Just before being interviewed by KIRO radio this morning, I was told by the caller “You’re about to go live but if you haven’t heard, three fatalities are now being reported.” No, I hadn’t heard.
Letter: All hands – and passengers – on deck, America
It was my then-three-year-old grandson on the phone. Where was his cereal, he wanted to know? Not, ‘good morning grandpa!’ Not, ‘I love you grandpa!’ But did I eat his “Cap’n Crunch”?
Amtrak train schedule through Lakewood
Beginning December 18, Sound Transit says 14 Amtrak trains, at 79 mph, will pass through Lakewood at the following times:
Letter: First rental inspections, then rent control
Down the slippery slope of government’s unfettered, bureaucratic snowpocalypse. It all began, like it always does, with a snowflake, then another, and another, until a flurry became a fury of falling snow bringing Seattle and environs throughout the Pacific Northwest to a standstill.
Letter: Our hearts, hard-wired for home
On this Pearl Harbor Day, as Americans pause to honor and remember this 76th Anniversary when 2,403 citizens of the United States lost their lives, so here following is a reflection (appearing in this publication six years ago) of what it means when, as it turns out, there are those of us who won’t be […]
Letter: Tug of war – Railroads, Rental Inspections and you
Perhaps we’ve all gone mad. Railroaded. Tug of war. Only it’s not a game so none of us let go. Lakewood’s Mayor Don Anderson does not like being run over, nor any of his citizens either for that matter he says – referring to Amtrak’s soon-to-begin (December 18) passenger trains traveling at high speed (79 […]
Letter: Humanity, Conformity, but Obstinacy? Rental Inspection in perspective
Recently Lakewood City Mayor Don Anderson posted in this publication some pictures of a property that needed attention.
Letter: Homelessness and how to spell HOPE
It’s another grey, cold and wet December morning which means huddled in the shadows you’ll see them. Gathered close around their person will be their few possessions: a sleeping bag, a backpack and various odds and ends of things indistinguishable what with the little amount of early morning light that reaches the dark corner of […]
Letter: The End of Sexual Harassment
Now that the Senate on Capitol Hill “has unanimously approved legislation (November 9) that institutes mandatory sexual harassment training for senators and aides,” we’ll have no more incidents involving the likes of Roy Moore, or Matt Lauer, or Mark Halperin, or Harvey Weinstein, or Bill Cosby, or Roger Ailes, or Donald Trump for that matter. […]