Dear Editor,
Our small complex of six buildings of four units each (Kirkland Parkplace Condominiums behind the Post Office) was purchased because we loved the location, the quiet, the ease to access the downtown area of art galleries, eateries, waterfront, freeways, etc.
In the 19 years we have been residents here the town has taken on a much different feel, and with the proposed additions and rezoning it will be ever changed.
We will find another small town that offers those things to its residents/visitors.
Carlson raises good points that the Green movement has not come of age. But the point of the Green movement is that Western culture has not come of age. We have not used our technological advances to live in harmony or limit our damage to the planet and each other. The Green movement is at least looking to make our lifestyle sustainable. Carlson is just looking the other way.
*Editor’s note: This is the third in a three part series examining what it means “To be a citizen.”
Wanna buy a car that’s gentle on the environment? Then don’t buy a new hybrid. Are you buying organic food because it’s good for the environment? If so, you’re making a mistake. Those are just two of the 10 claims made by the writers at WIRED magazine in its lead story: “Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What it Means to be Green.”
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
The countdown has started for hands-free calling here in our state. It can’t come soon enough.
News media mimic domestic beasts of burden: Sometimes lazy, often trainable, but always hungry.
Dear Editor,
How do we reclaim the title citizen? Last time, I lamented the loss of connection – the essence of citizenship — between those who think of themselves as citizens and the community within which they live.
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
(Editor’s note: This column is in response to one in this space last week — “Examining Advocacy” — that criticized NIMBY-ism.)
I learned a new word this week: NIMBY. As in Not In My Back Yard. As in “the NIMBYs don’t really have a good reason why they don’t want this project, they just know they don’t want to be next to it.”
It’s expected that transportation will be the biggest local issue in the 2008 elections. Most people aren’t happy. But instead of trying to find scapegoats, let’s review some history to see why we’re paying higher transportation taxes for longer commutes.
Dear Editor,
A recent study underscores the fact that good health isn’t just a matter of personal choice for Americans.
There was a day when to be a citizen meant dropping everything at the clang of a bell or a rider shouting, “To arms! To arms! The British are coming!” Whether to douse a fire or grab the family flintlock and powder horn from above the mantle and fall in with his fellows in defense of home, family, and country, it was done instantly, without thought of cost to farm, business, or, in some cases, family or life.
Dear Editor,
