For lack of a better marker for the farthest Whiffle Ball hit during the soft-toss batting practice competition the other night, the red helmet was moved progressively back as the 11-and-12-year-olds strode to the plate, swung for the fences, and raised arms overhead, each successively claiming the distance record.
Letter: Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Columbine, Parkland – bottom line, we really don’t care
“Why is No One Talking about the Violence of Popular Entertainment after Parkland?” Douglas Murray headlines his piece in “National Review” this March 2. “A culture that encourages enjoyment of horrific violence alongside a sort of flippant approach to its consequences cannot be helping matters.”
Letter: Hire the homeless
If the Department of Ecology can hire teens at $11.50 per hour to pick up roadside litter throughout the state of Washington this summer, then is there a reason why the homeless can’t be hired to do the same? Especially since the trend in unsheltered homelessness shows a steady increase over the last five years?
Letter: Homelessness and marijuana, a most unhappy – and deadly – mix
The City Council of Lakewood, Washington may decide soon to permit marijuana retail despite wide-spread opposition. Ironically, the Council just this past February 20 was presented with 151 pages (pp.070-221) in the way of recommendation to join what is generally called the “Big Pharma” lawsuit.
Lakewood Planning Commission rejects marijuana
The Lakewood Planning Commission voted 4-2 Wednesday evening not to permit marijuana retail in Lakewood sending their rejection notice on to the Lakewood City Council.
Letter: Lakewood City Hall’s Cannabis Christmas Tree, 2018
Even as Lakewood’s former Deputy Mayor John Arbeeny prepares the opposed-to-marijuana side of the debate against Cynthia Macklin, pro-marijuana Lakewood resident and her husband Ed Tuck, III – the show-down to be sponsored by Lakewood United at Burs Restaurant, Feb. 22, 7-8 A.M. – Lakewood Police bust “a very professional operation” of a marijuana grow, […]
Letter: What’s your cause? Choose carefully, then stay the course
And don’t count on the government to rush to join you. This coming weekend, and the next are gi-hugely (hyperbole – in this case meant to be taken literally – a combination of gigantic and huge) significant for two reasons.
Letter: Lakewood’s lottery (rental inspections, not gambling, although maybe) begins this month
Would this house – if it were a rental and if it were in Lakewood and not Disneyland – pass the single-family criteria of Lakewood’s Rental Housing Safety Program (RHSP)? Yes, at least that which pertains to the exterior. While there are no house numbers “not less than 4 inches in height and minimum stroke […]
Letter: Finish this sentence
“I think local communities are best situated to bring together the appropriate stakeholders to figure out the right policies for their local communities, that is why I think it is time for . . . .”