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Pierce County sent me an invitation last summer to participate as a citizen representative on the Salary Commission for Elected Officials.
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Meredith Browand
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10/28/26
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Fight hate. Stay hopeful. Help each other make a difference one life at a time.
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Thelma Brown
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10/28/26
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We may be too far down this road to stop, but before it’s too late, I sure wish someone would ask: “If I knew, what would I do?”
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Mark Michel
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10/28/26
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On the eve of the first day of school, my daughter Violet proudly showed me the five keychains she’d selected to adorn her new backpack.
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Krisa Bruemmer
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10/28/26
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The reason I keep pushing for this is simple. Firearm injury is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States.
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Gregory Engel
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9/30/26
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Our politics — and other parts of our culture, like sports — have become so bitterly tribal that ethics have taken a back seat to winning.
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Jonathan Bill
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9/30/26
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I didn’t think the rocks were nails, but I could tell the hammer would crack them open. It wasn’t so much the wrong tool as the wrong job.
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Dan Clouse
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9/30/26
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“Life is on its legs again, and we exult.”
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Madeleine Spencer
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9/30/26
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But so much of life is lived without knowing how the story ends. Now there is freedom in not knowing.
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Alice Kinerk
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8/26/26
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You could start a conversation with a vaccine skeptic by asking if they have vaccinated their dog.
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Richard Gelinas
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8/26/26
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Something happens all the time on
the Key Peninsula that the entire U.S.
could use a whole lot more of. I was
immersed in it during the decade I lived
here. Now, whenever I return …
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Kevin Reed
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8/26/26
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Do you know how many young people we lost on the Key Peninsula and Gig Harbor to suicide in the last academic year?
Four.
Young adults. High school students. A middle schooler. …
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Anne Nesbit
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8/26/26
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There is no shortage of places to
practice religion. Across the country,
churches, mosques, synagogues, temples,
and many other places of worship give
people the freedom to …
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Camri Clawson
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8/26/26
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This summer, soccer helped millions of people see one another not as headlines or stereotypes but simply as fellow fans loving the same game.
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Meredith Browand
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7/29/26
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The truth is, there are monsters under the bed, and they are secretly trying to help you.
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Grace Nesbit
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7/29/26
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Change is the one thing we can all count on — right up there with death, taxes, sunrises, and seasons. As a species, we’re born change-averse. Just try moving a toddler’s nap or teenager’s …
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Janice Bryant
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7/29/26
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Time is moving on. I know this firsthand because it is quite obviously leaving me behind, and that’s set me to thinking.
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Carolyn Wiley
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7/29/26
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We look forward to getting our open source community map up and running, and the more people share their speeds, the better data we’ll have for all of us.
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Thad Dickson
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7/29/26
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Alexander Hamilton wrote that even in the case of the rise of a tyrant, the real enemy would be the apathy and inaction of the public.
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Jonathan Bill
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7/1/26
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With a career spanning four decades, I know flying is safer because crew members are encouraged to speak up.
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Mark Michel
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7/1/26
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