The federal government's (lack of) thinking regarding gun control
No law has ever prevented a person with evil intent from committing murder, assaults, theft, or any other crime. People were murdered long before firearms were invented. Guns are inanimate objects, capable of being used for both defense as well as evil acts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Reader supports Mick Hansen for commission
I read in the newspaper where Curt Carpenter of the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is going to get a pay raise of $100,000 a year. With a downturned economy, what would make the board decide on such a huge pay raise? Boeing engineers in Seattle make between $81,000 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader endorses Bill Bailey
After attending more than a few Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) meetings, over the past two years, we have come to several conclusions. First, the MLIRD board and staff are doing a truly amazing job of providing the users of Moses Lake with irrigation, rehabilitation and recreation. Thanks …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader supports Hansen
Moses Lake is the fifth largest lake in Washington State with up to 18 miles in length and over 120 miles of shore line covering 6500 acres. The current Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) budget is over $1.2 million with the support coming from the taxpayer. The current …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader thinks ballot process is too complex
I went to the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District office to apply for an absentee ballot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader asks about county commissioner
In regards to the Nov. 15 Associated Press (AP) article "Community group claims dairy polluted water," I would like to direct your and your readers' attention to a Seattle Times article from 2004 titled "Farmers put up stink over stench."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader, former director supports Hansen
This is what I don't like. Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) has a permit for 5 years in order to remove the silt east of the Alder Street fill using a dredge. For the last year management claims the project is on schedule and working as planned. That …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader endorses Bill Bailey
I would like to express my support for Bill Bailey in the upcoming election for Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District. I've known Bill for more than 30 years and have always known him to be straightforward and up-front in his dealings. He is an independent thinker who will listen …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader is voting for Mick Hansen
In last week's paper I read that the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District directors extended Mr. Carpenter's contract for another five years. The first strange thing in this that his current contract does not expire for another three years! They not only extended it, but gave him quite a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader doesn't want to be taxed
The Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) meeting on Nov. 14 was a dog and pony show. The panel spoke about how great dredging projects can be. They pointed out what everyone already knows - if and when the lake is clean, the future of Moses Lake will benefit …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader endorses Bill Bailey, sites partnership
I have known Bill Bailey for many years and was a business partner with him for several years. He is an intelligent man and running for a position on the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) vacant board position. Since I did have the business experience with him, I …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader concerned about wandering pitbull
I am really upset with our dog catcher. I have been having problems with a stray pitbull for three weeks already, and having my neighbor dogs invaded my fenced yard. I have a chihuahua, a 7-year-old child, and I am six months pregnant. The neighbor dogs are aggressive, and the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader backs Bailey
I am in support of Bill Bailey's bid to be elected to the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District board of directors. I have owned property and lived on the lake since 1984. I have witnessed the positive changes that Curt Carpenter and his staff have made to the quality …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader likes Bailey for commission
Our lake is vital, not only to the citizens of our community, but also to the families that come from out of the area to enjoy the great things that it has to offer. This is why we need to lean forward and continue with the dredging and revitalization project …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Readers like Bailey for director
We wish to express our support for Bill Bailey as the new director of the Moses Lake irrigation district.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader backs Mick Hansen
Is anyone paying attention? The $300,000 dredge the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is so proud of was drug through rocks and mud so it could be removed from the lake last week. Why wasn't it removed before the lake went down? Who is in charge over there? Is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader endorses Mick Hansen
MLIRD rate payers, we are faced with a difficult choice of selections - one of two candidates for a new board member to represent our interest for the management and operation of the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader supports Mick Hansen
Will Rogers said, "It is not that I don't choose to run, I won't run no matter how badly the country needs a comedian at the time." If the colossal screw-ups at the irrigation district are ceasing to be funny, you can't fault their timing. Consider the beached whale caper …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader supports Bill Bailey
This letter is for the people eligible to vote in the upcoming Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) election on Dec. 13.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader voting for Bill Bailey
We are faced with an important decision. The election for director of the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District will help determine the future of our lake.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader wants to see Bailey as commissioner
