My Daddy was Irish, and he always used this occasion to tell just a few Irish stories like the story about the last snake out of Ireland – Do you know that one? Oh, good. I’ll tell it to you.
To Ponder
Pick up litter in Lakewood and it will hurt
Which is worse: picking up pieces of litter, or “advocating a position on a piece of legislation”?
In Lakewood, it’s the latter because doing so will eliminate you from the volunteer litter (of those duly authorized to pick it up.)
Westside Story – Toll Scam
SCAM HINT #1 = E-MAIL NOTICE: I recently received an e-mail from E-Z Pass telling me I owed them money. They directed me to open an attachment at the bottom of the e-mail for further details.
Letter: Making ends meet – the circular G(o)LD trail
The circular trail around Gravelly Lake – paralleling Gravelly Lake Drive (GLD) – is, evidently, to be paved in gold.
Estimated at nearly $9 million to construct, the City of Lakewood has identified this path as a priority believing it will lead – somehow – to economic development.
Westside Story – Comply or Die
Every day we are bombarded with false stories of police brutality and excessive force. Watch out America, all of this broad brush stroke discriminatory police bashing may bring us unintended consequences.
Let me get one thing out of the way. To the question, are there cops who use excessive force or discriminate against others? The answer is absolutely, yes.
Letter: A $9-million walking (logrolling) path ‘round Gravelly Lake?
And this is important because?
The Lakewood City Council held its retreat Feb.21 at City Hall on the third floor – which is three floors above street level where the rest of the 58,211 people in the city live – but at least that venue is a considerable savings to the taxpayer given the event used to be held at the posh Alderbrook Resort and Spa on Hood Canal.
Letter: The three ‘F’s’ as opposed to the three ‘R’s’
Fluff, frills and froth are a more apt description of what is ostensibly touted as benefiting education – much less professional development – at the National School Board Association (NSBA) annual conferences.
Certainly so in light of the savings to be had, had the members of the Clover Park School District board just stayed home.
Letter: Best bang for the buck in educating our kids
“How to deal with difficult people seminar” was one of the takeaways from the National School Board Association (NSBA) annual conference held last year in New Orleans, Louisiana, attended by four of the five members of the Clover Park School District Board of Directors (CPSD). Count me among the difficult-people group as I have a […]
Letter: No cause for alarm
On an overnighter at Gran and Pappy’s house, she pushed the alarm panic button because she thought it was the light switch hanging as the button was from the lamp cord, made convenient for Pappy who has health issues.
Lakewood Police arrived to what turned out to be a false alarm.