For developmentally people and able-bodied alike, Issaquah’s soap box derby is an annual highlight.
The Occupy movement has infiltrated the suburbs.
No, Saturday’s Occupy Sammamish demonstration didn’t lead to any arrests or anyone being pepper sprayed. This protest had a different face. It was not gas masks, clashes with police and demonstrations in public squares, but 100 Sammamish, Issaquah and Bellevue residents standing at the corner of 228th and Inglewood Hill Road. They showed that the movement is not just for the young urban populations.
Issaquah residents could find themselves in a congressional district with residents of Wenatchee and Chelan while people in Sammamish could be grouped with those in Whatcom under one proposal to redistrict the state.
Bill Ptacek has always believed in the power of libraries.
