Submitted by Tacoma Business Council.
Thank you to everyone who attended our General Meeting this past Monday. We covered a lot of ground. Some asked for a link to our Town Hall. You can find it at the button below.
Here is a brief summary of action items that came out of our meeting:
- Website – Brian Wolk graciously offered to help with TBC’s website. Thank you, Brian!
- New Interim Committee Chair – Jim Henderson has stepped up to serve as the Interim Chair of the Outreach Committee. Thank you, Jim!
- Launching A Video Project – We agreed to begin a “Tell Your Story” video project to spread the word about how crime is impacting our small business community on a daily basis. Anyone interested in helping with that project, please email us at info@tacomabusinesscouncil.com.
- Important Connections – We are working on a meeting with the new President of the Chamber of Commerce. If you are a member of the Chamber, please let us know if you would like to be part of that meeting.
- Meetings with the Business Districts – Kristen and Dana met with the 6th Avenue Business District this week. That was a very productive meeting that we would like to replicate all around town. If any of you are members of other business districts, please contact us. We would love for you to make an introduction and ask for TBC to be on the agenda at their next meeting.
- The Solutions Committee is meeting this coming Monday, May 16th at 5:30PM. Our County Prosecutor, Mary Robnett, has agreed to participate in our discussions again this month. If you would like to participate, please let us know. The location for our May Solutions Committee meeting is 615 Commerce Street, Suite 102.
- TBC June General Meeting will be held at the Asia Pacific Cultural Center at 5:30PM. RSVP here.
Good tele-conference with the chief. He answered the usual questions, such as “what are you going to do about this and that?”, as well as he could under the circumstances.
What I see lacking in the conversation is more along the lines of: what is decent and acceptable behavior these days? Has it changed from years and generations past?
There seems to be special interest groups screaming for compartmentalized justice, for endless causes, with no real interest in each other these days.
Nationalism has been stigmatized to represent extremism, but if we can’t agree on anything, how are we going to define what is common decency?
Isn’t that what the law is supposed to protect and defend?
The further we drift from “One nation under God”, and the more we look to government to provide for us, the worse these societal problems become.
See, I already offended someone.
I’ve been watching our situation develop for over half a century.
Without a personal choice to respect others, we’re all just running amok.
Reality check Lincoln District, 751 S 39th Tacoma 98418, abandoned car, no rear license plate, parked illegally, drug activity, homeless criminal stolen goods depot, parked in front of a 92 year old taxpayer, many neighbors reported to traffic, police, City Council, nothing done for six months, poor woman afraid to leave her house, deplorable!