A recent letter to the editor suggested that Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Energize Eastside project was conceived to help balance treaty requirements between the United States and Canada. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Your decision to highlight the gender as the defining characteristic of a local robotics team disappointed me.
The discovery of antibiotics was a revolutionary one, allowing cheap and lifesaving medicines to be delivered to diseases previously untreatable. However, overuse of these precious drugs has led to antibiotic resistant bacteria, bringing back diseases that were previously thought benign.
Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project primarily satisfies federal energy requirements, and as such it should qualify for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review.
President Obama’s new America’s College proposal is an intriguing idea that might be in the right direction for a more affordable education to Americans who want to further their learning.
The NFL has decided not to suspend Ndamukong Suh, the oft-penalized defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions. After all, it is the play-offs. But first the NFL should apologize to Detroit center, Dominic Raiola, for his two game suspension for a very similar offense.
Congratulations to Sen. Diane Feinstein of California. In one fell swoop she managed to irritate the CIA, irritate her own party and put Americans at bodily risk worldwide.
In response to Puget Sound Energy’s Dec. 19 op-ed, “Energize Eastside, The Only Way,” the debate about the need for the Energize Eastside Project is not whether the Eastside will need more electricity in the future.
If you really don’t need more stuff, and want to help someone, tell your family the gift you want is a check made out to the Union Gospel Mission or Salvation Army.
Bellevue high-rise towers need setbacks offering street-level parking for visitors’ cars, delivery vehicles, etc.
President Obama, in one of the greatest unconstitutional power grabs in history, is giving amnesty to 5 million illegal aliens.
Pro football has been in the news with Ray Rice, as well as other football players, with their domestic violence episodes.
How does Puget Sound Energy validate its forecasting algorithms? Other regional utilities (Seattle City Light, Portland General Electric, Snohomish PUD, Avista/Spokane) readily make their data available. However, PSE does not.
The massive public reaction to the tragic deaths of three black teens at the hand of white police officers has led to a national call for use of body cameras to record and prevent any future mistreatment of suspects.
It’s a little late for Bellevue Councilmember Kevin Wallace to be complaining about Sound Transit policies. He was the prime mover in revising the city land use code that made East Link “permitable.”
PSE’s Energize Eastside project would result in industrial blighting of Bellevue and the other four cities the project would cut through and it does not preserve neighborhood character as is the policy of our city and our currently elected officials. And the project may be completely unnecessary.
The nation’s energy landscape is shifting rapidly and dramatically. Nationwide, the U.S. Energy Information Administration documents a trend of declining electricity even with the addition of over a billion new electronic devices and in the face of renewed economic growth.
As a resident and a physician, I am very concerned about PSE’s Energize Eastside program. What started as a far-sighted request to upgrade an aging infrastructure and plan for future growth, has been hijacked into an oversized project that benefits a foreign-owned private corporation (PSE) as it prepares to divest in 2017.
At the Neighborhood Leadership Gathering hosted by the city of Bellevue in October, more than 92 neighborhood leaders identified PSE’s Energize Eastside proposal as the “greatest threat to neighborhood character.”
Change is what we need – now it is time for President Obama to change.
