Yeah, that’ll work. A card room employee at Tukwila’s Macau Casino must not have read the signs. Or her boss.
Lakewood
Westside Story – New Use Of Force Policy
Story – Joseph Boyle & PoliceOne There has been a lot of conversation, argument, marching, demonstrating, and window smashing over what some think is excessive use of force by police departments across America.
Westside Story – Lakewood Water Park
I have good news. The same City of Lakewood Think Tank that brought us the ever-popular Rental Housing Inspection Program has now come up with an inexpensive idea whereby combining old technology with innovative thinking every home in Lakewood is going to be able to enjoy a new water park style ride.
Letter: Seattle’s Rental law rejected by court, next up – Lakewood, Washington?
As the first ‘winners’ of Lakewood’s lottery receive notice that their presence, as landlords or the landlord’s representative, will be required when an inspector makes his rounds of the interior of their private property, Seattle’s landlords are celebrating a recent judge’s ruling.
Westside Story – No Saloons & No Dispensaries
There has been a lot of talk around town about the decision to allow or disallow marijuana dispensaries in the City of Lakewood. I previously shared my opinion with my readers and the Lakewood City Council which is a loud NOPE to dope shops.
Letter: Why is Lakewood a SWAT team member?
The City Council of Lakewood, Washington has before it a recommendation to continue its participation in Metro Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), “a multi-jurisdictional police task force comprised of several Pierce County municipalities,” according to a 98-page report to the Lakewood City Council, pp.155-253.
Westside Story – Steilacoom TCC Doubles In Size
Tacoma Community College (TCC) founded in 1965, recently released “Discover TCC!”, a promotion to help prospective students learn about Tacoma Community College.
Letter: “Jackpot” a term no longer to be used by Metro SWAT as having ‘recovered’ hostage
In response to “one of the largest punitive awards ever in Washington State for police use-of-force and wrongful death,” significantly involving Lakewood, the multi-jurisdictional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) force has eliminated “the word ‘jackpot’ from its operational lexicon.”
Home from Home: National Anthems
Submitted by Susanne Bacon I hail from a country that, for a long time, had lost any national pride at all due to its horrible history. We have lost permission to sing our national anthem’s first stanza, because during the Third Reich it was seen as a justification to conquer land, not as a call […]