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By Jayson Boyd
Growing up, one of my favorite TV shows was In Living Color. It was the sketch comedy show that launched the careers of stars like Jim Carey, Jamie Foxx, the Wayans brothers, and David Alan Grier. At that time, if you didn’t watch the show, you were definitely going to be left out of conversations in the halls and classrooms of Denny Middle School.
To the editor:
I was very moved to see such a large turnout for the march last Saturday (June 6). Watching all of these protests is very encouraging when thinking about our long road toward racial equality and justice.
The turnout also gave me pause as I recalled the Seattle School Board closing 6 schools during a vote in January of 2009. One of those schools was Cooper Elementary, a 100 year old school here in West Seattle that served a predominately low income community of color. The closing of Cooper was very tense as the School Board pitted elementary schools against each other as each learning community feared their community would be torn apart.
By Ken Robinson
Managing Editor
When my Dad, Jerry Robinson, came to White Center in 1951 to own and operate the local newspaper, The White Center News, Yarington’s Funeral Home was a prominent business on the main drag. The paper carried a front page ad for a Seattle competitor, Home Undertaking.
Dick Yarington didn’t like the weekly reminder on page one.
Dad quickly became involved in community affairs, including attendance at the Kiwanis Club meetings in the basement of the Epicure Restaurant. Dick Yarington was a long-time member there.
When the upstart newspaper publisher showed up at the meetings, Yarington squirmed. When dad was proposed for membership in the club, Yarington ‘blackballed’ him and dad never became a Kiwanian.
I was reminded of this event when I saw a notice this week that Yarington’s will no longer be Yarington’s and has been sold to a chain funeral home company.
By Jean Godden
"Defund Police" signs and cries pepper the George Floyd marches. In response, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council have voted to defund the police. Councilmembers say that, after a history of racism, the city's police force cannot be reformed. They have pledged to create "a new system of public safety."
The idea of defunding the police is problematic. Certainly "Defund Police" is a catchy slogan. It fits easily a protest sign. It matches protesters' sentiments. But it is still hard to imagine how such a simplistic solution could be accomplished.
Defunding a police force has been done on rare occasions. In cases cited -- Camden, New Jersey, and Compton, California -- abandonment of the local force involved leaving the field, turning the job of policing over to a larger jurisdiction's uniformed force.
The King County Sheriff's office has posted a Use of Force dashboard on its website. The graphs and lists there detail over time from January 2014 to the end of 2019 what kinds of force have been used, what kind of incident they were applied to and what the outcomes have been. Under the heading of Officer Force Tactics used for example the dashboard shows that Grab or Pull was used 67% of the time, takedowns 46%, Weight 33%, Pain compliance 16%, Push 14%, Strike 12%, Hair hold 2% and Lateral Neck restraint was used in only 1% of cases.
The most used weapon was an electronic control weapon such as a taser in 46% of cases with canine bites much less at 7% and others even less with guns being used in only 1% of cases.
Handcuffs were extremely common with 97% of cases but even so 75% of cases resulted in some level of injury to subjects. In 21% of cases officers themselves were injured.
The sheriff made the announcement in a press release:
information from Seattle Department of Transportation
There are a handful of roadway construction projects happening in and near West Seattle this month that you should be aware of, some of which directly impact the High-Rise Bridge detour routes.
Though some of these projects that we’re highlighting are being carried out by the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), King County, or other agencies and companies, SDOT has been coordinating with each of them to minimize the impact on people traveling in these areas.
Ensuring that people can travel in and through West Seattle and neighboring Duwamish Valley communities is one of our top priorities right now.
information from the City of Seattle
The Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Seattle Parks and Recreation will be holding two virtual public meetings to kick off the project to replace the Emma Schmitz Overlook seawall in West Seattle and discuss the latest project news.
Many people love to cook and for some that passion has led them first to an avocation, then the pursuit of something bigger.
That's a primary reason that USI Kitchen Rental has been around in the West Seattle triangle for so long. It's a commissary/kitchen rental space that is home to some remarkable local food providers that are surprising in their variety and scale.
The companies that rent space there at 4611 37th SW include caterers, BBQ makers, food trucks, candy makers, tea makers, pot pie bakers, coffee roasters and more.
They have 3 different levels of kitchen rental at the facility.
1. Full Time = With key access, come & go as you please, use all equipment, and storage
2. Part Time = No key, access during business hours only, equipment restrictions, and no storage
3. Hourly = No key, access during business hours only, equipment restrictions, pay by the hour, no storage
If it were any other time, political statements might just be passed off as one side versus another. But recent events have made the political divisions in America more stark, the divide wider, and the emotions more extreme.
Amid a time of marches for racial equity, justice and an end to police brutality one man, Tony (last name withheld by request) has taken his existing official Trump for President campaign sign to the next level. As an illustrator and artist he's done many portraits, but never one like this. He's adding an 8 foot by 8 foot painting of Trump to his 30 foot tall display. The painting depicts the President as an American flag sunglasses wearing patriot, his fist prominently held in defiance. when finished the painting will show Trump in a blue suit, red tie, and with bright gold metallic hair.
