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• Shredding Day a success

  By Meagan McDonald - May 20
  Editor: I just wanted to say “Thank You!” to everyone who brought bags of documents to destroy at McDonald McGarry’s Shredding Day and Food Drive ...
  

• I want a future

  By Richard Bisbee - May 20
  Dear Mr. Pierre: I have to thank you for being the Curmudgeon that you are, especially about the issue of coal trains passing through Edmonds and ...
  

• Too tall for Edmonds

  By Stephen Reibman - May 19
  Editor: This past Wednesday evening the Architectural Design Board (ADB) approved the construction of a massive new five-story building as part of ...
  

• Drunk drivers – take the bus

  By Nathaniel Brown - May 17
  Editor: We’ve been reading of two interesting and important issues coming up before the legislature: a comprehensive transportation bill, listed ...
  
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  Coal train protest

  May 16
  Cartoon by Lee Champagne
  

• Maybe it’s a grant crisis

  By Wally Bergquist - May 14
  Editor: Street Crisis? I read with interest the article in the May 9, edition of the Becon, written by Phil Williams outlining what he describes ...
  

• The Constitution provides those rights

  By James Clark - May 14
  Editor: John Pierre wants elimination of Miranda Rights given to "some miscreant because under certain circumstances the required delivery of the ...
  

• To whom it may concern

  By Diane Shrewsbury - May 09
  Editor: I would like to sing praises to "Frannie" the un-sung hero of Edmonds who in the past eleven years has circulated the streets of Edmonds ...
  

• Thanks for supporting plant sale

  By Floretum Garden Club - May 09
  Editor: The Floretum Garden Club wants to thank the community which supported our May 4, Plant Sale. Our club sold many plants on a beautiful day. ...
  

• Yuk on coal!

  By Dave Page - May 05
  Editor: I have not weighed in on the debacle about coal trains because whatever I say probably won't change any minds. All anyone has to do is see ...
  

• The 21st century

  By James Clark - May 02
  Editor: The continuing rant by our foremost authority on the coal train issue; non-other than the "Constant Curmudgeon" is so telling it is almost ...
  

• Port of Edmonds withdrawal of Land Use Application

  By Renate M. Haberpointner - May 02
  Editor: I was relieved and entertained by the Port of Edmonds’ withdrawal of its Land Use Application to have the City adopt the Port's Harbor ...
  

• You want proof? You got it...

  By Eric Livingston - May 01
  Editor: Mr. Pierre’s column “Complaining about the Railroads” came to my attention last week when a friend emailed me a link to it. After reading ...
  

• Curmudgeon is spot on

  By Susan Bayes - May 01
  Editor: Thank you for John Pierre’s “Constant Curmudgeon” article in the Edmonds Beacon, April 25, 2013. He is spot on. It is so easy to jump on ...
  

• Missing the point

  By Lorna Lowenthal - May 01
  Editor: Anti-train lobbies? Chronic complainers? Greenies? Strong language in article: “Complaining about the railroads” by The Constant Curmudgeon...
  

• No, not my Prius!

  By Barbara Tipton - Apr 29
  Editor: In November 2012, our trusty model year 2000 Toyota 4-Runner was consigned to the bone yard. For the last several years, our car was kept ...
  

• AHHH SPRING, the garbage is on the wing

  By Francine Cohen - Apr 29
  Editor: Wait a second, is that how this poem goes? The answer is YES! I am out with my scooper, plastic bag and gloves, as usual on my two/three ...
  

• Questions for Mayor and Councilmembers

  By Maggie Fimia - Apr 25
  Dear Mayor and Councilmembers: I have serious questions about the process used by the Council during the deliberations regarding the Harbor Square ...
  

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• Letters to the Editor for week of 3-8-2012

  Preserve services for victims Editor: On Tuesday the Senate released its proposed supplemental budget, which made protecting victims of domestic ...
  

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Blogs

• A Runner

  By Frank Workman - May 19
  Amy-Eloise Neale is a senior at Glacier Peak High School. She is a runner. She is majestic and regal and graceful. Her feet hit the ground as ...
  
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  What? Not again!

  By John McAlpine - May 19
  So here I was, all set to blog about how it seemed the Mariners had 'rounded the corner', 'come of age' or 'got up to speed' with respect to ...
  
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  It's the Participation and Effort That Matter

  By John McAlpine - Apr 29
  It's the Participation and Effort That Matter Obnoxious John 4/29/13 This past weekend I had the opportunity to spend a few hours at the ...
  

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  Frank The Man

  Frank Workman knows sports. And more. Just ask him!
  
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  Obnoxious John

  "Obnoxious" John McAlpine knows even more about sports than Frank the Man. Just ask him!
  

Comments

• Re: Washington’s Lottery imagines what Washingtonians could do if they won

  By Pat Ratliff - May 17
  OR: You could donate $183 million per year for three years to the Beacon Christmas Party fund. And still have a million left over for yourself.
  

• Re: The Constitution provides those rights

  By Nathaniel R Brown - May 15
  Thank you, Mr. Clark. I have to admit that I had not read the column in question until I saw your comment - but now I have. So, enter some judge ...
  

• Re: Port of Edmonds withdrawal of Land Use Application

  By john dolan - May 11
  Thank you Renate M, Haberpointer!
  

• Re: The 21st century

  By Nathaniel R Brown - May 08
  An excellent letter, Mr. Clark! But may I correct just one thing you say? We greenies are not anti-business! I was a businessman myself before I ...
  

• Re: Curmudgeon is spot on

  By Nathaniel R Brown - May 03
  Well, I jumped on the wagon after seeing so much damage to the environment that it made me weep, and after considerable study and research and ...