I am writing this letter in support of Bill Bailey as Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) director. I have enjoyed a variety of aquatic activities on Moses Lake since 1975. I have followed closely the work of the MLIRD and have observed many positive changes in the quality …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader likes Mick Hansen for director
People owning a parcel of land in the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District have a unique opportunity. This opportunity is not just to cast a vote, but to have our votes guarded and protected in a way that in the United States we have come to expect and demand. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader thinks Bailey is best for director
As a local business owner, member of the Moses Lake Planning Commission and a property owner within the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) boundaries, I encourage voters to elect Bill Bailey as Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District director. Bill's unwavering commitment and dedication to our community is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Readers encourage people to vote
Please Moses Lake when is enough enough? I am writing in regards to the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District election. The district employs five maybe six full time people. They maintain a 6,000 acre lake, a 100 acre park, a dam, and a pump station, along with who know …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader agrees with editorial
Nice editorial about budgets. It's the best idea yet. Too bad the people depending on government paychecks won't let it happen. They will start arguing about how their agency or organization that relies on state money is so important that they need all of the their budget. If they don't …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Bill Bailey is the choice of this reader
I am writing this letter in support of Bill Bailey for the director of the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District. Bill has been involved with the district for years and knows its mission. He has confidence with the current staff and appreciates the hard work that they do. Bill …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader appreciates apology
I was asked by city council member Karen Liebrecht if I could come to the Nov. 8 city council meeting. It was a very friendly and gracious phone call and she explained why she hoped I would come. She is a small business owner and because I admire her for …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader thanks trooper
I got a call at 06:30 this morning. My wife was on I-90 with a flat on one of her new studded tires. I was getting ready to leave on the rescue mission, when I got a text that the spare was flat, also.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader endorses Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey is the right man for the job! Please, join me and cast your vote for a true leader on Dec. 13. Having attended several board meetings of the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District I feel that I have a good sense of the direction and purpose of …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader disagrees with editorial
The Columbia Basin Herald fell into a common and comfortable trap trying to convince us that the Super Committee or our state government has a "simple and fair" solution to its current budget crisis (CBH Editorial, November 25). Besides its proposal that a single, across the board cut will eliminate …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader wants stray dog problem addressed
In regard to the article about stray cats. What is being done about the stray dogs? We live on a corner with no fence. Every day we have dogs using our yard as their potty. Not a day goes by when there aren’t any. We have a dog that we …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader confused by request
People tell me that this is a conservative place. People say that they want less government interference and more individual freedom. But I doubt this. I think that people here secretly love government interference.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader concerned about budget cuts
I am a certified teacher for the state of Washington. I love what I do! I love it so much that I am staying employed as a teacher despite a challenge we have in our family. We have been blessed with a Down Syndrome son, Tyler, who has special needs …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader questions perceived secrecy
Week after week, we see the quarter page or half page or even full page ads paid for by the Moses Lake irrigation district, patting themselves on the back or articles written by the Herald, giving them the platform to make excuses or accusations. My first question is: just want …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader enjoyed downtown event
Well, it might not have been one enchanted evening, but it certainly was a hallowed Halloween.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader supports election changes
It is amazing to me that the Moses Lake irrigation district has taken such a strong stand against Mick Hansen. They may be fine, upstanding citizens that work for the Moses Lake irrigation district, but since I live on the lake, I would want the board to be above reproach. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader wants more transparency
Is email great or what! During the rate increase meetings held back in August 2011, three PUD commissioners met privately with an out-of-town consultant hired by the Grant County Industrial Alliance, a group promoting industrial development in the county. This meeting of a quorum of commissioners constitutes an illegal meeting …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Writer clarifies previous letter
I would like to take a moment to clarify my recent letter to the editor regarding Ronald Reagan's continued popularity, and comments made by those polled, regarding why they liked Ronald Reagan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader comments on recent district doings
In the article about the MLIRD, some people seem to be playing fast and loose with the truth. I have known Mick Hansen my whole life. Anyone who knows him would know that he would never threaten some one with any kind of harm. If Mick is concerned about the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Reader encourages people to get involved
It takes a village. That was an unspoken subtheme at a public information meeting held Aug. 31 and chaired by MLPD Chief Dean Mitchell. The cooperative efforts between the Grant County Sheriff's Office and miscellaneous city police departments within the county were discussed. The proactive involvement of various youth groups …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader congratulates Moses Lake team
