July 2020

After a young woman was killed during a protest on I-5 in downtown Seattle a Facebook post was made showing a cartoon of a person being hit by a vehicle and the words

ALL LIVES SPLATTER

GET YOUR ASS OFF THE ROAD

The post was allegedly made by an employee of the King County Sheriff's Office resulted in disciplinary action and the following statement from the Sheriff's office:

"On Sunday July 5th, the King County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of some concerning posts made by one of our deputies on Facebook. We took immediate action and forwarded the matter to our Internal Investigations Unit. 

By Jean Godden

There's been some progress, although achingly-slow, finding ways to get to and from West Seattle.

The 40-member task force, led by former Mayor Greg Nickels and the Duwamish activist Paulina Lopez, has achieved some goals. That force successfully pushed to open the low-level bridge to all school buses and to traffic between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Groups like HPAC (Highland Park Action Committee) worked with SDOT to smooth bridge detour traffic through affected neighborhoods.

The fact is, however, that there appears to be a diminished lack of urgency among policy makers. It is surprising to see this anemic attitude when the bridge outage has marooned 10 percent of the city's population for more than 100 days. If slow walking were an Olympic sport, there would be many contenders.

By Ken Robinson

Managing Editor

Watching the push and pull of opinion about wearing a mask to reduce the possibility of getting infected with the coronavirus leaves the head spinning.

Why do otherwise right-thinking Americans turn first to politicizing the simple act of covering their mouths to protect others by showing their disdain for the act and for their fellow man?

Are these the same people who have to touch the paint after seeing a ‘wet paint’ sign? Do they also have to walk out onto what appears to be a frozen lake to see if it can hold their weight? Or run their fingers across the blade of a knife to test it’s sharpness?

The notion of following the leader,  according to our most visible scientist, has led to many deaths from Covid-19. And now some of those followers, as elected officials, are agreeing to don a mask as the body count mounts in their community.

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A fire that apparently began in shrubbery just outside the apartments at 7100 Calfornia Ave SW,  on the 4th of July at around 6:10pm quickly jumped to a nearby tree and the apartments as well. Calls from passersby to any potential residents were not answered. 

The fire damaged all four floors of the building as it swept up the face of the building, There was some potential danger from BBQ's on the decks of the apartments but Fire crews arrived within roughly two minutes and quickly knocked down the flames.

Fireworks was determined to be the cause and the blaze did $100,000 damage according to the Seattle Fire Department.

If you live in Burien, you might want to just keep your matches and lighters in your pocket for the Fourth of July. 

The ban on fireworks in the city is serious. The new fines are $500 for the first violation, $2500 for the second violation and $5000 for the third  and subsequent violations. 

Not only that but they now plan to penalize any "social host" which places responsibility for the discharge of the fireworks on the "responsible party" where the discharge occurred. That includes:

The person(s) with the right to control the property at the time that the discharge of fireworks occurs, whether such control arises by ownership, lease, or other legal right and whether or not such person(s) are present at the time of such discharge; or

The person(s) in immediate control of property at which the dischaarge of fireworks takes place; or

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, has partnered with Seattle Parks and Recreation to design and implement a coastal storm damage reduction project to replace the existing 500-foot-long seawall at Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook, 4503 Beach Dr. SW, Seattle, WA 98116, that was constructed in the 1920s and has experienced significant erosion and damage from storm events.