ELECTION: How’s Obama’s ‘friends’ policy working?
It is interesting that U.S. Rep. Adam Smith attacks the prior administration on national security (TNT, 7-17). We were secure during the Bush administration, perhaps because of the aggressive response...
View ArticleCANCER: Funding must be a priority for Congress
Last week, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to represent cancer patients and survivors from Tacoma, Washington to call on Congress to make cancer a national priority. I joined more than 600 American...
View ArticleECONOMY: Candidates not so job-friendly
The Real Clear Politics Congressional Approval Rating is 13.8 percent approval and 79.6 percent disapprove. With that in mind, former congressman Jay Inslee captured 46 percent of the primary vote,...
View ArticleCONGRESS: Very little leadership being shown
So our congressional “leaders” have reached a compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff. Now they are patting themselves on the back for “getting the job done.” But wait a minute, the Congressional Budget...
View ArticleHEALTH CARE: Thanks, but no thanks
Gov. Jay Inslee, Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and Congressman Adam Smith all have several things in common. One glaring commonality is that all have health care plans for themselves, their...
View ArticleEDUCATION: Local lawmakers back important bill
As a member of RESULTS here in Tacoma, we meet and discuss many issues. One of the most important and compelling for me is the lack of basic primary education in many countries. Fifty-seven million...
View ArticleMILITARY: TNT headline wrongly refers to service benefits as ‘pork’
Re: “Smith: Cut port or risk hollow force” (TNT, 5-2) The headline on the print version of the Associated Press article is misleading and cannot go unchallenged. Since when do military benefits such as...
View ArticleLABOR: Oppose offshoring of living-wage jobs
Inequality may well be the defining problem of our time. The causes of inequality are complex, but one way of combating inequality is protecting worker’s rights. So why do our politicians continue to...
View ArticlePORT: Demand action at the federal level
Re: “Productivity decline cuts container numbers at ports” (TNT, 12-19). Reporter John Gillie did an outstanding job of explaining the economic backlash that is being caused by the infighting between...
View ArticlePORT: Unions are only part of the problem
One letter writer has suggested (TNT, 12-20) that Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and Rep. Adam Smith intervene with the negotiations between the longshore union and the Pacific Maritime...
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