This is great! ("Councilman pushes electronic portal, Sept. 3) Harrell hit the nail on the head with "...they don't have the time or resources to be committed to process, that doesn't mean they don't have an opinion though."
An easy way to receive information that is relevant to what individuals care about, coupled with an easy way to participate in coversation and supply feedback is exactly what is needed.
Angie Robar
not sufficient
It's good to know that Bruce Harrell is interested in hearing from constituents ("Councilman frustrated over limited feedback", Sept.4) and perhaps a new online portal will attract more users than the existing email links through the city's Web site. But Harrell and his colleagues seem determined to ignore what every successful community leader already knows: The city's public officials need to make themselves available to the citizens in person, on a regular basis.
New Indy is Rockwell-esqu
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Rated PG-13
(Three stars)
By Bruce Bulloch
Every artist has his god. And for Steven Spielberg it may be Norman Rockwell.
The city is looking to implement a program next spring in the downtown core that was attempted last year by the West Seattle Junction to replace dumpsters in alleys with plastic garbage bags. If it is successful there, it could be officially implemented in West Seattle.
The mayor's office and Seattle Public Utilities worked together to create the dumpster-free alley proposal.
The Washington State Department of Transportation is considering eight bundles of solutions to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct in 2012 - and it wants to know if it is considering everything it should.
The public is invited to give their feedback at three open houses in September, hosted by the city, county and state departments of transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.
The first will be downtown, 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept.
The statue and pedestal were draped with an olive-colored parachute silk, loosely tied with blue twine.
Saturday afternoon, the sky was blue, the sun was warm, and the breeze was cool. The tide was high and the 44-foot Yankee Clipper anchored off the boardwalk at Alki. The fireboat Leschi sprayed fans of water in the bay.
Under one green canopy, people sold more commemorative bricks, available for purchase until the end of the year, for installation next summer.
Construction work is underway to transform five blocks on 14th Avenue South in the business district of South Park.
The $4.5 million project is the first major use of Bridging the Gap funds in the South Park Neighborhood. It has been designed to improve transportation for pedestrians, bicyclists as well as car and truck drivers.
From South Cloverdale Street to South Director Street the Seattle Department of Transportation will repave 14th Avenue South, install new sidewalks and curb ramps, upgrade traffic signals and enhance street lighting.
Longtime West Seattle Herald reporter Tim St. Clair, who died this past February, may be honored by a park in his name, but the effort has hit a snag.
Last Wednesday night's joint Delridge Neighborhood and Southwest District Council meeting at Youngstown Cultural Center discussed renaming the Morgan Junction Plaza Park to Tim St. Clair Park.
The site is currently a small paved triangle just north of the Beverage Place and was once planned as a major monorail station.
While the High Point Community Center, which just broke ground, will feature numerous activities geared toward area youth and families, Wednesday's grand opening of Bridge Park retirement home adjacent to the future activity center is geared for the 55-plussers.
But unlike other retirement homes, this one may not be your last stop, and you'll want a passport and set of luggage when you move in.
That's because the 156-unit Bridge Park is operated by the Holiday Retirement Community, and residents are free to stay at any of its nearly 300 locations in America and Canada for
The wit of Scottish muralist Alan Wylie was a fit match for West Seattle's gregarious Moe Beerman in the summer of 1992.
Beerman - the companion, collaborator and front man for the internationally renowned artists who in 1989-93 created the 11 Murals of West Seattle - awoke Wylie at 6:30 each morning for two months to dig into and complete what became the richly colored "Bank Day" classroom mural covering the north wall of the Washington Mutual building in the Junction.
Wylie's technique of preparing the surface with white, grey and black hues and covering them with a pin
