Guest columnist Chris Carrel’s article “Caught in the crossfire of gun violence” (Aug. 23) does point out a concern that my family has, which is that we no longer have that sense of safety and well being that we once had living in Federal Way.
Youth violence is our particular concern.
Column on abortion insults women
Arguments over abortion
City was right to remove sign
To owners of large objects
I think Terry O’Day is confused (letters, Aug. 13).
1. Normal people don’t own an RV.
2. Apparently when he purchased the RV, he failed to consider all the costs of ownership of an object so large it didn’t fit on his property.
Imagine — What a performing arts and cultural center in Federal Way would mean to me:
Pride, community pride. The people’s arts and cultural center.
As the fire chief of South King Fire and Rescue, I want to take a few moments to address all of the citizens we serve about an unfortunate series of events surrounding your fire department.
In response to Angie Vogt’s commentary (“Assisted suicide is a dying movement,” Aug. 2):
On July 29, you woke up that morning and decided to prowl cars for some entertainment. I was one of your victims that day and you took a lot from me. The items were mostly material possessions, but my life has been turned upside down.
In the recent issue of the Mirror, Mr. Mark Knapp submitted a letter calling for “the highest legislative priority ought to be to train staff in our schools to carry pistols and be prepared to respond … with deadly force in the event violent attacks occur in the schools.”
Your recent article on Washington State gun law is well written and informative. The highest legislative priority ought to be to train staff in our schools to carry pistols and be prepared to respond tactically (as volunteer first responders) with deadly force in the event violent attacks occur in the schools. Such preparations will take a great deal of commitment by legislators, school districts and other policymakers at many levels of state and federal governments.
I see that the reaction to my article on diversity (“Diversity and the FW School Board,” June 18) was what I expected.
I asked a simple question: How does a diverse school board improve education, specifically, improve standardized test scores?
Did I get an answer? No. There are just more calls for The Mirror to stop printing my writings.
I see that the reaction to my article on diversity (“Diversity and the FW School Board,” June 18) was what I expected.
I asked a simple question: How does a diverse school board improve education, specifically, improve standardized test scores?
Did I get an answer? No. There are just more calls for The Mirror to stop printing my writings.
In the very astute Angie Vogt’s column (“City must keep control of Knutzen Theatre,” July 5) she informs us that the city and the Arts Commission are considering transferring management of the Knutzen Family Theatre to Centerstage Theatre (a private group) for $75,000 a year!
The costs incurred by the police for issuing fireworks citations, including vehicle, overtime and related overhead costs should be offset by the income from the citations themselves. And maybe a 50 percent surcharge just because.
Letters from readers of the Federal Way Mirror.
Here’s an interesting twist on sexuality education: Sex ed for seniors.
Federal Way Chamber CEO Tom Pierson’s encouragement to “buy local” (June 25) is really hard to do when Federal Way merchants don’t stay open long enough for residents to get home from work.
