Robert Whale

2 weeks ago | federalwaymirror.com | Robert Whale

It has happened to me more often than I can count. That is, my rousing in some others an instant, instantly-intense dislike. Started when I was a kid. I didn’t know why. I was in my twenties before someone shared with me one possible reason: seems people thought I was “pretentious,” “a poser,” “intellectually arrogant,” “thought I was better than them.”He said that judgement stemmed at least in part from a smack-inviting way of speaking. One time a co-worker wanted to deck me for my vocabulary.

2 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

It has happened to me more often than I can count. That is, my rousing in some others an instant, instantly-intense dislike. Started when I was a kid. I didn’t know why. I was in my twenties before someone shared with me one possible reason: seems people thought I was “pretentious,” “a poser,” “intellectually arrogant,” “thought I was better than them.”He said that judgement stemmed at least in part from a smack-inviting way of speaking. One time a co-worker wanted to deck me for my vocabulary.

2 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

A grant of $1.5 million for the construction of the future Downtown Auburn Theater is heading Auburn’s way. On May 5, the Auburn City Council adopted a resolution greenlighting Mayor Nancy Backus to execute and administer an agreement with the granter, the Washington State Department of Commerce. The funds, part of the overall $6 million project cost, will support design development, bid documents and construction of the new theater.

2 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

Auburn will stand up its own municipal court for the first time since it entered into an interlocal agreement with King County 13 years ago for the latter to provide district court services to the city. By a 5-2 vote on May 5, the Auburn City Council gave Mayor Nancy Backus the authority to terminate the 2013 agreement/contract. Four King County District Court representatives had addressed the full council during the earlier public comment period, urging the city not to terminate the contract.

3 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

By the irresistible logic of the bell curve, the cheerleaders must be out there. Those men and women who can’t wait to knock the legs out from under libraries, museums, minority businesses, and mediation services by eliminating the federal agencies that support them.