- she I Shelton
has contributed hundredt ~ of
hours to dozens of causes for
munity.thebetterment°f°urconL" Elect Gary
Caroline Rich has a sp ecific
plan to improve student 1)am- ,nce for
ing, not a personal agend ~.
Caroline will work with the
community, teachers andmayor
staff, not against them. The
Shelton School Board will be
fortunate to have Caroline's Editor, the Journal
integrity, brain and amazing The 5tizens of the City of
energy. Sheltor have an incredible
" opportl nity this fall to elect a
Richard T. Hoss new m~ Lyor who will lead the
St~elton charge ~ change the way the
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city doe s business (or doesn't
! as the c ase appears to be).
No on I-1183 Gar~ Cronceisamanofin-
tegrity, courage and ideas who
i understands that businesses
Editor, the Journal
are suffering unnecessarily
Has everyone heard at the hands of the current
enough about I- 1183 to make administration. He knows that
them nauseated? I have. strong businesses, not govern-
As each side presents ~heir ment, create the jobs that are
facts you wonder just wh~ is so necessary to set the city
telling the truth. Then th~ and community on the road to
voter's pamphlet arrives, prosperity Gary Cronce knows
The pro 1-1183 folks m~tke that th~ ball should always be
it sound like this initiative is in the city's court to work with
the best thing since ice cream busines~ owners to maneuver
for the voters. They makel the though the tangled maze of
statements that quick stops government regulation. He
and small groceries will not knows that local government
be allowed to sell spirits (~ard must gq above and beyond in
liquor). Yet, the v0~ers i~a~n, reducing red tape. He knows
phlet says on page 20 in the that th~ motto of the city
second paragraph under the should be '%Vhat can we do to
"effects ... Under I-1183, ~u~ali- help you be successful?" not
fying private parties may ob- '~ou haven't followed all our
tain licenses to distribute ~pir- rules, gb back and try again"
its or to sell spirits directl~ to Cronce will work to create a
consumers and allows the sale customer friendly working en-
of up to 24 liters of spirits,for vironment within city govern-
resale at a licensed premise, ment. He will work to attract
such as to a restaurant. I4183 new buginesses to set up shop
allows private dlstributor~ to in Shelton and be success-
start selling spirits on Ma~ch ful. He will work to eliminate
1, 2012 and private retail [ unnecessary taxes, fees, and
spirits sales to start on Juhe 1, regulatibns and make city gov-
2012." Now just whom do you ernment more accountable to
think those private partie~ the citizens it serves.
are? Mom and Pop groceries? I ha~e known and worked
7-1 l's, Quick stops? ~ with Gary for over 20 years
The pro 1-1183 folks m~ke and know him to be an hon-
a big deal out of saving allI est har4-working and caring
those tax dollars spent onI person, who is always willing
State Liquor Steres perso~mel, to roll up his sleeves and get
All that tax money saved can the job Clone no matter how
be spent on police and fire' per- difficult!it may seem. The city
sonnel. Think again folksJ needs alchange of leadership
Unless the saved tax that will work with the busi-
money is put in a dedicated ness community and local citi-
fund for the specific purpob~e zens to Create a climate that
of increasing revenue to pblice supports small business and
and fire districts, those saVed creates jobs.
tax dollars will go into the I
general fund and be spen~ Jayni Kamin
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however the legislature wrests i Shelton
to spent it. [
This is what happenedi i
to the profits from the lot-
tery. Remember, theywer# Ga., Cronce
supposed to go to the school
districts te lessen the burden for mayor
on homeowners for their r~al
estate taxes. (No more school Editor,i the Journal
levies) Most of those tim&, i
went directly into the gen, ~ral It se~ms that every conver-
fund. We have school levy sation these days includes the
elections almost every yea r. phrase '!due to the poor econ-
One other thing, if 1-111 ~3 amy" or iwords te that effect.
passes, how many people Thoughiwe all may be tired of
will be in the unemploym( nt hearing!that, it doesn't change
lines? Not only the sales the fact that this is indeed the
personnel, but also the wa re- toughest economy most of us
house and delivery person ael have seen in our lifetimes. In
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will be in those lines, order toiturn this around we
clearly can't conUnue to do
Jacquelyn Jol~ man things the way they've always
Sh, ,lton been do~e, which is why I sup-
port Gary Cronce for mayor.
The ~olution to reviving
Vote Rich, our local economy is not by
turning put streetlights and
asking fpr tax increases. We
don't need more taxes we need
more taxpayers.. The way
to get mbre taxpayers is by
Editor, the Journal I
growth. Growth creates jobs
Even though I have retired and employees who need food,
from the Shelton School I s- clothing and shelter, thereby
stimulating the economy at
all levels, fill jobs. And they
pay taxes. A commission that
will look for ways to stimulate
business growth in our city
can obtain growth.
If there was ever a time for
a fresh perspective, that t~ne
is now. I believe that our local
economy can be returned to a
healthy status with a city com-
mission led by a mayor who
understands business growth;
a hlstery of operating success-
ful businesses; understands
the difficulty of meeting a pay-
roll and who will be innovative
in encouraging new businesses
to locate in Shelton. Cronce
would be that mayor.
