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Letters to the Editor — April 24, 2019
On Ericksen’s contract with Cambodia I don’t doubt that it’s legal for Sen. Ericksen to sign a contract to be an agent for Cambodia. But it is what he does with it that ...
SB 5438 will cut off migrants from legal labor
This is a guest column from Pam Lewison, agriculture policy research director in the Tri-Cities office of the Washington Policy Center. Learn more at www.washingtonpolicy.org. ...
State House passes three budgets – operating, capital and transportation
On Friday, March 25, House Democrats in Olympia proposed an operating budget that passed on a party-line vote with Democrats voting Yes and Republicans voting No. It is important to ...
Mutchler running for reelection
By Jon Mutchler, Ferndale mayor Jon Mutchler is asking Ferndale voters to grant him a second term as mayor. “Ferndale was in great shape when I took over (from Mayor Jensen) ...
Letters to the Editor — March 20, 2019
On liberals Liberalism is a mental disorder — to deceive the passive by taking away their guns and their rights and tax them to death, until the end. This is what dictators ...
Legislature, don’t break McCleary promise
Ferndale School Board speaks out after having passed a bond This is a guest column submitted by the Ferndale School Board calling attention to a legislative issue of concern to ...
Sunshine, because it’s your government
This is a guest column written by Jim Zachary, a regional editor of CHNI newspapers in the southeastern United States. He is also vice-president of the Georgia First Amendment ...
Ferndale Bond: The time is now
On the front page of this week’s Ferndale Record, you can read, once again, about the Ferndale School District’s latest attempt to fund the construction of a new high school ...
Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2019
Where has all the money gone? Concerning the Ferndale School District bond, I was always under the impression that our schools in the outlying communities were shortchanged to ...
FSD facilities bond back in voters’ hands soon
By Wendy Lawrence and Joe Lupo Ferndale School District Bond Task Force Last November, the majority of Ferndale School District residents voted in favor of the school bond (58.64 ...