Noticing more panhandlers and property crime in your residential Bellevue neighborhood? We all want to help the homeless population find shelter, but local homeless advocates are making irresponsible decisions, placing shelters in quiet residential communities when they should be in urban, transit-friendly locations near the agencies that provide homeless services.
It is happening now. New Puget Sound Energy 100 foot poles and wires appearing on NE 24th and 156 Avenue Northeast and next, up to 80 foot poles along NE 8th and along 148th Avenue for a total of 2.5 miles.
A heavily used .9-mile section of Newport Way Southeast from Southeast Allen Road to 150th Ave SE lacks sidewalks and bike lanes.
I doubt if many of those who participated in Sound Transit’s South Bellevue light rail station open houses were aware those planing to use the station and the expanded 1500 car P&R to access light rail will be joined by 10,000 bus riders ST intends to transfer to East Link trains. Especially since ST originally said the station was designed for 4500 boarders.
Sign up today for PSE’s free 20 LED light bulbs offer for your home. You will reduce your energy bill (you can save up to $200 per year, not to mention the cost of the bulbs). You’ll also help reduce energy consumption from coal and help air quality.
On behalf of the Eastside Baby Corner Board of Directors, volunteers, and staff, I would like to express my gratitude to all who helped make our Oct. 16 event a success.
Concerning ” President’s Salute Not an Issue” letter from the Oct. 10, talk about out of touch.
The Bellevue City Council and planning commission should consider requiring both electrical and communication Lines to be below ground by 2035.
This Tuesday, voters in the 48th District are fortunate to have the opportunity to elect Rep. Cyrus Habib to the state Senate.
First let me say that I think what happened at Marysville-Pilchuk High School is a tragedy. However there is nothing in Initiative 594 that would have prevented this from happening.
I am supporting Sarah Hayne for the non-partisan position of King County District Court judge, Northeast Division Position 2.
Tana Senn embodies the values that are important to me and my family.
I-591 because it is better in protecting my rights as a citizen.
Although there are many benefits to the growth and redevelopment happening in Bellevue, there are also growing pains like frequent traffic jams and PSE’s Energize Eastside project, which will leave a scar of transmission lines through our city for generations.
A recent letter writer did not like my comments of President Obama’s latte salute to the Marine standing at attention saluting his Commander In Chief as he got off the helicopter at the White House. The writer should completely read and understand what he is complaining about.
Do PSE customers want to be stuck paying hundreds of millions of dollars for “Energize Eastside” over the next 40 years when it has a stated usable life of only about 15 years?
I have read my voters’ pamphlet, and I am convinced that Initiative 594 is the way to go.
Rep. Senn stands up for small business. She also is actively aware of the importance and challenges involved in public education.
If you see a young woman dressed in light blue walking through your neighborhood and knocking on doors, say “Hello.” That’s probably your state representative Tana Senn coming by to introduce herself.
Larry Brickman’s recent letter about the president shows just how out of touch with reality he is. Did he, or anyone else complaining about Obama’s salute, make the same criticism of GWB when he saluted with a dog in his hands?