Jim Killoran
Shelton
Citizen who
can't vote
should stay
out of it
Editor, the Journal
I am writing today to ex-
press my deep concern on how
the supporters of the "Retain
Commissioner Dave Johnston"
campaign are currently oper-
ating. Non-voting citizens of
Hoodsport, Shelton and Grays
Harbor have written the letters
to the editor in the past weeks
that are in support of Dave
Johnston. I do not believe that
people who are not eligible to
vote in a local government is-
sue should be allowed to sway
voters to their point of view. Of
course there are constitutional
rights for free speech, but stop
and think about the person's
intent. The out of district per-
son has no accountability in
their statements because they
will never be exposed to the
candidate they support. Let's
kept the opinion letters to the
people who are the voters of
the Union community. I feel
compelled to expose this tactic
so the voters of Union can look
for the facts from local can-
didates instead of taking the
work of a non-voting citizen of
Grays Harbor and other out of
district communities.
Don Minor
Union
Talk to the
Editor, the Journal
We, the executive board
of the Shelton Education As-
sociation, wish to respond to
Carolyn Olson's recent letter
to the Journal regarding the
coalition's mission to support
the school board's partnership
with teachers and our com-
munity. We take exception to
her statement about teachers
having '~no confidence" in our
current school beard. We have
never polled our membership
regarding this matter and in
reality, there have been many
times when the board has sup-
ported us as teachers. While
there is not always a consen-
sus, we do appreciate the lead-
ership our school board has
taken on personnel, fiscal and
student achievement issues.
Instead of endorsing any
particular candidates who are
running in this school board
election, the Shelton Educa-
tion Association chose to
organize a candidates forum,
held on OCt. 4, to give all the
candidates an opportunity to
present their credentials and
their views on how they will
serve our school district.
We are grateful that there
are so many people who are
willing to step up to serve the
students and teachers of our
community by running as can-
didates in this upcoming Shel-
ton School Board election. We
encourage all who live within
the boundary of our district
to talk to the candidates and
teachers, ask questions and
then make your own decision
about who can best serve on
our school board.
Ran Goodale, Joyce
Weston-Simth, Karla Knud-
sen-Johnston, Kristey Perigo,
Dan McCoy, Tim Madden
Shelton Education
Association Executive Board
Keep the
team; vote
for Johnston
Editor, the Journal
About four years ago, my
late husband Floyd and I
first met Dave. Dave was
asked to take on a project at
our church. Dave agreed and
things started to happen im-
mediately. Floyd told others
and me that Dave brought
with him an energy and
knowledge base that he'd not
seen in a long time.
Floyd spent over 40 years
in fire service and was the
architect of the first and larg-
est Regional Fire Authority in
Oregon. Floyd received many
national awards for his fire
service work.
As Floyd's ~£e, I too was
on the fire service journey.
Floyd told me over and over
the best commissioners were
businessmen. They asked
the tough questions and ,they
make the tough decisions.
Floyd once told me that to
have a fire fighter on the
board was a conflict of inter-
est. Today, we have three
businessmen working as a
team to deliver better service
to our community.
Dave Johnston is a much
needed and valuable asset to
our community. He's a team
player and along with the two
other commissioners they are
producing much needed im-
provements.
Keep the team; vote for
Dave Johnston, he works for
all of us all the time, not just
part of the time.
Lola Pittard
Union
Discussion -
falsities - bad
Editor, the Journal
Here are some needed com-
ments about the letter of one
Joe Carney to the Journal
OCt. 6.
The port commissioners to
whom he apparently refers
are intelligent, competent,
honest, truthful men work-
ing for the good of the Port of
Shelton and its objectives un-
der the laws and regulations
governing port districts in the
state of Washington.
They definitely did not
"scheme in secret meetings"
to '~am through" the Adage
proposal. It is never their in-
tent, desire, or practice to jam
through anything.
Their clear position was if
Adage (or any applicant for a
lease on pert property) should
show fiscal responsibility and
meet all nine permit require-
ments, including federal, state
and local air quality emission
standards, they would be in
favor of granting a proper
lease.
The other matter is the
proposed housing develop-
ment directly below the
standard traffic pattern for
airplanes at Sanderson Field.
Aircraft operations would
not be affected. The incorrect
statement that "some of the
commissioner are private
pilots" has nothing to do with
it. The problem is noise. It
is well known that many
airports around the country
are plagued with noise com-
plaints. People knowingly
build or buy on property near
an airport, then later com-
plain, causing serious trouble
and difficulties. It would be
irresponsible to ignore this in
Shelton.
Carney says, "Our good
old boys are fighting tooth
and nail to prevent the de-
veloper from getting building
permits." This is not true; it
is a bad statement. The port,
not just the commissioners,
is saying the development of
housing at the critical location
is not recommended. Their
reasons as stated above are
valid.
Intelligent and honest dis-
cussions of pros and cons of
issues are healthy and good.
Nastiness, meanness, sarcasm
and falsities are not.
Herb Vonhof
Shelton
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