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William Kratz May 20, 2013 at 05:36 pm
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.
Jerry Gropp Architect AIA May 15, 2013 at 02:07 pm
The Jury is still out. I liked the "Old Patch". J
Jessica Rudolf May 6, 2013 at 07:34 pm
Congratulations to Alex! We received so many wonderful, written nominations from the parents at…Read More Patti's. As a VP on the MIPA Executive Committee, I can say that our organization is very happy to present this award to such a well-liked, kind-hearted teacher. We encourage all parents to consider nominating their child's preschool teacher for next year's 2014 Award! Information about the award will be distributed next spring. Visit mipreschoolassociation.org for more information about our organization and our programs.
Jody Cantrell Dyer May 3, 2013 at 09:55 am
Readers, I would love to hear your thoughts! Congratulations on having the hearts to adopt, by the…Read More way. Thanks again Patty!
Karen Olson May 1, 2013 at 12:29 pm
I am so pleased and appreciative of this terrific group, led by our wonderfully focused Chris…Read More Hansen-you are keeping our hearts, souls, and dreams alive for our future NBA Basketball Team!! We will persevere! No fear-even if it is a few years off-this may be just a warm up for the final steps necessary to bring our Sonics Home!!! They are coming! One of your biggest fan and supporter!! Karen
Mark Hoppen May 1, 2013 at 10:19 am
I'm with you Brent, except in one respect. Perhaps the Sonics would have stayed in Seattle if…Read More leadership, both Wasington State and Seattle, had generated a committed vision for a stadium. At the time, our local capacity for action was nil. Sacramento, today, has generated a serious, committed effort in an incredibly short time led by a mayor. Imagine that! So, noting that distinction, Howard, David, and even Clay, are kind of absolved. The threshold criterion in Stern's mind is the will to act on an arena. In that sense, he appears consistent. As for Howard, on one hand he appears to have had his one great imaginative idea when he opened the latte site. Hansen, on the other hand, is a creative generator. I still think a team will emerge, if not now, relatively soon, say within two years.
Brent Champaco (Editor) April 30, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Could you tell I was a little peeved, Dan? Seriously, I absolutely agree about that Sacramento plan.…Read More So many holes it's ridiculous. It will be interesting to see how H/B/N will respond. They're successful billionaires for a reason. I'm assuming helplessly losing out on an investment isn't one of them.
Justin April 30, 2013 at 01:27 pm
Just watch a Seahawks game and tell me who has better fans than the 12th man!
John Snow April 30, 2013 at 11:01 am
Years ago my cousin lived in Seattle for a while. His observation about major league sports then…Read More was that Seattle would never truly be a big-league sports town because there is just too much to do around here. Skiing, boating, hiking, fishing, flying, climbing, etc., etc. I'm inclined to believe he was correct.
Jerry Gropp Architect AIA May 15, 2013 at 07:05 pm
Seems like this was a good time to sell our SouthEnd Mercer Island home of 25 years. JG-
Joe M April 26, 2013 at 11:06 pm
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed reading my past posts. For someone who complains about…Read More "irrelevant cites and copious posting" you sure wandered way off topic. (Speaking of which, we're tied 8-8 on comments for this article - one more and you win:-)
For what it's worth, I have never belonged to any political party and have plenty of agreement and disagreement with the core principles of each (Republican, Democrat, Libertarian and Green). So call me what you want. I look at each issue on its own merits, and not in terms of any kind of ideology.
I'm not going to try to go point by point with all the ways you've misrepresented me, but I will add a comment about the Boy Scouts. I never advocated that they be forced to do anything. I respect them and the fact that they are a private religious organization. My opinions were about what I think they should do, and what I believe they will eventually do, however long it takes.
If you could find a way to be a bit less confrontational, you might find we have more in common than our technical backgrounds. Cheers - have a great weekend.
Kirkland Tony April 26, 2013 at 09:53 pm
Joe, you do realize we can easily read your past posts ON EVERY THREAD, don't you? It takes no time…Read More at all to see that you are left of center and aggressive at times about it. I didn't check bother prior to your latest message because I foolishly took you at face value - I assumed you were honest in your defense of the duplicitous words of Trent and actions of the Administration. But your history on guns (though you're near middle) and on whether a private organization (the Boy Scouts) should be forced to accept volunteers who violate their interpretation of their own oath, for examples, belie your claims.
Joe, when I drive a car, I do not kill children. (Your example - see, I did read your history.) Maybe you do, and have some responsibility to accept. I don't believe that you are responsible for my actions, but I believe you should be held as hard as hell accountable for yours. In this case, the Democrats (and, wrt FAA, Obama) made the calls and should be accountable.
One other thing... from reading your history, I see you are incredibly verbose; about seven messages a day average. And probably a retired former pilot former computer programmer. I still have a job (and background bizarrely similar to what it sounds like yours is.) You don't win or make your point by wearing us down with your irrelevant cites and copious posting. You just make yourself feel good.
Joe M April 26, 2013 at 10:12 am
When you said "Joe, I've been reading some leftist sites to try to better understand your…Read More perspective. ", I lost what little interest I had in continuing this discussion with you. You want to frame this as part of a grand war between left and right. I have no interest in siding with either, except on individual issues.
As for Trent Latta, I don't find him or this article to be very interesting. Like you, he seems to want to frame this as a left vs right battle. Neither he nor any of his critics have given me any information that would help me know what a reasonable level of spending for the courts would be. Meh.
Katie Pickett April 21, 2013 at 04:01 pm
Wow, this directly correlates and supports my previous blog entry! This is a MUST for any business…Read More owner!
Linda Mammano April 12, 2013 at 10:43 am
That is the best commentary on the subject to date. This should be on the front page of every local…Read More newspaper. Finally pressure to bear. Thank you!!!
Thomas Imrich April 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Excellent assessments today, both by Mr. Horn here, and by Mr. Cero in today's MI Reporter. The key…Read More is that we need new blood in both the legislature, and in our City Council, to actually better understand the problems at hand and potential real solutions we'll need. