Recently Lakewood City Mayor Don Anderson posted in this publication some pictures of a property that needed attention.
The Return – A short Story
Ray Miller stepped off the plane at JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord) in Lakewood, Washington. He was just back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. It had been his third tour overseas and his last. His enlistment was up and he was leaving the army. This caused him some worries. He had been in […]
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 […]
Westside Story – Rental Inspection Elephant
Have you ever noticed that the City of Lakewood uses a copy-cat style of management? They check to see what other cities are doing, and then copy the other cities. It is kind of like, “Well duh, they are doing it, so we can too.”
Shaking in Their Boots
With a few more sexual allegations each week eventually all of these cold snowballs to the forehead could start an avalanche of allegations, confrontations, complaints, and lawsuits. If I were a chairman of a major corporation hoping to end out my days in comfort and respect with a history of half-forgotten slap and tickle or […]
Westside Story – Rental Checklists
Recently, a reader asked where she might find a copy of the City of Lakewood’s Rental Housing Safety Program Checklist. I promised I would do the research and then make it easy for her and others to have the checklist at their fingertips.
Autonomous is not Anonymous – Self-Driving Cars
From a fantastic meal to a fantastic show, self-driving cars make an evening out easier . . . and there is no one to tip except for the food, of course. We step out of our car and walk into Pacific Grill on Pacific in downtown Tacoma for dinner. We have pre-ordered parsnip soup and […]
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. […]
Book Reading – Changed Hours, Additional Dates
As the reading of local author Susanne Bacon’s readings at The Sock Peddlers LLC in Lakewood continue, it has become clear that there have to be made some changes to the cozy event. As of December 7, it will start at 6 pm already. And there will be two additional Thursday night events on December […]