I endorse Kevin Scheid for City Council. I believe that his experience and interest in the welfare…Read More of Mercer Island residents more than qualifies him for this key position, especially in view of the efforts of Mr. Grausz to cut the ground from underneath of his Mercer Island constituents by supporting the tolling measure sought to be implemented by another benighted Mercer Island politician ,Judith Clibborn. As a former U.S. Coast Guard reserve officer from 1966-1969, a Mercer Island resident since 1971, and as an attorney who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School a number of years before Mr. Grausz graduated from that same law school, I hope that my support for Kevin Scheid will help elect him to the city council. I look forward to supporting Kevin.
I'll be a bit more direct than Jerry. The new site is a mess. Visually it's extremely cluttered.…Read More It's slow, very slow. There appear to be no RSS feeds, a major negative. Following a few links sometimes sends you to a different community's Patch site. And what happened with the editing staff. Unless I missed something, suddenly there are new editors without any warning. No matter what the circumstances, normally such a move would be accompanied by an announcement of some sort. Venice may be the greatest editor ever, but it looks like she is splitting her time among several Patch sites, so the odds are stacked against her. Her "latest activities" list even suggests that she is editing a Patch site down in the San Francisco Bay area. With all due respect, Patch sites should be hyper-local, and the best route to that is a local (i.e. Mercer Islander) editor.
Air Force Pilot From Mercer Island Summits Everest
A pilot from Mercer Island was one of four active-duty Air Force servicemen to reach the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, The Seattle Times reports.
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