2/14/07, My "Citizen Watch" column listings

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I am an Education Hill citizen volunteer & activist & 27-year resident of Redmond, WA. I've lived on Education Hill for 21 years and a Lake Sammamish condo for 6 years. Illegal Public Notice errors and omissions at the 2004 "Perrigo Heights" land-use project triggered my community activism.

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An index of my Redmond Reporter columns are below:

1) 2/14/07 - "Redmond residents deserve better land-use notification"

2) 2/28/07 - "Attention, candidates: Can you solve these six traffic problems?"

3) 3/14/07 - "Speak up now if you want to help preserve Perrigo Heights"

4) 3/9/07 - "Will City Council blow chance to put density where it belongs? ( yes , 5-2)

5) 4/11/07 - "Here's why streams need us to speak up in their defense" (Kempin Property)

6) 4/25/07 - "Gateways are the public 'face' Redmond shows to the world."

7) 5/9/07 - "Springtime in our parks mixes renewal with a sense of loss."

8) 5/23/07 - "Living with Tent City: Some success amid a lot of stress."

9) 6/6/07 - "Riparian Habitat means clean water for Redmond"

10) 6/20/07 - Shocking loss of Perrigo Heights affects many in our community"

11) 7/11/07 - "We face a water supply challenge"

CITIZEN WATCH COLUMN DISCONTINUED JUST BEFORE THE PRIMARY AFTER THE NEW EDITOR RECIEVED AN "ADVISORY" FROM THE MAYOR & COMM. OFFICER.

The new Redmond Reporter CITIZEN WATCH column is tentatively scheduled every 2-weeks though, this is subject to change. http://www.redmond-reporter.com/

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Bob Yoder

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