By David Anderson The U.S. Park Service, and for that matter the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), doesn’t want to deal with trash anymore. They want you to.
To Know
Letter: Ethical (check), Legal (check), Moral – huh?
By David Anderson Dear students, Effective immediately, your teaching staff generally and your administration most particularly will no longer be held to standards requiring conduct that is morally upright nor morally reprehensible as we educators have no idea what ‘moral’ means.
Letter: Fat Check
By David Anderson Remember how one of our dear departed council members thought it would be funny –back during the great debate over gambling in our city — to dismiss the whole matter of the so-called evils associated with convenience casinos, situated as they are on strategic corners in the city, by suggesting that those […]
Letter: Eight Ways to Get Ahead (or not)
By David Anderson Hurry up and wait. We’ve all been there. Long lines and shorter fuses, places to go and the express-way is exasperatingly @ # $ % ^ slow. Snarled in traffic, stalled with temperatures rising (car, climate and complexion), are we there yet?
Westside Story – Evening With Art
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle My title, “Evening With Art”, is a little confusing to me. I thought to myself, “Evening With Art?”, as I read my title the day after writing it. Then it happened. I was overcome with a pleasant flashback. Art was my father-in-law’s name. I loved my father-in-law. For one […]
Lakewood’s New City Manager – Vending Machine or Barn Raiser?
By David Anderson The Tacoma News Tribune is reporting 30 applicants are in the mix for new city manager in Lakewood with vending machine or barn raiser as two possible leadership models. Frank Benest, city manager of Palo Alto, together with Rick Cole, former mayor of Pasadena, describe the difference:
Letter: Lakewood #1 in the State for Bikini Coffee?
By David Anderson Should the Oakbrook area Black Star Coffee stand become a bikini barista hangout/drive-by/dispensary . . . for coffee and other things they sell, Lakewood would slide into fourth place state-wide in the “Ordering-Espresso-Can-Be-Fun!” category.
Westside Story – North Bend Starbucks Goes Dark
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle On this past Sunday, May 5, 2013, I fired up my Harley Road King and headed down the road to meet up with my 1950 first grade school buddy, Drew. If you remember, it was a great day with full sun and warm temperatures. We dropped our kickstands in front […]
Letter: “Sorry Mr. President, I Don’t Dance”
By David Anderson Normally it’s a once-upon-a-time event for which villains — mostly, and heroes — sparsely, are cast in roles to relive on the silver screen a tale once told. But with what’s happening on the national stage today, it’s just the reverse. This time, in real-time, the actors are playing themselves with a sounds-familiar […]