GAS: Choices few in funding our roads
Re: “Taxing by the mile is a dumb idea” (letter, 1-18). I enjoyed reading the letter concerning the suggested pay-by-mile idea for raising road funds. Let’s stop the hyperventilating and loose talk and...
View ArticleTACOMA: City neglects potholes in Hilltop area
Want to see the worst pothole in Tacoma? It’s the enormous hole on South Hosmer near 19th. Hosmer and surrounding Hilltop streets have had a few shovels of asphalt tossed in holes for decades without a...
View ArticleTRAFFIC: Tailgating illegal and never acceptable
Your response to a Traffic Q&A question (TNT, 3-25) was incomplete and gave some readers the false impression that tailgating was an acceptable practice. Your response was meant to give the person...
View ArticleROADS: Be more aware of surroundings and children
Sadly, a child was hit and killed in Spanaway Thursday while riding his bike (TNT, 4-5). The driver was not speeding or under the influence, nor were there any other contributing factors that lead to...
View ArticleROADS: Give priority to potholes and schools
Re: “Don’t forget about widening SR 162″ (letter, 4-28). A couple of weeks back I attended a town hall meeting at the Puyallup library, called by state Reps. Hans Zeiger and Dawn Morrell and state Sen....
View ArticleTACOMA: Provide better road-closure information
I was driving down Schuster Parkway Tuesday when I ran into a wall of traffic. First I though there was an accident ahead, but coming upon the road-closure signs, I had to get into the left lane that...
View ArticleSR 167: A better idea would be to expand SR 18
I have heard the arguments on why state Route 167 should be completed from the Port of Tacoma to Interstate 5. I don’t buy any of the arguments. I believe those who support the completion have a money...
View ArticleTACOMA: What are the city’s priorities?
Some things simply make no sense. For example, at the corner of Tacoma Avenue and Division in the Stadium District, someone painted pastel colors over the existing crosswalks on all four sides. It was...
View ArticleTRANSIT: I’ve got mine, too bad for you
Regarding Pierce Transit’s reduction of bus service (TNT, 6-11), Royboy361 commented online: “I was tired of paying taxes for something I wasn’t going to use.” What a perfect example of a me-first,...
View ArticleTACOMA: Change unresponsive, undemocratic form of government
Re: “Unhappy residents need action, not city threats” (editorial, 6-13). Tacoma is a city governed by bureaucrats! Until Tacoma’s “unhappy residents” understand our elected City Council has no power to...
View ArticleFERRIES: Inadequate schedule limits fare revenue
Highway repairs are scheduled on weekends; those roads open again by 5:30 a.m. the following Monday. Why? So that commuters can get to jobs. What public road anywhere in the state closes at 7:30 p.m....
View ArticleROADS: Smile, speeders; you’re being videotaped
It is that time of year again when kids are heading back to school. Everyone is in a hurry to get dropped off for school and then on with their day. We live on Waller Road between 176th Street and...
View ArticleTACOMA: Prop. 1 provides a sustainable solution to fix streets
I live on Tacoma’s East Side. I’m a retired teacher. My husband is a retired mechanic. We’ve worked hard all our lives for the money we’ve earned, and I know you can’t have something for nothing....
View ArticleTACOMA: Proposition 1 is all about safety
As a 20-year-plus member of a local fire department, I probably know better than most people about the importance of traffic and road safety. And as a nearly lifelong resident of Tacoma currently...
View ArticleTACOMA: Dedicated fund for roads is important
It’s true that Tacoma’s pothole problem has been decades in the making. We’ve kicked the can down the road long enough, and now it’s going to take some serious effort to fix our streets. The argument...
View ArticleTACOMA: Unfair to force non-Tacomans to pay for city streets
Re: “Non-residents pay for poor leadership?” (letter, 10-24). On behalf of the Puyallup letter writer and all other residents outside of the City of Tacoma who may be forced to incur increased costs...
View ArticleTACOMA: Mailer seems to try to mislead voters
I have just received the slick, glossy and endorsement-filled mailer from the “Fix Tacoma Streets” campaign. The convenient placement of News Tribune quotes and logo led me to believe that this too was...
View ArticleTACOMA: Tax regressive and for the wrong purpose
I received a campaign brochure today on Tacoma Proposition 1 dedicating utility tax revenues for roads. Why? The City Council hasn’t done its job for a decade to maintain the city infrastructures....
View ArticleTACOMA: Charge utility to help pay for streets
I’m voting yes on Proposition 1 to fix Tacoma streets for many reasons. I want to see potholes get fixed, and I’m tired of driving down bumpy roads. This past August, big money interests filed a...
View ArticleTACOMA: Cheaper power benefits non-residents
People against Tacoma Proposition 1 say it will cost jobs. I couldn’t disagree more. Prop. 1 will create more than 300 good, family-wage jobs in Tacoma. That’s why unions like Teamsters 117, the Pierce...
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