After 3,001 homes doorbelled, 44 days to do it, a lot of wonderful people met, and 7,301 votes cast in the race for Clover Park School Board District 4, I am trailing the incumbent by only 345 votes! Thank you, Lakewood voters! We’re on our way to the General Election November 2! Should our team […]
Letter: “Anderson, Brown are full out racists.”
At the regular meeting of the Clover Park School Board August 9, 2021, Director Paul Wagemann shared with his fellow board members and the public present and those attending via Zoom, some “very interesting statements pretty slanderous of candidates running for school office,” Wagemann said. Wagemann said the comments were found on Facebook and made […]
Letter: Counting Down to Victory! 10 . . .
Ten days from now the people will decide who will survive the Primary for Clover Park School District Directors. Have I worked hard enough? Does my message resonate with those who will make the decision? Two-thousand, three-hundred and six doorsteps I’ve been on to-date in this my campaign to be elected. As I continue on […]
Letter: Yellow Ribbons, Red Bricks, Richard Rabisa
A deep abiding and ever visible love of his country, of his city, of his Tillicum community, and of his family describe Richard Rabisa. Symbolized by yellow ribbons and red bricks. A memorial service in honor of Richard Rabisa will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, July 10, at the First Baptist Church of Lakewood. […]
Letter: ‘The commitment I bring to doorbelling, is the commitment I will bring to the school board’
As of the submission date of this article for publication, I have personally been on the doorsteps of 1,038 homes in Lakewood, pursuing elected office to serve on the Clover Park School Board. Thanks to the help of others, we will have reached 5,000 homes by the date of the Primary Election, August 3. My […]
Letter: Academic Excellence Should Drive Education
A shortage of school bus drivers presents an opportunity for the Clover Park School District to excel. At the school board meeting May 24, 2021, Assistant Superintendent Rick Ring recommended realigning the start and end of school days to address an estimated shortfall of 16 to 18 school bus drivers and another 10 to 15 […]
Letter: Answer The Question
Two letters were read by Clover Park School Board President Marty Schafer at the May 10, 2021 school board meeting. Both letters favored the district’s continued pursuit of what the writers called “the journey to discovering equity and becoming anti-racist,” and the need “to dismantle the systems of oppression.” Based upon the Freedom of Information […]
Letter: For My Mom
Standing at attention in a pouring Georgia rain for mail call at o-dark-thirty in a sea of mud on a parade ground, the recruit heard the drill sergeant bark out his name. He double-timed it to the front of the formation, but not fast enough to please the sergeant. Disgusted, he tossed the letters in […]
Letter: A Tulip And An Eternity
The singing coming from the monitor in the bedroom down the hall was of three sisters. The fourth sibling – with a cold, white and drawn face – lay dying. The trio sang softly and gently. In a nearby room the brothers-in-laws sat in reverent silence, listening to the soothing but faltering voices. It was […]