The Washington Times-Herald Our Opinion 2012-05-29T00:30:09-04:00 urn:uuid:eb7f0b3c-5f39-4991-bc27-8795693960dc Jesse Knight urn:uuid:0432ab5e-f873-45a9-be6f-ed607b48f16f 2011-11-01T16:37:30-04:00 <p>Jesse E. Knight, 87, died at 6:40 a.m. Monday at Amber Manor Nursing Home.</p> 'Good luck Charlie' urn:uuid:a755d4a9-6efc-4c5a-90e7-af695fc030e7 2011-07-16T07:45:00-04:00 <p> As Charlie Selby starts his new job as executive director of the WestGate technology park, we wish him all the best.</p> City needs to weigh effect of pay raises on the taxpayer urn:uuid:500009bd-7839-42c6-9b8e-beb048937f3c 2011-07-14T07:33:00-04:00 <p> We agree Washington police officers, firefighters, utility workers and all city of Washington departments have done an admirable job over the years, but asking for large wage increases to &#8220;make up&#8221; for the last few years isn&#8217;t practical.<br /> Let&#8217;s be reasonable.</p> Working together paying dividends urn:uuid:e3211110-249b-4fcb-824b-6af1e82a6322 2011-06-25T07:50:00-04:00 <p> Friday&#8217;s big announcement on the east side of Washington was good news for Washington and Daviess County. Officials are starting to see the fruits of their labors &#8212; all the time and effort over the past several years is finally paying off.</p> Have all the questions been answered? urn:uuid:6d8bb838-bc98-49f0-9b32-f31b6f9bafc4 2010-08-14T08:00:00-04:00 <p> The results of Monday&#8217;s 2011 budget study for the city of Washington were not all that shocking.<br /> In fact, many of the options facing Mayor Larry Haag and the city council were discussed years ago.</p> Our Opinion — March 6, 2010 urn:uuid:0f573053-5ebb-41c7-954c-7222d8f3b1ee 2010-03-05T19:41:00-05:00 Good luck to all area teams in sectional finals this weekend. Our Opinion — Jan. 30, 2009 urn:uuid:c7cd4dd9-10f5-4a66-8f57-fa32b64604bc 2010-01-29T22:34:00-05:00 We’re glad to see the land where the former Tokheim building sits will be put to good use. Our View — Dec. 19, 2009 urn:uuid:c2e96594-855f-49c7-b131-e67b85b9c193 2009-12-18T17:05:00-05:00 We salute all those who helped with Shop With A Cop. It’s another example of the community reaching out to help its own. Our View — Dec. 5, 2009 urn:uuid:18efd594-6eb2-4fa6-9e3c-5157747091ee 2009-12-07T10:48:00-05:00 We would also like to send our congratulations to Charles Kavanaugh on his honor at Barr-Reeve.. Our View — Oct. 31, 2009 urn:uuid:4ae3696a-7601-47e5-babc-339c0118566f 2009-10-30T19:59:00-04:00 Let’s all remember that children will be out trick or treating tonight and be extra careful as we drive.