Let’s talk about our freedom to choose plastic bags

Bainbridge Island Council member Kirsten Hytopoulos will soon propose an island-wide ban on single-use plastic bags. The ban has the full support of our local grocery store, Town & Country, which has had a bring-your-own-bag incentive program for several years.  Plastic bags blow from hands, garbage cans, and dumps.  They end up in our ditches, beaches, [...]

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Plea to Bainbridge Review for fair reporting

When Doug Crist was Bainbridge Review editor during the Darlene Kordonowy years, I had a lot of heartburn over his Kordonowy administration boosterism, particularly his favorable editorials about her Winslow Tomorrow program. I was also shocked when the Review accepted Jeffrey Sneller’s attack ad on Kim Brackett as she ran for City Council. When Dennis [...]

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Knobloch’s parting shot

At last week’s City Council meeting, four new Council members–Sarah Blossom, Dave Ward, Steven Bonkowski and Anne Blair–were sworn in, and four others–Hilary Franz, Barry Peters, Bill Knobloch and Kim Brackett–were bid warm good-byes. Sadly, the occasion was marred by some good old-fashioned political hackery. A memo (posted below) surfaced at the meeting, purporting to [...]

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