I just finished reading the latest letters to the editor. Sounds like there are a few sour grapes that were previously against annexation and are still trying to fight it.

It seems to me that regardless of whether there was 60 percent approval or 59 percent approval – and yes I am well aware of the RCW’s dealing with annexation – that a majority of the people in the annexation area were for the annexation. The 60 percent would have made the annexation official, without action by the city.

So, the council voting my area into the city was actually a vote for the majority and I believe, majority still rules. So, we’re now a part of Kirkland. Get over it.

It most certainly will be a relief to have the immediacy of Kirkland City Hall versus the more impersonal response of a downtown Seattle King County government.

I don’t mean to put King County down as they have enough problems they must solve. King County, particularly the urban unincorporated areas, encompasses a large physical area with hundreds of thousands of people to serve and with all the problems engendered by such a population.

With King County in a position where they must face a decreasing ability to serve that population means they would be in a reduced position to service the area annexed by Kirkland.

I have also noticed an increase in police vehicles in the Kingsgate neighborhood – hooray! And I applaud their enforcing the law. Enforcing traffic regulations does not constitute a police state unless of course you are one of the violators.

I for one applaud the Kirkland Police Department. Traffic violators cause accidents and causalities. I agree that there was a visible lack of law enforcement previously under King County, but that visual lack of officers also meant they weren’t there when a life-safety issue was involved. I somehow don’t find that to be a positive factor. Personally, I’m glad to see an increase in police presence and protection in my area and I most certainly don’t look at it as a police state.

One last note, if you check with the city, I think you’ll find that there really are quite a bit fewer Kirkland police officers than there are residents in your area.This of course is my personal opinion and obviously is in disagreement with the authors of the recent letters. Kirkland needs an “at-a-boy/girl” for a job well done. Thank you Kirkland.

Dick Fredlund, Kirkland