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To Ponder

Westside Story – US Open Breeds Greed

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I love business and capitalism for all kinds of reasons, but when you add the element of greed to business, I have nothing but disdain for those responsible for giving capitalism a black eye.

A few days ago an incident involving cut-throat capitalism was reported in TV news and print media. It was reported that Mr. Abdulaziz Karim (AKA Aziz), a local business owner and landlord, appears to be using business practices to force at least two families out of their homes in order to make giant bucks renting his homes to B.T.O.s (Big Time Operators) associated with the 2015 US Open Championship. He stands to make $38,000 per house during the US Open Championship in June, 2015.

Westside Story – What Would You Do?

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Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.

While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I am), found a fitbit zip in the middle of the walkway. Finding a fitbit is like finding $60.

Westside Story – What Would You Do?

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Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.

While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I am), found a fitbit zip in the middle of the walkway. Finding a fitbit is like finding $60.

Westside Story – Smokers Kill Non-Smokers

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Here is the way I see it. We are all impacted by the choices we make. Back in 1959 I first started observing smokers while working in the grocery business. After doing so, I chose not to smoke for the following reasons:

Letter: Every organization needs a hall monitor

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Best if it’s the leader.

As we approach National Honesty Day, April 30, it is ironic – perhaps ‘comic’ would be more apt – that as to “congressional records or presidential proclamations for this day” – this ‘National’ day, this one day (only one?) set aside to tell the truth – “none were found.”

Westside Story – Lint Art

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Have you ever heard of lint art? I never had until recently when my friend, Edra Zook, who recently retired from Starbucks #313 after ten years service, showed me her latest artistic creation. What you see was 20 years in the making.

Westside Story – Good Cop / Bad Cop

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Every day we are bombarded with Bad Cop stories. Most of these stories, at their basic foundation, are faulty stories. In this avalanche of Bad Cop stories, there are a few accurate stories. There has to be, because bad people are everywhere including law enforcement, teachers, doctors and ministers.