August 2008

A fruit bowl to remember

Treed Cafe

1418 N.W. 70th St.

784-9404

Open 11 a.m. -10 p.m.

http://www.treedcafe.com/

The other day a caller said this writer ought to "go back to where you came from" because we dared oppose the 20-cent tax on plastic and paper grocery bags. The caller said it was obvious we were just another supporter of out-of-control business and did not care about global warming or the future of mankind.

Wow! All we did is say there had to be a better way to clean up the environment than to tax the poor and the middle class - who are quickly becoming poor, living in this city.

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) purchased two properties on the corner of Juneau and 26th Ave. SW eight years ago as part of the Urban Creek Legacy project. The Urban Creeks Legacy was an element of Seattle's Millennium Project, a celebration of Seattle as "the city of light, water, and woods" -- the resources that make our city one of the nation's most desirable places to live.

Would a groundhog move Seattle now?

By Jerry Robinson

In 1950 the main street of White Center was only two paved lanes in the middle of eight blocks of huge mud holes whenever it rained. The county territory was ruled by Republican Bill Sears, who probably never got a vote from the hugely Democrat citizenry.

We got frustrated with government neglect.

'Sex and the City' writing fails

Directed by Michael Patrick King

Rated R

(Two and one half stars)

By Bruce Bulloch

"Sex and the City," the television series, was a restless piece of fun. Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her cohorts led viewers across an exotic Manhattan landscape on the hunt for a good man and a perfect pair of shoes. Even the dialogue had a predatory bent, shooting barbs of satire into the show's romantic sensibility.

Thanks for your article in the West Seattle Herald, "City Council Raises Taxes" (Aug. 6, editorial). I especially appreciated the line about how "our concerns are not addressed by too many in leadership in this city, only the needs of government are considered."

Every week I read or hear another story about out of control credit card interest, record profits for oil companies, or mortgage executives who are not held responsible for the mess they created. The middle class is shouldering too much of the burden - who looks out for us?

I think it's pathetic that the Herald chose to glorify the desecration of the human body (Tattoos, Aug. 13). I've yet to meet an elderly person with a tattoo that wished they didn't have it, but once done that's it, for life.

H. R. Blackwell

Harbor Avenue

A better way than a city 20-cent bag fee

By Jan Gee

As customers passed through the checkout stands of many of our independent grocery stores, the owners and employees asked their customers, "Did you know that the Seattle City Council is proposing a fee of 20 cents on every disposable bag and that starting in January we will have to charge you an additional $xx on this same grocery bill unless you bring in a reusable bag?"

About two out of every three customers responded that they didn't know and eight out of 10 said that they were opposed - many were outraged.

Political sentiments are running high, even early in the season: a 56-year-old Admiral resident was arrested after he was seen throwing paint onto a home and the presidential campaign sign in its yard. The victim got the suspect's license plate number as he drove away. When officers went to the registered residence of the car, they were greeted by a man who matched the suspect description.

Micah is a purebred German Shepherd with four pages of pedigree. He is five yrs. old and weighs 96 lbs. and his owners Richard and Niki Hurley got him in April 2003 when he was three months old.

Micah is a very mild mannered dog, but is very protective of Niki (His Mommy).

In spite of all of the dog stories to the contrary, one of Micah's best friends is HIS mailman Marty. (Uncle Marty). Micah barks at any dogs that walk down their street.