Another day — another black eye for Federal Way. This one we did to ourselves. Elected leadership and senior staff…
In the aftermath of any and every police misstep and citizen killing, we talk about reform.
Many years ago, in Texas, when getting ready to leave a bar with my friends, the bartender noticed that my…
Opinion: Why are we not maximizing the preservation of any and all open-space in the area?
I recently witnessed an interaction between a homeowner trying to deal with having his green bin container picked up by…
The United Nations announced Nov. 8 that the world had just welcomed its 8 billionth human passenger.
In the movie “Field of Dreams,” a baseball diamond was built in a cornfield in rural Iowa based on the…
Finding a thread to muse about in a 2022 ode to Federal Way requires some post-pandemic leniency and a shout…
Crime and poverty are political tools that our country’s wealthy and elite political class choose to use against the middle…
Cities need to navigate their holiday celebration displays of “faith” in the public square carefully. Cities sometimes are so careful…
What happens when we as residents of this community and great nation fail to realize that we are being managed…
What does success look like?
The season of election flyer platitudes is upon us. We are being asked to vote and select our favorite candidate…
Our city’s planners are encouraging us to focus on developing a plan for the 7 acres the city owns adjacent…
Are any of you feeling a sense of loss in your daily lives and routines resulting from pandemic fatigue?
Clickity-clack, light rail is coming. Our city’s future is being discussed in coffee shops, the back rooms of City Hall…
The floodgates of America’s right-wing morality machine have opened. Their goal of overturning the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade…
City council meetings are opportunities for public discussion as well as disseminating information. The public discourse offered at these meetings…
Federal Way’s streets and main pedestrian walkways have become extensions of the mean streets we see elsewhere — littered, sketchy,…
Our cities are becoming fear driven crime bubbles with all of us looking for someone to blame. Some believe that…
As citizens we are a capricious lot. We expect our elected fellow citizens to oversee the municipal flow of our…
Common sense respectful behavior and decorum in our society has broken down into angry undercurrents with unreconciled grievances everywhere. It…
As community members our expectations are great, and we want 2022 to be a better year for our city. For…
