Comments on: Sammamish Forum http://sammamishreview.com/2008/12/16/sammamish-forum-28 The Sammamish Review Fri, 25 May 2012 16:08:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cecil Lammers http://sammamishreview.com/2008/12/16/sammamish-forum-28/comment-page-1#comment-2953 Cecil Lammers Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:30:21 +0000 http://sammamishreview.com/?p=3063#comment-2953 Neighbors, neighbors, neighbors....Do we really need to remind our neighbors about respect? In my neighborhood I am constantly subjected to the non-stop barking of dogs that my neighbors leave out all day & sometimes into the evening hours, while the owners are away. What makes these owners assume that their dogs sit pretty all day long? NOT the case. It's non-stop barking. These are not my pets, so why must I have to listen to them bark while the owner is no where around, or sometimes is home and doesn't address the problem? I work from home, so the barking is extremely annoying. I'm also a dog owner and would never let my dog bark on and on without doing something about it. Try walking & playing with your dogs. Why do you think they bark - they're bored! Put them inside while your gone. Find someone to walk them for you. There are many solutions if you try. My complaint is not only regarding barking dogs, but also the homeowners who pay no regards to their neighbors by running leaf blowers, lawnmowers, etc., first thing in the morning on the weekends. A guy on my street starts making noise at 7:30 AM on Saturdays & Sundays! Most of us work all week and enjoy sleeping in on the weekends. Did that ever dawn on you? Basically my main complaint here is the lack of respect that neighbors show for one another. Be thoughtful regarding noise. Respect your neighbors by thinking about how your actions effect others. Neighbors, neighbors, neighbors….Do we really need to remind our neighbors about respect? In my neighborhood I am constantly subjected to the non-stop barking of dogs that my neighbors leave out all day & sometimes into the evening hours, while the owners are away. What makes these owners assume that their dogs sit pretty all day long? NOT the case. It’s non-stop barking. These are not my pets, so why must I have to listen to them bark while the owner is no where around, or sometimes is home and doesn’t address the problem? I work from home, so the barking is extremely annoying. I’m also a dog owner and would never let my dog bark on and on without doing something about it. Try walking & playing with your dogs. Why do you think they bark – they’re bored! Put them inside while your gone. Find someone to walk them for you. There are many solutions if you try. My complaint is not only regarding barking dogs, but also the homeowners who pay no regards to their neighbors by running leaf blowers, lawnmowers, etc., first thing in the morning on the weekends. A guy on my street starts making noise at 7:30 AM on Saturdays & Sundays! Most of us work all week and enjoy sleeping in on the weekends. Did that ever dawn on you? Basically my main complaint here is the lack of respect that neighbors show for one another. Be thoughtful regarding noise. Respect your neighbors by thinking about how your actions effect others.

]]> By: David A Sharp http://sammamishreview.com/2008/12/16/sammamish-forum-28/comment-page-1#comment-2438 David A Sharp Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:24:57 +0000 http://sammamishreview.com/?p=3063#comment-2438 The December city newsletter is giving praise to the engineers that helped snag the $3 million dollars from the state to be used for the 244th Ave bridge, leaving $10 million still to be funded from ????? Then we read in the Seattle Times that Gov. Gregoire is looking at massive state budget cuts including more than $1 billion in funding for public schools. Part of that is for the Lake Washington School District and covers the salaries for teachers and class sizes. In addition they're considering suspending pay increases for teachers and state workers and there's also a state hiring freeze in place and the possibility of layoffs. This does not cover what they will be doing to the higher education cuts, health care cuts for children, elderly & low income as well. Did we not just hear that the city council voted to give them self’s dental care? How about the 5.8% cost of living increase for the workers also. Here is a suggestion for the city council. You can be a trend setter to all of the other city's in the state and show them that you are more concerned with the education of our kids and the health care of everyone then you are with this bridge. If you return this money back to the state so it can be used for these issues, or cut the fluff from the other projects in the works, maybe the other city's will pick up on the idea and put projects that are not necessary on hold until we get out of this crisis. This also goes for the money that you want to spend on the Parkway project. Here is the chance of a lifetime for you council members. Instead of being the #11 city, Sammamish could be the #1 city. You could make national news if plays his cards right and be the “Heroes” Dave Sharp The December city newsletter is giving praise to the engineers that helped snag the $3 million dollars from the state to be used for the 244th Ave bridge, leaving $10 million still to be funded from ????? Then we read in the Seattle Times that Gov. Gregoire is looking at massive state budget cuts including more than $1 billion in funding for public schools. Part of that is for the Lake Washington School District and covers the salaries for teachers and class sizes. In addition they’re considering suspending pay increases for teachers and state workers and there’s also a state hiring freeze in place and the possibility of layoffs. This does not cover what they will be doing to the higher education cuts, health care cuts for children, elderly & low income as well.
Did we not just hear that the city council voted to give them self’s dental care? How about the 5.8% cost of living increase for the workers also.
Here is a suggestion for the city council. You can be a trend setter to all of the other city’s in the state and show them that you are more concerned with the education of our kids and the health care of everyone then you are with this bridge. If you return this money back to the state so it can be used for these issues, or cut the fluff from the other projects in the works, maybe the other city’s will pick up on the idea and put projects that are not necessary on hold until we get out of this crisis. This also goes for the money that you want to spend on the Parkway project.

Here is the chance of a lifetime for you council members. Instead of being the #11 city, Sammamish could be the #1 city. You could make national news if plays his cards right and be the “Heroes”

Dave Sharp

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