Cheers to Federal Way Municipal Court Judge David Larson for raising awareness about how domestic violence affects our community. Last month, he partnered with the Tukwila Municipal Court, the Supreme Court Gender and Justice Commission and St. Vincent de Paul Parish and held a public workshop on the issue that inspired the Mirror to publish a domestic violence series.

Jeers to Weyerhaeuser for moving its headquarters to Seattle, effective in 2016, after establishing its roots here more than 40 years ago.

Cheers to Federal Way Public Schools for involving the community in their superintendent search. Cheers to Interim Superintendent Sally McLean for stepping up into the superintendent position and providing much-needed stability to the school district.

Jeers to former school board President Tony Moore and to former Superintendent Rob Neu for their conduct. Moore was convicted of seven counts of felony theft in April. Neu promised 100 percent graduation rates but “left school early” when he took a new superintendent job with Oklahoma City Public Schools the same week his counterpart was convicted. This was also after the district gave Neu a handsome raise that made him the third-highest paid superintendent in Washington state.

Cheers to school board member Hiroshi Eto for his constant letters to the editor and opening dialogue with the community.

Jeers for traffic camera tickets and cameras that are questionably legal.

Cheers to the Federal Way City Council for extending its moratorium on marijuana-related business in Federal Way to give city officials enough time to mull the issue.

But jeers to the Council for confusing the public when it voted to extend its moratorium last month. They left a 19-day gap between the current moratorium’s expiration date (Nov. 5) and when the extended moratorium takes effect (Nov. 24).

Cheers to Kohl’s, DICK’s Sporting Goods and Seattle Children’s Hospital for recognizing that Federal Way is a great place to do business.

Jeers to those who illegally grow marijuana, including the grow-op that caused a large fire that destroyed businesses last month.

Cheers to the late Rep. Roger Freeman for his service to the Federal Way community and 30th Legislative District.

Jeers to the school district for selling the former bus barn property to a developer who will build the High Point project. The affordable housing the project will provide will not outweigh the neighborhood issues the project will cause, including more traffic in an already-congested area.

Cheers to Mayor Jim Ferrell and Council for coming up with a biennial budget that involves no new taxes nor cuts. Cheers to former Mayor Skip Priest for leaving millions of dollars in reserves to help make this possible.

Jeers to the school district and Neu. Their recent spending spree on travel was a black eye to the district.

Cheers to all of the 30th District candidates who played above board during the campaign and didn’t mudsling.

But jeers to all the negative campaigning during the election season.

Cheers to the mayor for his efforts to keep the Public Health Center open in Federal Way for another two years. The clinic serves approximately 13,700 low-income mothers and children every year.

Jeers to the school district for continuing to use the questionable standards-based grading system.

Cheers to Mr. Federal Way, who keeps his humor through good times and bad.

Jeers to the Mirror for their lack of any Y chromosomes in their editorial staff.

Contact the Mirror’s editorial board at editorialboard@federalwaymirror.com.