Comments for Bainbridge Conversation

Comment on POLL: How should Bainbridge pay for road fixes? by Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:53:05 +0000

It would be useful to know if access to state or federal money is actually available, since budget cuts and car tab fees won’t add up to the amount needed. Voted bonds may be necessary to allow the city to get the roads back to a state of repair that can be realistically maintained within the city’s annual budget.

Comment on POLL: How should Bainbridge pay for road fixes? by tristan baurick

tristan baurick — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:28:48 +0000

Rotten,

The $20 car tab fee amount is the amount proposed by city officials. The proposal gained little traction, and its main proponent, Barry Peters, is no longer on the City Council. I’ve heard no discussion of a larger amount.
-Tristan Baurick

Comment on POLL: How should Bainbridge pay for road fixes? by rotten

rotten — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:46:52 +0000

The problem with this poll is that 20 dollars for car tabs isn’t enough to come close to solving the problem. If the car tabs were tripled to 60 dollars and revenue was $1.2 million on them I think most folks would vote for it. Car tabs are users fees which is the best way to get a start on this issue. After a couple of years of car tab fees and further reductions in city expenses we’d have a better idea what size bond might need to be proposed.

Comment on Bainbridge getting its own glossy magazine by Michael Cyger

Michael Cyger — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:21:19 +0000

@Liz, Please send story ideas to michael at bainbridgeisland.com. If you live on the island, you’re already getting a subscription…no action needed. Off-island, we’ll have an option next month at http://www.bainbridgeisland.com/magazine.

@Timber, there’s more good news than you can imagine. Stay tuned.

@BakerHillGuy, we agree!

@BInewbie, we’ll keep that in mind.

Comment on Bainbridge getting its own glossy magazine by Liz Gadbois

Liz Gadbois — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:52:14 +0000

Cool! Good luck. Where can we sign up for subscriptions &/or submit story ideas?

Comment on Bainbridge getting its own glossy magazine by Northender

Northender — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Too many lawyers in a fixed geological area are simply a prescription for righteousness and judgement getting the best of this once quaint, rural, farming community. I love all of the old timers I have met here, but the 55 and younger set, as a general rule, don’t embody the charm that this place had once upon a time…. As a die hard optomist, I can only hope that a the little magazine that could might spark a change and turn this place with so much potential around. Anyway, it can’t hurt! Nothing ever got better with the help of a bunch of naysaying ne’r-do-wells!

Comment on Bainbridge getting its own glossy magazine by Bruce Day

Bruce Day — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:09:47 +0000

Bremerton can call ours “Code 911″, but I prefer “The Soviet Zone”.

Comment on Bainbridge getting its own glossy magazine by Skippy

Skippy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:27:17 +0000

Really Manzanita? I rarely have a problem with cell phone reception anywhere on the Island. Maybe I’m just lucky but ATT been berry berry good to me.

I do have to agree with you on the bikers. Apparently their parents didn’t teach them the ‘rules of the road’ when they were kids. When did riding on the left shoulder or sidewalk become OK? Oh well, I guess when they collide with my 6000 lb. truck, they’ll learn their lesson.

And finally, what makes you think that the city council is wrong about the bags? Don’t forget that we’re only talking about the thin plastic grocery bags, not garbage bags or plastic wrap that food is packaged in or even the clear plastic bags that newspapers are delivered in (as one errant Bremerton Sun reader mentioned). The discarded, thin plastic bags break down quickly into tiny pieces and get into the water table and ultimately the beach and Puget Sound. The pieces are then consumed by EVERY aquatic creature that breaths and eats in the Sound. Sounds to me like the city council (and the rest of the state eventually) is doing the right thing. But I guess you’re a scientist who knows more than the thousands of studies that show the bags are an environmental hazard. Get real buddy.

Skippy

Comment on Bainbridge getting its own glossy magazine by Mark

Mark — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:17:06 +0000

If BI can have a rag of their own – Bremerton should be able to get one, also! We could call ours the “Code 911″ (Port Orchard and Belfair could be included, for an extra 2 cents).

Comment on Bainbridge getting its own glossy magazine by binewbie

binewbie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:33:22 +0000

I hope he was not planning on delivering it in plastic bags