TACOMA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a civil rights lawsuit today against a University Place apartment complex for illegal housing discrimination against applicants with disabilities. Sunset Ridge Apartments claims in its advertising it offers “equal opportunity housing for all people.” An investigation by the Attorney General’s Wing Luke Civil Rights Division revealed that, in reality, […]
Lakewood
The Lakewood City Council August 19 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on August 19 (7 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
Lakewood City Manager August 16 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) August 16 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
100th Street vacation request update
The Lakewood City Council is not expected to act Monday on a request to vacate a portion of 100th Street SW that runs into Lake Steilacoom. The Planning and Public Works Department is recommending the City Council postpone its consideration of Ordinance No. 810 until its Sept. 16, 2024 regular meeting, or a meeting after that […]
Take a Place at the Table and Help Feed People in Need
Submitted by Nourish Pierce County. Nourish Pierce County has a place at their table, and they’re saving it just for you! Nourish, the largest network of food banks in Pierce County, is hosting their annual “A Place at Our Table” luncheon on Tuesday, September 10th, at the Hotel Murano downtown Tacoma. Doors open at 11:30am. […]
Let’s Talk! – A Dark Shadow on the Ocean Wave Behind Her
Have you switched off your screens to ponder or discuss another prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Well, here is my take on it. For whatever reason, my first thought was humming the Jaws movie’s musical motif, tongue in cheek. My mistake. It would probably NOT be a dark shadow, as the beast in […]
How About a Good Old Fashion Western? Part 2 John Wayne, “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”, 25 Aug
On Sunday, Aug 25, the unforgettable John Ford Academy Award winning cavalry epic “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” will come alive at 2 pm on the museum’s big screen in full stereophonic sound. Admission is FREE! This legendary film stars John Wayne in perhaps his greatest roles as Captain Nathan Brittles, an aging, widowed cavalry officer […]
Letter: This was for You
“Do you know where the mountain is?” I was standing at the signpost that read Pacific Crest Trail with my map spread out before me, a pack carrying all my essentials for the next two days on my back (although I had forgotten water), and generally wondering if I had gone the way that for […]
Letter: Lakewood Lake Access & Public Property, Things to Know and Do
Submitted by John Burns, Lakewood. The Lakewood City Council, on Monday, August 19 at 7 pm, will decide whether or not to sell a city-owned public use lakefront parcel on Steilacoom Lake. Two adjacent Homeowners have petitioned to purchase this valuable public property. I have conducted an examination of city documents related to the Steilacoom […]