I thought I would help advertise an upcoming exhibitionist event in one of our city’s watering holes since my protestations are likely to help draw the kind of clientele, contestants, cash prizes, and contributions for the cause the sponsors are allegedly promoting: breast cancer.
Letter: Don’t Fence ‘em In
By David Anderson In government today we need more free-ranging goats. The headline read, “Goats to Rid Historic Congressional Cemetery of Weeds.” Cathy Burke, Newsmax, reports that as of August 7 more than 100 goats “will graze 24 hours a day for six days, eliminating vines, poison ivy, ground cover and even fallen debris all the […]
Letter: Our Collapsing Sandcastles
Cresting across our country, a moral tsunami In a rowing race from Ballard to Bainbridge Island and back the first I noticed the oncoming ocean-going freighter was the distant smoke from its stack, after which I gave it no mind since it was so far away.
Letter: A Bikini Barista Business It’s Not
The Oakbrook area Black Star Coffee stand in Lakewood won’t be a bikini barista business after all – as was once rumored – since that possibility was prevented by the recent purchase of what is now the new Primo Espresso by John Simpson, candidate for Lakewood City Council. “I can’t solve every problem the city faces, but […]
Letter: Council Candidate Forum
By David Anderson Bikini barista stands; Police Use of Force Policy; Taxes for Road Maintenance – questions for Lakewood City Council candidates, Sept.5 forum.
Letter: What Makes A Hero?
A friend and I were debating recently which matters most in the making of a man – the battle, or the becoming; the climactic scene with sword flashing and beautiful damsel hands-clasped back in the castle waiting, or the conditioning when no one sees no crowd cheers and no one is at the dock when […]
Letter: Law to Change to Fit the Crime?
The City Council will consider a recommended ordinance change to the city’s weapon laws on August 5 perhaps to address what happened very late one evening this past month. Shortly before midnight on June 18, twenty-eight year old Patrick O’Meara was shot dead at a Tillicum residence by Lakewood Police.
Letter: Watch Out for Falling . . . TV’s?
TV’s falling from their standards, or falling standards on TV – which is worse? “A child is rushed to a U.S. emergency department every 45 minutes with an injury that’s related to a falling television, according to a new study” reported on Newsmaxhealth.com this morning, July 22.
Letter: Could It Have Ended Differently?
Twenty-eight year old Patrick O’Meara was shot dead at a Tillicum residence by Lakewood Police shortly before midnight June 18, 2013. Could it have ended differently?