By David Anderson You would think bananas are to primates what portraits are to politicians. Not any more.
Letter: Computers Learn from Experience, People Not So Much
By David Anderson Wednesday is Waste Watch in Washington. The latest and greatest in technological advancement is a computer able to “perform a task without supervision” and to “learn from its own mistakes.”
Letter: What the Word of the Year Says About Us
By David Anderson A political website is soliciting nominations for someone – anyone – that took a courageous stand; or innovatively made a difference without raising taxes to do it; or demonstrated the audacity to buck the status quo.
Letter: It’s a Matter of ‘If’ and ‘Then’
By David Anderson What contributes most toward achievement in both school and life. “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”
Letter: It’s Vogue to be Vague
By David Anderson Though memory fails, the recollection now of what the real estate ad described then as ‘waterfront property, wall-to-wall carpet, and charming,’ was rather ‘property-speak’ for a drainage ditch, a throw rug and a fixer-upper.
Letter: Lucky in Love
By David Anderson On this New Year’s Eve, some rowing thoughts on looking back – which is what rowers do – with my wife in mind going forward. December 4th of this year I sank my boat.
Letter: Pity the City When Its Nitty-Gritty is the Down-and-Dirty Ditty: ‘We Need Gambling to Pay the Bills’
By David Anderson It’s called addiction. Lakewood revenue from gambling taxes has declined nearly every year for the last six years according to the annual report released to the City Council (click here, then again on “Council Agenda December 16, 2013” and scroll to page 008.)
Letter: Lakewood Police Use-of-Force Policy Under Review
By David Anderson Seattle’s Police Department just completed sweeping changes to theirs. According to an announcement made at the December 5th meeting of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association by Bryan Thomas, Chair of Lakewood’s Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), the Lakewood Police Department’s Use of Force Policy (UFP) is under further review.
Letter: A Community’s Rights-of-Way Right-to-Know
By David Anderson The numbers more than add up. And that’s the problem. One of many contingencies affecting the issuance of a right-of-way (ROW) permit by the City of Lakewood to Camp Murray for the latter to relocate its controversial main entry gate was evidence from the Washington Military Department (WMD) that there would be […]