Thanks

Thanks for Brier residents’ support

The Volunteers at Concern For Neighbors Food Bank wish to thank Ken Overstreet, the Brier Park &Recreation Dept. and the people of Brier for their generous support of our Food Bank at the Easter egg hunt.

We would also like to thank Cub Scout Packs 59 &76, Boy Scout Troops 49, 161 and 195 for the food drive held the last two weekends in March. We will be able to feed a lot of needy people. Bless you all.

Delores Sternola

Director, Mountlake Terrace Food Bank

Police, paramedics do great work in community

A special thanks to the Mountlake Terrace Police and Paramedic teams for their prompt response and assistance during the night of April 1. We know you all did your best for our loved one; we appreciated your tireless effort and perseverance. Thanks to Chaplain Beaunaux for your spiritual support and for staying with our family that night. We always appreciate the great work all of you do in our community.

Bonnie Swift and Family

Mountlake Terrace

Terrace newsletter

City hall policy about hidden agendas

Last week Evan Smith’s Forum missed one point in “No free expression in Mountlake Terrace.” The city manager is putting a pretty face on an ugly Terrace issue and it is not about free expression.

It is about hidden agendas and who is approved of and who is not in MLT. It isn’t that they might be seen as supporting “that view,” but that they might be seen as supporting citizens outside an approved group.

The printed words of citizens through The Broadcast were not allowed to post on the community bulletin board at the Pavilion.

Caulfield came up with the explanation, and continues to use it, that MLT has a tradition of a closed door policy in city buildings consistent to other cities around and he indicates legal risks. When asked, the City Council agreed to not consider the matter further.

The silent issue. Several times I have been warned that I am making enemies by raising my voice in support of citizens. I was told by one business owner that he was told that if he worked with me, he was out. Put into that context, refusal by the Pavilion to distribute a citizen newsletter is not surprising.

That’s okay. We can distribute at the community pool in Edmonds, Lynnwood, Shoreline, Bothell, Kenmore and multiple businesses within the Terrace.

Wherever you see The Broadcast distributed, you will know that here is a place where you, as a citizen, are supported and appreciated.

Sharon Maynard

Mountlake Terrace