The following was received by our Central Washington Sentinel editor Jerry Martens on 2/20/20 from Prosecuting Attorney Greg Zempel. The communication contains a contradiction to concerns currently being circulated over Kittitas County policies regarding public contact of the Board of County Commissioners. February 21, 2020 | Central Washington Sentinel | by Editorial Staff~~ TO: Jerry […]
Jan. 28,2020 | Ellensburg | Daily Record~~~ Kittitas County Human Resources Director Lisa Young said this year’s wage comparison survey included two counties on the West Side for the first time. As the cost of living goes up in Kittitas County, local government is making strides to ensure their employees are compensated at par with […]
January 22, 2020 | Cle Elum | Central Washington Sentinel | By Bruce Coe~~ Land use planning and exclusionary zoning are, increasingly, coming under fire as a contributor, not a preventer, of inequality. Here is a short rundown on what is happening in other parts of the nation. It might surprise you to find out […]
January 16, 2020 | Cle Elum | Central Washington Sentinel | by Bruce Coe ~~ At the Central Washington Sentinel, we stress vision as a guiding principle! It goes like this – you don’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been, and you can’t get where you’re going unless you know […]
From the Liberal news outlet Crosscut an article on how the government thinks it is above the people with respect to public information requests. Our pols’ response to having to disclose emails and other working documents? “It’s just too much work….” Really? Transparency is too much work? . We at the Sentinel have been working […]