By David Anderson, Tillicum Lakewood City Manager Andrew Neiditz writes in his column in “Connections” – the Fall, 2012 Newsletter and Recreation Guide just delivered to mailboxes throughout the city – that “integrity stand(s) for telling the truth (and) reminds us of the commitment we have to each other to hold us all to a […]
Letter: There’s loud, and then there’s Seahawks fans
By David Anderson The Dallas Cowboys ride into town to face the Seahawks (4-0 preseason) in their home-opener September 16th. Seahawks fans are sure to have something to say about that. Ever since the Giants stomped into Seattle and slumped out after having slogged through 16 penalties, the most in a single game in the previous 56 years […]
Letter: “I’ll Pay the Rent!” (some of it)
By David Anderson, Tillicum A melodrama of sorts will be acted out at the Lakewood City Council meeting Monday night, 7 PM, August 20, with Don Wickstrom, Lakewood Public Works Director/City Engineer cast in the role of semi-hero (bowtie). Not able to “pay the rent”, aka the damsels in distress (bow in hair), are several […]
Letter: Reasons Lakewood’s Gambling Grant should go away (but won’t)
By David Anderson, Tillicum Lakewood’s City Council will vote unanimously Monday night August 6th to approve the expenditure of $55K in grant money to treat problem gamblers. But they shouldn’t, even if it’s Federal money and not their own. Here’s why.
Letter: Due to technical difficulties . . .
By David Anderson, Tillicum Due to technical difficulties the show (and that’s all it was) entitled ‘Election for Purposes of Representation’ has been pre-empted to the program currently in progress: ‘The Golden Gate Bridge (Lakewood’s, not San Francisco’s) into Camp Murray’.
Letter: Penn St. Football gets kicked wide of the uprights
By David Anderson, Tillicum “We all have to remember that we can’t let our love of the games get ahead of the core values, and we know that happens often. This is a painful, painful reminder that awful things can happen when that occurs. Football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting […]
Letter: Twitter can lead to twuble
By David Anderson, Tillicum Elmer J. Fudd, one of the most famous Looney Tunes cartoon characters, aimed – quite poorly – to hunt down Bugs Bunny but usually ended up seriously injuring himself and others. Fortunately Chuck Jones, creator of the fictional-Fudd, had the ability to enable the fumbling fellow and friends to be back to […]
Letter: Graphic material
By David Anderson, Tillicum The following article contains graphic material although ironically enough it concerns back-to-school supplies for children. Your local Office Depot (OD) now not only offers notebooks and color crayons, but also bravery and courage. Here’s an excerpt from their ad:
Letter: Which is wrong?
By David Anderson, Tillicum Which of the following is wrong? Becoming careless in the production of a water-retention-reducing drug such that rodent poison finds its way into the production line – a line run at breakneck speeds, pharmacists required to fill 30 prescriptions per hour, more than 2.5 times the accepted standard, the company repeatedly […]