The Department of Transportation asked me what I thought it would take to get motorists on Admiral Way Southwest to stop for pedestrians at crosswalks. I said, "a push-button light at 47th Ave. S.W. or speed bumps, or a brick wall!" Well, we didn't get any of that - but they did give us four new wheelchair cuts and brought the west side curb out three feet to narrow the crossing at the intersection of 48th Ave. S.W. and Admiral Way.
After all the biased and misinformed articles running in the P.I., it was a pleasure to read your article, a much more balanced report.
No one ever prints anything good about the river. Chinook salmon return in greater numbers to the Duwamish River than any other river in Puget Sound. Maybe what the other rivers need is a little industry; the fish certainly seem to like it.
No one ever prints that there are stretches of the river that are not polluted.
McDermott
If we didn't already need another reason to vote out Jim McDermott this should do it for even die hard Democrats. This guy is so far left he is an embarrassment to his party and especially to the voters of his district. He is a big part of why Congress has a lower approval rating than President Bush.
Wake up voters! Turn this un-American rascal out of office while we can still recognize this country. If you don't know what I'm talking about please read Dec. 13 issue in the P.I.
Ron Marshall
West Seattle
I have been a subscriber of the West Seattle Herald for many years and rely on your paper for information on local events.
Your Nov. 28 issue published a schedule for the Christmas Ships that was incorrect and caused much disappointment for the group of friends I took to Alki Saturday night to take in the festivities. Your paper gave the time for Alki as 8:50 p.m. to 9:10 p.m. so we arrived at 7:45 in order not to miss anything.
At 8:15 we could see the ships coming but they didn't appear to be coming toward the shore.
It's odd what you hear when you turn on the T.V. This morning on Regis and Kelly on Live with KOMO 4 about the subsidies paid to farmers when times were bad, are still being paid for loss. And guess who is still on the list and gets paid $30,000 a year and has since in affect? Paul Allen.
Now let's hear from all of you about that. I bet we could all use some of that money. I would like a full list of the recipients of such funds. Maybe someone could get me a list.
Makes me wonder how many are dead and still collecting? Well I'm going to try to find out.
Why did they vote 'no'?
By Thomas Shafer
To my fellow West Seattle citizens who like I, were too busy with their lives to follow the details of (the recent) special session in Olympia - whether or not to reinstate I-747.
Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (District 37, Seattle) displayed an uncommon amount of arrogance and a fair amount of ignorance in supporting her decision to vote "no" on the 1 percent property tax lid. She supported her decision by quoting from the framers of the U.S.
Seattle City Councilman Tom Rasmussen has released a revised version of Mayor Greg Nickels plan to expand an existing program that gives developers a break on property taxes in exchange for providing some "affordable" housing.
Rasmussen's plan lowers the mayor's income level requirement for the multi-family tax exemption program, "Seattle Homes Within Reach."
Nickels' proposal would give developers a 12-year property tax break for new rental and condominium developments in which 20 percent to 25 percent of the units are set aside for individuals or families earning betwee
Two local architects have donated the design for a new pedestal and plaza for the Statue of Liberty at Alki. Mayor Greg Nickels has pledged $50,000. An engraving company in Tacoma is ready to personalize a thousand bricks. The city will hire a contractor this spring to build it.
Nearly everything is in place.
Except for the last $64,000.
And the City of Seattle has set a deadline of Jan.
The possible annexation of White Center and Boulevard Park to either Burien or Seattle continues to gurgle through the innards of each city's respective governments, but now SeaTac wants a bite.
The SeaTac City Council voted Nov. 26 to declare a portion of North Highline near SeaTac as a "potential annexation area." The neighborhood in question is between Des Moines Memorial Drive and the Tukwila city limits around Hilltop Elementary School and Hilltop Park.
West Seattle High School recently hosted 16 students from the city's French sister city, Nantes, for a two-week exchange student program.
In turn, twenty students from West Seattle plan to attend Talensac High School in Nantes during spring. This will be the program's third year. Its stateside coordinator is Doug Peterman, West Seattle High School's only French teacher.
