LETTER | In Kirkland, it’s not a game of Democrats vs. Republicans, but …

In reading "Bias Media Coverage" by Don McConaghy, I couldn't help but feel his frustration much like the rest of us. We all know the game isn't the Democrats versus Republicans; it is the 1 percent of the wealthy population who owns the government versus the other 99 percent of the population who has nothing but a single vote each.

April 21, 2011 8:28 pm

In reading “Bias Media Coverage” by Don McConaghy, I couldn’t help but feel his frustration much like the rest of us. We all know the game isn’t the Democrats versus Republicans; it is the 1 percent of the wealthy population who owns the government versus the other 99 percent of the population who has nothing but a single vote each.

This phenomenon is true at the federal, state, county and city levels.

So, take a look at the City of Kirkland and the Kirkland City Council:

• They annexed 38,000 people who didn’t want to be annexed;

• They signed a seven-year contract with Waste Management that will only cost us 3-4 percent a year increase without any citizen input; and

• They favor having two “high income toll lanes on I-405” so the rest of us can drive on the shoulder and share the road with the semi-trucks.

We don’t have to travel to Washington DC to find Mr. McConaghy’s frustration – we have it here in Kirkland.

Dave Condon, Kirkland