By David Anderson, Tillicum The Washington Military Department’s $4.7 M plan to move its main gate the distance of a couple football fields will mean vehicles traveling to and from Camp Murray will save 40 seconds in travel time over leaving the gate where it is. Click here to read more. And that’s a steal.
Letter: What matters to a community?
Rest assured, City Manager Andrew Neiditz writes in an attempt to calm the very ill at ease Tillicum public over yet a second attempt in as many years to relocate Camp Murray’s gate, and its resultant grievous impact, to the interior streets of the neighborhood. City staff (has) heard loud and clear the concerns of […]
Letter: They crushed a tomato plant
But ended up replacing it. And not only did volunteers of their own volition purchase and replant that portion of her garden that they inadvertently stepped on, they replaced her porch in the process. The project of rebuilding the dilapidated porches, decks, stairs, handrails and overhangs continues this week at the Tillicum Manor mobile home […]
A Roundabout Way of Governing
Lakewood City Manager Andrew Neidtiz suggests that “two Tillicum residents” charged the City – and Camp Murray – with not having fully explored “all options with regard a new Camp Murray gate.” That however, is not a shot across the bow. It is a direct hit on our ship of state. In a letter to […]
Letter: Unacceptable
On September 16, 2010, Dave Bugher wrote a 12-page single-spaced letter basically shredding Camp Murray’s last attempt to put a gate at Portland Ave. Eleven different indictments. Before the Tillicum Action Committee (TAC) the afternoon of July 18, 2011, Bugher said “new evidence” indicates Portland Ave. could work after all.
Letter: Where are the dads?
We had a boat stolen at the boathouse this weekend by two boys. Caught the whole thing on camera. Middle of the day. A crime of opportunity. The guy who had actually rented it, like most customers, left lifejackets, etc. in the boat and no sooner had he left than the two boys got in […]
Letter: Lottery (rationale) – I don’t buy it
On June 30, Lakewood United will host Scott Kinney, Director of Communications for the Washington State Lottery on the topic: “Washington’s Lottery – Where the Money Goes”. That’s a good question. Of course Kinney will answer ‘education’. A portion anyway. Or at least that’s what’s promoted on the State Lottery website. ‘Buy a ticket, support […]
Letter: Leaderhip = Values + Example
“The youth that comes up, and replaces you will either carry the values that you want them to — or they won’t. And they don’t learn them by themselves — they learn them through EXAMPLE and through MENTORS. That’s what this whole program is about.” Tony Robinson, speaking at the Champions for Youth Breakfast, March, […]
Letter: Tillicum loses clinic and some numbers to consider
The people of Tillicum stand to lose a valuable service with the announcement this week that the neighborhood Family Medical Clinic is closing its doors. According to Karen Priest, Executive Director of the Tillicum Community Center where the clinic is located, figures released to the media by Community Health show 1,572 patients were seen last […]