Our Sunday morning breakfast gang drove from the North end of Tacoma to Spanaway for breakfast last week. The restaurant is Mary Mary’s Café at 16511 Pacific Ave S, Spanaway, WA 98387. They don’t have a website and they are not open past three in the afternoon . . . great place for breakfast or […]
To Ponder
Westside Story – Market Basket Safety
Have you noticed Lakewood is still not doing anything about homeless people stealing $350 market-baskets, commonly called shopping-carts or grocery-buggies? Even though there is an easy, inexpensive, and effective solution to the market-basket theft/blight/safety problem, Lakewood refuses to take action.
Peaks and Pints and a Bunch of Rumors
There are not too many things more enjoyable than an evening of food, drink, companions, good conversation, and lots of laughter. Throw in Rotary and it comes out pretty much perfect. Although we went to Peaks and Pints, which features hundreds and hundreds of different brews, I had a root beer; there were a few […]
Westside Story – RHSP Landlord Training Session
On September 27, 2017, at 6:00p Lakewood hosted their first Rental Housing Safety Plan (RHSP) Landlord Training Session. I went undercover, posing as a BTPO, (Big Time Property Owner). City staff spotted me. I should have worn a wig and dark glasses.
Meat for Me – Trump/GOP Tax Plan
We could blame President Herbert Hoover for the new Trump Tax. I can predict the future. I can’t actually, foretell who will win the World Series, or the winning numbers of the next big Washington State Lottery, but I’ve been around so long, it seems like I’ve seen just about everything. And of course there […]
Bad Investments Blown Away
Some people collect art because they appreciate the image, or they see it as a good investment. Art is sometimes a good investment, but most people really should only invest in art if they truly appreciate the work. A great painting from an unknown artist that catches your eye may end up only as decor. […]
Westside Story – $1.00 Per Month
Boy oh boy was I ever wrong about a couple of things.
MG Timothy Lowenberg; We Remember
During a heavy, persistent mist outside, hundreds gathered Friday, Sept 29, to say goodbye to Major General Timothy Lowenberg (Ret.) and express their own bereavement. MG Lowenberg died working in his garden only a couple weeks before his 71st birthday and the day before his 49th anniversary.
Letter: Bookmobile vs. Bulldozer – Why Rental Inspection Programs are fundamentally wrong
For one, that a local government – like the current battle in Lakewood, Washington – would require inspections of all private rental properties with few exceptions, is a stratagem more often seen acted out during elementary school recess than one would expect to see issuing from the recesses of city hall. In a word: bullying.