One has to wonder what our leadership is up to concerning negotiations with Sound Transit on permanent changes that are set to happen on June… Continue reading
Biking around our Island recently, seeing children and adults practicing sports together and enjoying the spring weather in our public parks, I was reminded how… Continue reading
Many of us recently received in our mailbox the 2016 Mercer Island Center for the Art’s Annual Report. Coupled with their 2015 report, this private,… Continue reading
I can’t believe that after I have lived on the Island for 65 years that the Reporter couldn’t find one conservative wandering around the business… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has proclaimed May as Older Americans Month. Getting older doesn’t mean what it used to. Today, aging is about eliminating outdated perceptions… Continue reading
The Bellevue Youth Theater was built two years ago for $8 million. It holds an audience of 150. A smaller theater costs less. Also it… Continue reading
Thanks to Dr. Alfred Skinner for his May 10 letter to the editor summarizing the history of citizens’ actions to preserve green space, open space… Continue reading
Team O, the booster organization of the Mercer Island School District Orchestras, is very grateful to the Mercer Island Community Fund for its grant toward… Continue reading
1. Regarding housing codes: I believe the value of a home depends on open space, a yard to play in, views between and over houses,… Continue reading
“Don Quixote” is a fun read. Having Don Quixote in the White House is not the same. Tilting at the windmills of the fossil fuels… Continue reading
It is incumbent upon you to act immediately to delay the closure of the I-90 center lane and the R8A lane reconfiguration. This is your… Continue reading
We are happy to announce that MIVAL Jr. has received its first grant for $810 from Mercer Island Community Fund (MICF). The grant for MIVAL… Continue reading
Oh woe is me, these demon Republican legislators (also elected by their constituents) are evilly and gleefully conspiring to obsessively reject anything that the good… Continue reading
I call upon our Washington state leaders at the local, state, and federal levels along with all governing agencies to reconsider the implementation of R8A… Continue reading
Like a pox, there is wanten residential development erupting all over the island. Abhorant, out-of-character structures that crowd their lots is the topic of conversational… Continue reading
Yes, the builders are gaming the system. And if the Council allows them, my guess it is reasonable to speculate that the city needs the… Continue reading
It’s that time of year again: property tax statements have recently come out from King County. Taxes are going up, and it’s important to understand… Continue reading
In its recently submitted SEPA application, MICA’s latest parking plan envisions that the city will designate the Mercer Island Thrift Shop parking lot as exclusively… Continue reading
On June 1, the center lanes on Interstate 90 will be closed for six years or more, causing traffic and safety trouble for all who… Continue reading
There’s progressive populism. Call it personal sovereignty. Moral virtue and power should rest with the ordinary folks — not elites. It is anti-establishment, opposed to… Continue reading
