TACOMA: Council made right decision on manager
Congratulations to Tacoma Mayor Strickland and the City Council for a good decision to move forward with a new city manager. This time, look for someone who is not dominant. This mayor and council are...
View ArticleTACOMA: Mayor should be held for treason
On the front page of the News Tribune Saturday was a picture of the Gay Pride Flag flying on top of the city hall building. Tacoma’s mayor was the one who led the countdown to raise it. The only flag...
View ArticleTACOMA: Proposal looks like smoke and mirrors
Re: “Tacoma plan cuts 217 jobs” (TNT, 10-3). City Manager T.C. Broadnax just hired three people from Texas at very expensive salaries with moving costs and benefits. I suggest those jobs be eliminated....
View ArticleTACOMA: City joins others seeking campaign finance reform
On Tuesday, the Tacoma City Council joined more than 150 municipalities and counties throughout the United States by passing a resolution which states, in part, that corporations are not people with...
View ArticleTACOMA: Workers need to have sick time off
I would like to congratulate Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland’s recent appearance in PBS’s post-State of the Union special. Her statements in support of working families were on point. As she stated,...
View ArticlePRAYER BREAKFAST: Mayor’s opinion isn’t very ‘inclusive’
Re: “Guess who’s not coming to breakfast” (TNT, 5-1). Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland said that the Pierce County Prayer Breakfast speaker, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, has a position on marriage...
View ArticleLAWS: Does writer support universal enforcement?
Re: “Attending prayer breakfast validates speaker’s beliefs” (Your Voice, 5-2). Salvador Mungia evinces concern about Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore placing “himself above the law.” Is...
View ArticlePRAYER: Pat McCarthy right to attend event
I was heartened to see our Pierce County executive, Pat McCarthy, take a forthright stand in favor of civil discourse, tolerance of controversy and, as she said in welcoming the crowd attending...
View ArticleTACOMA: Focus on potholes, not gay pride
Apparently Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland does not have enough city business to keep her busy as evidenced by her involvement in the Pride and Out in the Park activities for 10 days. Pride...
View ArticleTACOMA: Don’t burden business with sick leave
Tacoma Mayor Strickland sees herself as the great social reformer. She wants to pass a law that would require all businesses to provide paid sick leave for employees (TNT, 10-28). Why do city...
View ArticleTACOMA: Leave mandate will only hurt jobs
Re: “Council advances proposal requiring sick leave” (TNT, 12-17). What Tacoma needs is for our elected officials to work on creating an environment for businesses to grow and be able to hire more...
View ArticleTACOMA: Where’s vision that we paid for?
What happened to the Vision For Tacoma draft that Mayor Marilyn Strickland and the City Council paid $350,000 to a Seattle consulting firm to produce? I have emailed Councilman Anders Isben and...
View ArticleTACOMA: Mayor’s pay proposal is disappointing
Re: “City may ask voters to choose: $12 or $15″ (TNT, 7-12). Mayor Marilyn Strickland’s advocacy of a $12 minimum wage should come as a great disappointment to Tacoma’s working families. She has...
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