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Beefing up state transportation plan will help boost economy

Beefing up state transportation plan will help boost economy

  • Union-Bulletin Editorial Board
  • Jan 15, 2021
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The state Legislature will have more on its plate than COVID-19 in the next 100 days or so.

Claims of corruption without evidence is political opportunism

  • Mark Raddatz
  • Jan 15, 2021
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If I denounce somebody as a jerk in the privacy of my fireside no one is likely bothered. If I go on the radio and denounce the fire…

Officials must stay focused on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Officials must stay focused on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

  • Union-Bulletin Editorial Board
  • Jan 14, 2021
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The sooner COVID-19 vaccines can be distributed — and put into arms — the better it will be for all. Vaccination is critical to achi…

Reuniting our divided country, saving our local free press
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Reuniting our divided country, saving our local free press

  • Jan 14, 2021
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COLUMN: As 2021 dawns and fresh opportunities to keep you informed present themselves, we pledge to continue to be the strong, independent and free local source of community news the Walla Walla Valley needs. We promise to be part of the movement to reunite our divided country.

Washington state lockdown not working

  • Dolores Jackson
  • Jan 14, 2021
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The continued lockdown is not working. Why are we still reporting more positive cases when everyone is locked down at home? Continui…

The truth can't be found in echo-chamber

  • Gerry S. Weber
  • Jan 14, 2021
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I always enjoy reading letters from Jerry Votendahl, they’re always so consistently one-sided and with interesting numbers. For exam…

Washington state must invest in wildfire prevention

Washington state must invest in wildfire prevention

  • Union-Bulletin Editorial Board
  • Jan 13, 2021
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“You can pay me now or pay me later.”

McMorris Rodgers' sedition won't be forgotten

  • Doug Grice
  • Jan 13, 2021
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We learned right from wrong in the sandbox

  • Dorothy Steding
  • Jan 13, 2021
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Less spending, not more taxes, is recipe for state budget

Less spending, not more taxes, is recipe for state budget

  • Union-Bulletin Editorial Board
  • Jan 12, 2021
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As the state Legislature convened in Olympia (and on Zoom) Monday — with the critical task of approving a two-year state budget topp…

Ted Cruz's hypocritical tweet doesn't surprise

  • Bink Owen
  • Jan 12, 2021
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“Really sad. At a time of deep national division, President-elect Biden’s choice to call his political opponents literal Nazis does …

County commissioners should support science

  • Katy Burgess
  • Jan 12, 2021
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This letter is in response to an article in the Jan. 6 edition of the U-B. County Commissioner Greg Tompkins received an email reque…

Airline passengers refusing to wear masks is not acceptable

Airline passengers refusing to wear masks is not acceptable

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  • Jan 11, 2021
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Last week 14 passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Seattle refused to wear masks to protect others from …

Why did commissioners agree to anonymous request?

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  • Jan 11, 2021
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What is going on with the Walla Walla County commissioners?

Common sense refutes radical-right theories

  • Douglas Carlsen
  • Jan 11, 2021
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Jerry Votendahl’s letter “Biden will be President…” (Jan. 4) got me wondering. So, I read the radical-right Grassfire article “Top 1…

Support of violent insurrection can't stand

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  • Jan 11, 2021
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The Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, reads in part: “No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress ... who, having prev…

Concerns about election need to be resolved

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  • Jan 11, 2021
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Now it's clear what support for Trump has yielded

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  • Jan 11, 2021
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In a way we owe a vote of thanks to those who voted to put Donald J. Trump in office. Now we all truly know the consequence of elect…

Walla Walla, Columbia counties seem out of place in COVID-19 grouping

Walla Walla, Columbia counties seem out of place in COVID-19 grouping

  • Union-Bulletin Editorial Board
  • Jan 10, 2021
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Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to lump Walla Walla and Columbia counties with Benton, Franklin, Yakima and Kittitas counties in the Sout…

McMorris Rodgers engaged in political theatrics

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  • Jan 10, 2021
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I’m quite disappointed (although not surprised) that U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers engaged in political theatrics, and originally …

Republican finally repudiated Trump — it's hypocrisy

  • Kittee Custer
  • Jan 10, 2021
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While the unprecedented violence in Washington, D.C., that was instigated by President Trump is inexcusable and shocking, the utter …

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers should resign

  • Arielle Cooley
  • Jan 10, 2021
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U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has violated her oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America. She has actively …

What has 'law and order president' done?

  • Barry Jenkins
  • Jan 10, 2021
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So the “law and order president” has now incited treasonous rioters to attack our sacred government in addition to our democratic sy…

Let's learn from Walla Walla's past

  • Mary Holce
  • Jan 10, 2021
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After seeing that the local elected officials are going to support changing the governor’s executive power, I believe these people n…

Attend virtual housing event on Monday

  • Terri Silvis
  • Jan 10, 2021
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I am a fairly new resident of Walla Walla, arriving in 2017 to manage a nonprofit organization in neighboring Milton-Freewater. As a…

Remote Legislature is chance for more public testimony

Remote Legislature is chance for more public testimony

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  • Jan 8, 2021
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When the state Legislature goes into session Monday in Olympia the echoes off the marble walls of the Capitol will be missing — and …

Retired judge should recall rules of evidence

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  • Jan 8, 2021
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I was surprised to read the letter to the editor of Jan. 4 from Jerry Votendahl asserting fraud in the presidential election, citing…

Trump, radical Republicans to blame for riot

Trump, radical Republicans to blame for riot

  • Union-Bulletin Editorial Board
  • Jan 7, 2021
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Some Republicans in Congress — including 5th Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers – dishonored themselves and, worse, …

Congress should put Constitution over Trump

  • Stephen Zilliox
  • Jan 7, 2021
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In a letter to the editor on Monday, Jerry Votendahl listed many reasons why 2020 was “the most fraudulent election ever perpetrated…

Riley Clubb: Community land trust needed for affordable housing in Walla Walla

Riley Clubb: Community land trust needed for affordable housing in Walla Walla

  • Riley Clubb Special to the Union-Bulletin
  • Jan 6, 2021
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Our affordable housing problem is complicated, but essentially it boils down to this: More and more people cannot afford to live in …

Pacific Northwest historical archives must remain in Seattle

Pacific Northwest historical archives must remain in Seattle

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  • Jan 6, 2021
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Our collective history is something that must be preserved so new generations can fully understand the foundation their lives were b…

What is the point of voting?

  • Neil Jacobson
  • Jan 6, 2021
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I read the Washington Post article, “Anxious election provides civics lesson,” on page D5 in the U-B Perspective section on Sunday.

Washington's sysetm for drawing political boundaries better than most

Washington's sysetm for drawing political boundaries better than most

  • Union-Bulletin Editorial Board
  • Jan 5, 2021
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Now that a new decade is underway, and the 2020 Census is complete, the process of redrawing congressional and legislative boundarie…

Let's talk about affordable housing

  • Joy Marie Smith
  • Jan 5, 2021
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It’s time to have meaningful dialogue about the need for affordable housing in our community.

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