Kristen Watkins: Lewis County definitely needs more affordable housing. Especially for households with only one income. Rent is not affordable if there is only one income in the home. Especially in cases of domestic violence the victims may not have an income so they can’t leave their situation. The few new apartments we have in Lewis County were built solely for migrant farm workers only, so anyone else couldn't live there. I don't believe housing should be free but affordable. I hope something gets started soon.
Misty Crossland: We need more affordable housing for sure and if the county is going to continue to felonize members in the community for petty crimes then they need state- or community-funded housing that these once "good citizens" can live in, because federally funded housing is closed to those with a record.
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• Story: Judge Rejects Deal for Health Director, Animal Shelter Manager in Case of Hank the Dog
username: WG
Such an incredible shame that this case has come this far — where does it end? Amy Hanson served for 28 years — was she not allowed to use those years of experience to assess the animals coming into the shelter? Was she not allowed to second-guess a possible error in labeling one of God’s creature and was she not allowed to try and make it right? Was she not empowered to do her job? Maybe she had no other choice but the path she took because she knew the personalities she had to deal with in order to correct a horrible injustice (Hank). If the prosecutor’s office was so intent on destroying the dog by quickly and quietly injecting it with the death serum, what were her choices? Amy did the right thing, she did the moral thing, and she did what any compassionate human being would have done. Could she have done it differently? Ya know — after dealing with the prosecutor’s office for the last couple months, my guess is no — she could not have done it differently because the prosecutor’s office wanted only one thing — eliminate the perceived problem completely and by doing that (regardless of the dog’s guilt or innocence), viola — liability issue gone. The prosecutor didn’t care about the dog; the prosecutor didn’t care that this particular dog will most likely never cause one person in this county concern for the rest of his life because the prosecutor doesn’t know a thing about this dog — and he doesn’t want to know — he just wants it gone. Problem solved. Well, shame on you prosecutor. Your time will end very soon. Voters will remember this, and I, for one, will gladly support an opponent to knock you off your pedestal. I, for one, will enthusiastically support an opponent who actually wants to make Lewis County an exemplarily place to live. As for Amy — she’s no criminal — she’s a human being with a heart. Like most of us, if given the same choice, she couldn’t let an innocent dog be killed.
• Story: First Suspects Named in Massive Northwest Poaching Ring
username: Mitchel Townsend
Why? I can only ask why? It hurts inside to see this. Please hold these people accountable as they have justly earned. We need an example for people to understand how wrong this is. It goes against everything that we have ever been taught. Time to teach a new lesson. We will be watching and waiting for Justice.
username: ldsparling
Disgusting beyond belief. It is truly horrifying to read, and know, this is what some people find to be entertaining.
username: Cathy Blair
Joseph Dills was sentenced back in 2007 for being a part of a poaching ring. WTH??? Prosecuting attorneys, get out from underneath your comfy carpet and get to work. This guy would probably make a real nice addition to someone’s family or baby daddy! Get to work! Make these (people) known! Revoke all privileges from possessing or owning hunting licences, firearms and animals!