It isn't often that Moses Lake gets to see the kind of athletic excellence that this year's Lady Chiefs soccer team showed consistently throughout their season. As a fan of soccer in general, and the Chiefs in particular, I totally enjoyed watching these girls play beautiful game after beautiful game …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader points to Salvation Army for help
It's getting cold. Many people are struggling financially. Wondering how you can help those in need? Contact the Salvation Army at 509-766-5875; volunteer to ring bells at your convenience any day between November 25 and December 24. Better yet, organize a group to ring bells from 10 a.m. until 6 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader surprised by results
Recently I was channel surfing on TV and discovered a news piece on Fox News that mentioned 36 percent of people polled would rather have Ronald Reagan as president over Franklin Roosevelt. Although I was shocked that I lingered and watched that piece, as I generally avoid fiction TV, and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader supports Dick Deane
I want to express my support for Dick Deane in his re-election big for our city council. Most folks in our community have never attended a city council meeting so when election time comes, they are just looking at names on a page. As vice chair of our parks and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader supports current council member
I am writing in support of Jon Lane. I have known Jon most of my life and grew up with his children. He is a man of outstanding character and integrity. If he says he will do something, he does it. I, among many, have looked up to Jon and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader supports city council challenger
This message is in support of Jason Avila. Jason is the youngest Hispanic business owner nominee running.Ê He is not only an inspiration but also, a positive role model for our youth. His leadership and abilities are needed in the council. As one voice in this community, I urge you …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader endorses council incumbent
In my book, Dick is the Deane of all candidates whose names appear on the local ballot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader supports incumbent
I am writing this letter to let people know why I think Jon Lane would be a great choice to continue on city council for another four years. It has been my pleasure to know Jon for nearly 50 years. I have had a chance to observe Jon in many …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader supports current mayor
Please join me in supporting Jon Lane for Moses Lake City Council. My family first got to know Jon when he was the principal at Warden Middle School. Jon took a challenging position and helped establish a successful middle school program in a new building. Jon was very involved in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader wants to see a change
I believe that if each and every one of you will reflect on the facts of the past and present, it will ensure that your vote is for the man who is for our community, not for political position and personal gain. We must vote out of office, regardless of …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Richard H. Pearce Moses Lake
During my 20 year tenure on the Moses Lake City Council I have served with five mayors and numerous council members in leadership of our fair city. Jon Lane is one of the most observant, dedicated, conscientious and hard-working of public servants. He is a team player. He is always …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader endorses school board member
I have had the opportunity to know our current school board member, Allan Burritt, for over 20 years, and I believe he is the right man for the job for another four years. Allan understands the importance of a strong school district in the community and strives to balance the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader wants more study of constitution
I would hope that the nation with the largest English-speaking population would also print copies of the United States Constitution. Yeah. China has more English speakers than America. Dozens of other nations have used it as a basis for writing their own. And, though I've never seen one, I expect …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader supports Jon Lane
I have cast my vote for Jon Lane for city council and am writing to encourage others to do so as well. Jon has all of the characteristics essential for effective leadership for the City of Moses Lake. Jon has great integrity, intelligence, common sense, and the ability to lead. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader thinks deputy should be ticketed
I have a problem with the county going to investigate the accident that the officer had last week. I was taught that if you hit somebody from behind while driving, it was your fault. What was he supposed to do? Move over and hit somebody else? I am hoping that …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader supports incumbent
I believe Allan Burritt is the right choice for being elected to the Moses Lake School District Board. I have found Allan to be a committed and dedicated individual when it comes to caring about the success of students who is motivated due to a genuine, sincere interest in doing …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reader wants return of column
I fail to understand the uproar about Lynne Lynch's observations at a Moses Lake school last week. Since when does a newspaper apologize for truthful information published on its pages? "My Turn" is clearly an opinion piece and we as readers expect to read opinions there. Lynch's opinion is pretty …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
THANK YOU
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the Moses Lake Schools Special Education teachers and their assistants, and recognize them along with all others at the Excellence Awards given Tuesday evening, April 26th.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Reader concerned about impact on carriers
The "My Turn" by Lynne Lynch was exactly that. Freedom of speech in a well-written form.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Man concerned about decision to remove fair board
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
DANICA PATRICK
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
BIKE LANES, Reader concerned about road rules
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
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