April 2014

Bandit brandishes bowie knife, flees on electric bicycle

April 15 – At the 4700 block of Shilshole Avenue Northwest police responded to an attempted assault. Officers arrived on the scene and found the victim uninjured. The victim said that when he arrived home he was covering his motorcycle and noticed the suspect in his parking area. The victim asked the suspect what he was doing there and the suspect said his electric bicycle had a flat tire. The victim noticed the tires appeared inflated and told the suspect to leave. The suspect then pulled out a 12 inch razor sharp hunting knife and said, "I'll just cut you up into little pieces, you (expletive). I'll just cut you up." The victim said he was going to call the police and then the suspect said, "I know where you live, I'll be back and cut you up." Then the suspect sped off on his electric bicycle. The victim managed to get a picture of the suspect driving off. Police have no other leads.

Man beaten with steel bar, rushed to Harborview

April 17 -- The Coalition to Repeal Ride Restrictions submitted over 36,000 voter signatures that called for a referendum on the recent city ordinance that limited access for ride companies like Lyft, Sidecar and Uber.

Back in March the City Council set an ordinance that had a 150 cap on active vehicles and other regulation like safety and insurance requirements. Councilwoman Sally Clark led a committee that spent 11 months coming up with the suspended regulation.

The 36,000 were more than double the number of voter signatures required to qualify the referendum for the ballot.

Under the Seattle City Charter a mere 16,510 registered voter signatures (eight percent of the total number of votes cast in the last mayoral election) are necessary to be eligible for a citizens’ referendum for the ballot.

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GriefShare Support Group
Grace Church
10323 28th Ave. S.W.
Saturdays, Now through May 17, 10 a.m.—noon. This international grief recovery support group is open to anyone who has lost a loved one to death. You can start at anytime and it doesn’t matter how long ago the death occurred. There is a one time cost of $15 for a journal. Contact: Barb at 206-932-7459 or Grace Church 206-937-8400.

Dessert Tea & Harp Concert
High Point Community Center
6920 34th Ave. S.W.
206-935-2162
Sat., April 26, 2-3:30 p.m. Join the Seattle Parks Lifelong Recreation Program and the West Seattle Discovery Shop as they present scrumptious dessert, delicious tea and beautiful harp music by Michelle Wilcox. Cost is $8/prepay or $10/day of. Treat a friend to a special afternoon.

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By Tim Clifford

Disgruntled
Police were alerted to a burglary in progress by a witness passing by a business on the 9000 block of 35 Ave. S.W. The caller reported seeing a white male in his 30’s wearing a blue fleece and blue jeans rush through the door of the business which had clearly been smashed out (the door was made of glass).

When officers arrived on the scene they found the inside of the business littered with broken glass, pulled cash register wires and other random items broken on the floor. It appeared to them that an entire cash register had been taken.

Officers fanned out to search for a potential suspect, using a K9 unit and following a trail of rolled coins that lead out of the store and seemed to have been dropped in the rush to get away. They eventually located a suspect crouched behind a building blocks away with blood on his hands and rolls of coins lying near him. After being taken into custody officers reviewed film from the scene and confirmed that the suspect they had was the same person on the surveillance footage.

As part of the City of Seattle's "Seattle Summer Streets" the annual Alki Car Free Day is set for May 18 from 11 AM – 5 PM. No parking starts at 8AM.

Alki Ave S.W. (from California Ave SW to 63rd Ave SW) will be closed to cars but open to pedestrians, bikes and much more.

You can participate in the West Seattle 5K Run/Walk in the morning, sponsored by the West Seattle High School PTSA. The race starts at 9:20 AM. Pre-registration is suggested. Stay for the street party starting at 11 AM.

For the second year the Alki Beach Creeps a local bike group will staging a costume bike parade and party celebrating freedom in the streets. The parade will start at 1:00pm, on the corner of 63rd and Alki Ave. All ages are welcome.

The house that has been on the site of the future Puget Ridge Edible Park came down under the claw of construction equipment on April 21.

This project, selected for the first round of Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Funding, will now move into its next phase. The concept is to create an urban community farm which is a neighborhood meeting place, a community food garden and a test site for environmentally conscientious sustainability.

The land at 5265 18th Ave S.W. was acquired for $520,000.

You can get on the mailing list for the project here. and join them on Facebook here.

By David Rosen and Patrick Robinson

While King County Executive Dow Constantine is well known for being a very approachable man, it's not often you see him on the Metro C Line headed downtown. He made a special trip to add emphasis to the election to "Save Metro" in the April 22 election. A poll running on the SeattleTimes.com shows support for the tax increase proposed in the election is not strong with 23.05% favoring a fare increase. Others favor other means.

Constantine said, "It's critical that folks find that ballot buried on their kitchen counter, fill it out and send it in. We're facing severe cuts to our transit system if we're not able to raise additional revenue and some of this money will also go to start on the backlog of maintenance and repair for our roadways."

Despite the poll results and reports of low turnout for this election Constantine remains upbeat.