“Community development and economic development can be at odds if the focus is pushing economic development.”
My wedding ring saved my finger. My wife’s played a part in saving her life.
Tillicum
Letter: Tillicum Board Supports Park Smoking Ban
The board of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) supports the unanimous recommendation of the Lakewood’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to ban tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on park property.
Letter: Peace, Health and Safety at Stake!
“This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.”
Letter: Can Pigs Fly? And about the Cow over the Moon
It’s bad enough to be the target of a seagull flock flyover. But if Legislative House Bill 2405 passes, watch out below.
Letter: Lakewood’s New City Promo: ‘Join the Party!’
By David Anderson The city is looking for a “marketing ‘phrase or slogan’ to establish community identity/image,” one of its New Year’s resolutions per last month’s annual weekend council retreat. Maybe “Free the Weed”?
Letter: Step Up To the Microphone, or Pick Up Your Pen
By David Anderson When city leaders sit on the smoking-ban-in-parks fence, hiding behind yours is not an option.
Letter: Government Plus the Lottery Doesn’t Add Up
By David Anderson Now that recreational marijuana businesses are legal in Washington, consider promoting your spot for pot on the Washington State Lottery website!
Letter: Monkeys Appeal Banana Ban, Politician Portraits Unappealing
By David Anderson You would think bananas are to primates what portraits are to politicians. Not any more.
Letter: Computers Learn from Experience, People Not So Much
By David Anderson Wednesday is Waste Watch in Washington. The latest and greatest in technological advancement is a computer able to “perform a task without supervision” and to “learn from its own mistakes.”