About Us

Sunset on Lake Washington at one of Kirkland's many waterfront parks

Welcome to Kirkland Views. News. Perspectives. Community.
We are dedicated to promoting the City of Kirkland and to providing the news and events often overlooked by our local newspapers.

We are a hyper-local news source dedicated to fostering community involvement in the issues facing Kirkland today.

Kirkland is a very special place. We are fortunate to live in such a beautiful part of the world with spectacular parks, excellent schools and a passionate community. The sense of community we share is truly unique. Out of town guests often remind us that we in Kirkland truly do share a high quality of life.

Like most communities, we sometimes struggle when faced with the challenges of population growth, development, infrastructure and transportation. We are best served when we know the facts and we can respectfully discuss our differences to find common ground as a community.

That is why we started Kirkland Views.

– Rob Butcher, Editor and Scribbler

Marina Park during the annual Kirkland Classic Car Show

We are a voice for the community. We welcome your comments, letters and editorials. We’re human and from time to time we make mistakes. When we do, we’ll admit it. At the end of the day, we love what we do and we feel a real sense of responsibility to our community. Thanks for your support and please let us know how we’re doing at moc.sweivdnalkriknull@rotide.

What makes Kirkland Views unique?

  • We are an independent, locally-owned daily news source for Kirkland;
  • We don’t send our profits out of state. Our business model does not involve taking money from local advertisers and then sending profits to corporate headquarters in New York (AOL Patch) or Canada (Black Press Reporter).
  • We are a local business.

Our competitors simply cannot say the same.

Heritage Park

In the past, serious issues with profound impact on our city have gone all but unnoticed by our local press. In April of 2008, Kirkland Views opened its doors so to speak, and we have been growing by leaps and bounds ever since.

Summer Concerts at Marina Park

Kirkland Views is proud to have become a “must read” for all things happening in town. We invite you to join our online community and to speak your mind.

Our goal is to always be an asset to the community. We are here to help make Kirkland a better place in which to live, work and play. We aim to inform, promote and even provoke thought about the issues facing us all.

Rob Butcher, editor of Kirkland Views and life-long resident of the Eastside lives with his wife Kate and Molly the dog in the Norkirk neighborhood. Rob has served on the City’s Downtown Advisory Committee and on the Board of the Norkirk Neighborhood Association. His perspectives on the issues are shared in his editorials and in his comments posted on these pages.

 

 

Thank you for reading Kirkland Views and for your participation in our community.

If you have any suggestions or concerns about this site, please don’t hesitate to contact Rob at moc.sweivdnalkriknull@rotide. We are always trying to improve.

Kirkland Views welcomes all contributions from our readers. We encourage new ideas and new perspectives on the issues. We welcome your contributions to the site (send your words, photographs, video, audio, drawings and PowerPoint presentations by email). You don’t have to be a professional to contribute to advancing the public discourse.


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moc.sweiVdnalkriKnull@rotidE –  Rob Butcher, Editor

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Kirkland Views
Post Office Box 377
Kirkland, WA 98083
425-456-1111

The opinions expressed on Kirkland Views do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the owner of this blog.

KirklandViews.com welcomes your comments and encourages you to join in the conversation as a part of our community. In an effort to maintain the high quality of shared community information on this site, we require all participants to abide by the following Code of Conduct.

Code of Conduct:

Comments on this blog are to remain civil and commenters must refrain from personal attacks. This forum encourages discussion of the issues, not personalities. The use of aliases by political operatives attempting to manipulate voter opinion is forbidden. Such attempts will be dealt with extreme prejudice. Those who might plan on hiding behind a mask of anonymity to make unfounded, defamatory or scurrilous accusations against an opponent will be banned from commenting on this site.

Thank you for your cooperation in keeping this forum open, civil, and on topic. We rely on our community for information and only through civil discourse can we gain a better understanding of the issues. KirklandViews.com remains an informative resource for our community because of readers like you. Thank you for your participation.

Please send any questions, comments, corrections or concerns to Rob at moc.sweiVdnalkriKnull@rotidE