Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle I am on the backside of my first long distance motorcycle ride since having retired on April Fool’s Day, 2013. I left on May 15, 2013, with a full tank of gas and my Starbucks card. When my ride is over, I will have ridden over 9,000 miles including […]
Lakewood
Letter: Upon Further Review
By David Anderson “There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience.” – Archibald MacLeish, American Poet and Critic (1892-1982) Now that Camp Murray has got the gate they wanted and Tillicum residents are fed with anecdotal traffic counts and fed up with city hall, what […]
Letter: Welcome – There, I Said It
By David Anderson Now, Mr. John Caulfield, let’s talk about what you are reported to have said in your ‘hire-me-as-your-new-city-manager’ speech. According to former City Councilmember Walter Neary’s blog, when you and the other candidates were asked about what mistakes they’d made in their career you “chose the most painful example, where (you) could have done better […]
Letter: Neary, Not-nearly, Represented Our Community
By David Anderson Former Lakewood City Councilman Walter Neary promised an explanation of what happened to Tillicum such that it “endured one of the most bitter neighborhood debates in (Neary’s) recent memory.” The “debate” concerned Camp Murray’s encroachment upon the neighborhood’s interior streets with hundreds of cars traversing the town no thanks to the relocation of […]
Letter: Murray-Gate Investigation Renewed
By David Anderson Turns out not only Tillicum was kept in the dark.
Letter: Welcome to Our World Walter
By David Anderson Lakewood’s Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board is under investigation. As are apparently all other volunteer advisory boards in the city.
Westside Story – Harleys & Harmonicas
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle After retiring on April Fools Day, I fired up my 2003 Harley Davidson Road King motorcycle and down the road I went. Check out the photo of the hat I custom ordered for all my pals on the ride. The hat tells it all. “BAMR – 2013 / Mississippi […]
Westside Story – The Accused
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Most of you are probably familiar with author, John Grisham. He has written over 20 best selling novels, one work of non-fiction and a collection of stories. Historically, all of his novels were directed towards the adult audience. They have been block busters and listed as #1 Best Sellers […]
Westside Story – Investigative Report
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Since 2010 when I joined Publisher Ben Sclair’s effort related to publishing The Suburban Times, it became quickly apparent that you, our valued readers, are drawn to The Suburban Times because of the in-depth investigative reporting on important and pivotal stories that are constantly unfolding in the very pathway […]