Do any of you remember watching Minnie Pearl on TV? (Note: Link will take you to Minnie Pearl video.) Minnie Pear was a comedic performer on The Grand Ole Opry for 50 years. Minnie Pearl was known throughout the land for wearing a flowery hat with her frilly dress. The price tag always hung from […]
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Home from Home: Advent
I guess it is pretty much the same for Germans and Americans – most of us love the Christmas pre-season that is called advent. Though most of us also don’t want it around in the stores when it’s still summer. Advent and Christmas carols have their season, and this year, when Thanksgiving is almost two […]
Westside Story – Lakewood’s Leap Into The Unknown
It is my opinion that any clear thinking individual can quickly conclude the City of Lakewood is treating responsible rental property owners in a discriminatory manner by lumping them in with the human rejects who own and manage slum condition properties.
Letter: Santa and the Rental Inspector
We’ll light the Official City Christmas Tree this Friday, the day after the deadline to register your rental property for inspection. Santa will arrive by fire truck at 6 P.M. – skipping the chimney scene – and the government- or government-approved inspector will be knocking on your door – bypassing invited-guest pleasantries – sometime in […]
Westside Story – In Case You Missed It
The other day, which would have been November 25, 2017, I published a story many of our readers may not have read because of a growing weariness over reading about Lakewood City Council’s Rental Housing Safety Program known as R.I.P. The story was titled, Westside Story – Lakewood Raises Re-Inspection Fees.
Westside Story – Lakewood Raises Re-Inspection Fees
My last RIP article titled Westside Story – Lakewood Lacks The Capacity outlined Lakewood’s plan to confiscate more rental property owner money by raising the re-inspection fee. It seems that after spending 1/4 million dollars on a custom computer program, Lakewood City Council and Lakewood City staff forgot all about including a provision for keeping […]
Home from Home: Train of Thoughts
Trains have something nostalgic about them. So do train rides – not so much those for the sake of commuting to work in suburban areas as those undertaken for leisure. Maybe it is because their pace is so steady and calm. Maybe it is the landscape you pass through and wouldn’t see from any car […]
Letter: What is “an invasion of your privacy and wallet”?
Other than, of course, the Rental Inspection Program? Answer: “A mileage tax” according to the Seattle Times Editorial Opinion by Mariya Frost, this November 14.
Dorothy Wilhelm to record "Swimming Upstream" at Lakewood Senior Activity Center
Just time to get into the spirit of Christmas, everyone is welcome on December 1 when Dorothy Wilhelm records her “Swimming Upstream” at the Lakewood Senior Activity Center. Audience is welcome when the Christmas Party begins at 10:00 with a call from Santa.