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LETTER: Vacation rentals in the R-1 zone
Dear Editor, Vacation rentals in the R-1 single-family zone are parasites. They lower property values of adjace…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Trust must be earned and the clock is ticking
Last week, I penned a column focused on the Moses Lake School District levy election. My primary point with that column was that voter turnout countywide was abysmal, leading to a small minority of voters deciding …
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Your vote matters, and here's why
I recently met with a Moses Lake School District official who made a good point. If all of the employees with MLSD had voted in favor of the maintenance and…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Vetting national and regional news
MOSES LAKE — Today’s media landscape often looks like a big bowl of spaghetti tossed against a wall already splattered with curry, leftover taco meat and gummy…
LETTER: MLSD levy failure will hurt schools and community
As we all are well aware by now, the local school levy in Moses Lake failed. Voting down a school levy usually results in reduced funding for essential prog…
LETTER: Support MLSD levy for the future
I have lived in Moses Lake most of my life. I grew up attending schools in Moses Lake from Kindergarten through Big Bend. I received a great education and was …
LETTER: Appreciation and a bit of hindsight
Dear editor, Over the 53 years of living in Moses Lake, we have had kids and grandchildren attend the schools. If I’ve calculated right – from September 197…
LETTER: Be mad about the past, but don’t make our kids pay for it.
As someone who worked really hard to keep the second high school that was approved by voters in the 2017 bond election, I’m very troubled when I hear people ci…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: It takes a village…
EPHRATA – We’ve all heard the old saying telling us that it “takes a village to raise a child” or some similar paraphrase. After my experience last Thursday wi…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: We are Ephrata Town Hall set for March 28
EPHRATA – The Columbia Basin Herald will be hosting a town hall at the Ephrata High School Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m. on March 28 with representatives fr…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Covering sensitive situations
MOSES LAKE – In yesterday’s edition of the Columbia Basin Herald we covered two delicate topics that require a great deal of empathy, compassion and thought to…
LETTER: Code update, enforcement needed for vacation rentals
Dear Editor, We recently submitted this letter to the City of Moses Lake, City Council, Planning Commission and Ms. Kirsten Peterson, who’s the Community De…
COMMENTARY: America still needs more welders, fewer philosophers
In 2017, I wrote a column titled “America needs more welders and fewer philosophers.” It was a slogan Florida Sen. Marco Rubio used in his 2016 presidential ca…
LETTER: Seniors and caretakers deserve fully funded Medicaid
I am the assisted living facility administrator of a small, non-profit facility called The Cambridge, which is the only long-term care center serving Columbia …
LETTER: Grant County needs more recycling options
I have been a dedicated recycler since the early '80s but reluctantly had to give it up about two years ago. It broke my heart. The interview with County Coordinator Joan Sieverkropp was interesting, but not at …