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JOURNAL] EDITORIAL
"A community that works
together for the greater good
IV HM WEB I MANAGING EDITOR
Each day I wake up and get to look at
the beautiful lake as I drive out of my
neighborhood. Big beautiful evergreens
and white capped mountains surround
this quaint little town and I feel blessed
to be a part it.
This past week has been a big reminder
to me of other reasons I love Lake Stevens
and that’s the people who live and work
here. They never cease to amaze me with
their open hearts and giving souls and
their support of one another.
At Friday night’s high school football
game, the stands were packed vvitthking
fans of all ages. While standing on the
field looking up at the throngs of people,
sitting, standing and walking around
the stadium I got a flash of high school
football in Texas.
You always hear about how fans all over
the state of Texas hit their high school
stadiums to support their local boys on
the field. I don’t think they have anything
on Lake Stevens’ fans. Covered in purple
and gold, many of them from head to toe,
Viking fans cheered their team to victory
for the third week in a row.
I SEE EDITORIAL 0N PAGE I2
ls "job creation" really just "job destruction?”
Dear Editor,
Hypocrisy is “the practice of professing
standards, beliefs, etc, contrary to one’s
real character or actual behavior.”
There doesn’t seem a more clear ex—
ample of exactly this when one hears Pres.
Obama’s words about “job creation” and
then reads that under his administration,
theEPA, inthiscase,willactuallydestroy
' 1.44 million jobs. So, is “job creation" just
another word for “job destruction?” Be-
sides destroying jobs, these proposed EPA
regulations will also increase the costs of
electricityas much as 23 percent in some
areas, aVerage of 11.5 percent nationwide
and would have a substantial impact on
mmgpflces Ofnatural‘gasmmfl', ,,
This statistic is from the federal govem-
ment's own data which was discovered
when an analysis was completed for the
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electric—
ity and is the result of primarily two new
regulations being proposed by the EPA.
One is the “Maximum Achievable Con—
trol Technology" (MACT) and the other
is the “Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
(CSAPR) ." And, the EPA's air pollution rules
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Your hometown newspaper since 1960
may even extend to your own backyard as
you disturb your own soil to plant a garden
which may result in soil particles becoming
air home and contaminating something,
someplace else!
So, in addition, to potentiallylosing your
job, paying a lot more for electricity and
hear, you may have the additional burden
of paying high finesto the EPA forair, water,
dirt, plant and finally people pollution.
Senator Maria Cantwell supports these
measures as does Senator Patty Murray,
but Cantwell has gone a step further by
calling for the EPA to preemptively prohibit
resource development in a huge area of
Alaska an area rich with copper, gold and
other valuable metals.
She wants the'EPA to deny the pennit‘
before it has even been applied for. If this
occurs, the precedent could potentially
lock up lands throughout the US.
So, while “job creation" is the buzzword
for the moment, the truth is that this ad-
ministration and our own elected officials
actually prefer job destruction as evidenced
by their actions.
, Catherine Paxton
Arlington, WA
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Lake Stevens Journal September 28, 2011
GUESTI EDITORIAL
BY llllll I). BRllllEll PRES. ASSOC. OI WA BUSINESS
Looking at the opinion polls, it's easy to
be depressed these days. Three out of four
likely voters say America’s on the wrong
track, consumer confidence has tanked,
investors are sitting on the sidelines and
job growth has stalled.
In short, this is not a recipe for opti-
mism.
In his most recent survey, Seattle
pollster Stu Elway found that voter con-
fidence has sunk to an all-time low, the
worst he's seen in 20 years.
Elway writes: “Economic recovery is
a little like the five day weather forecast
around here this year ~—— the sun is always
five days away. 'IWo years ago, 68 percent
of Washington voters thought there’
would be "noticeable improvement" in
the Washington economy by now. Last v
week, 72 percent said improvement was
still more a year away and 39 percent said
it would be at least two more years before
they saw improvement."
National pollster Scott Rasmussen's
latest survey shows that 18 percent of
Americans believe the economy is getting
better while 64 percent say it is getting
worse. Among investors, 2 1 percent think
things are improving while 63 percent
disagree.
That lack of confidence is having an
impact on our state's economy as well.
Tax revenues for the first quarter of the
new two-year budget are expected to
be substantially under budget, which
may prompt Gov. Chris Gregoire to call a
amnormke deep additional,
spending cuts.
The final ingredient is job growth—or
rather, the lack of it.
In 2008, the nation lost 2.6 million
’ jobs, the worst performance since 1945.
While the US. Chamber of Commerce
has called for the creation of 200,000 new
jobs each month over the next decade to
restore prosperity, actual job growth has
been anemic.
The New York Times summed up the
Honesty and integrity in LS.
Dear Editor,
OnSept.17,2011,Iwenttotheswimnnng
pool at Lake Stevens High School. Prior to
getting out of my vehicle I was opening
some mail and placed'a newly sent credit
card on my. lap.
I intended to place it in my wallet be~ ’
fore going to the pool. However, I got
distracted and exited my vehicle prior to
placing the credit card in my wallet.
I thought nothing of it until the next
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Restoring confidence is job one
situation best last week: “The problem is
less that companies are laying people off
than that they are not hiring. Consumers
and employers alike seem almost frozen
in place, with many economists saying
that they seemed paralyzed by uncer-
tainty about the future after the brinks—
manship of the debt ceiling debate, the
ensuing cut in the United States credit
rating by Standard 8: Poor’s, stock mar-
ket whiplash and more bad news from
Europe."
So how do we get out of this mess?
Where is the bright spot in the gloom?
First, it is important to recognize that
the recovery is slow, and we must take
steps to make sure our economy avoids
the feared double-dip recession.
Second, there are hard choices to be
made as the super committee co-chaired
by US. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) tries to
'find $1.5 trillion in savings.
But in the end, we will recover if voter
confidence is restored and orir elected
officials remove barriers to economic
expansion.
Irwin Stelzer, a senior fellow and direc—
tor of economic policy studies for the
Hudson Institute, recently wrote, “The
American economy still produces more
goods and services than the next three
largest economies (Japan, China and
Germany) combined. And is likely to
hold that position as successive Japanese
governments wrestle with decades of
stagnation, China attempts to cope with
the problems created by its centralized
economic management and currency
manipulation, and Germany wallows in
a eurozone financial crisis that seems to
worsenby theaters; . , ,_
Stelzer notes that America’s per capita
GDP far exceeds that of emerging rivals
such as China and India, we have abun-
dant natural resources, and our compa-
nies are well-managed. But perhaps our
greatest strengths, says Stelzer, are our
entrepreneurial spirit and something he
calls our “American dynamism.”
So, there is some reason for confidence
in the long run—if we can survive the next
couple of years.
to a voicemail from Rachel at the Lake
Stevens Pool. ‘
She noticed my credit card sitting in the
lost and found. She wondered if the owner
of the credit card had been contacted.
Rachel made the extra effort to get my loSt
credit card back to me.
Iwouldlike tothankthehonestperson(s)
responsible forlocating my credit card and
turning it into the lost and found. Iwould
also like to thank Rachel from the Lake
Stevens Pool for taking the time to help
one of her careless neighbors!
LakeStevens
e on will come see me soon!
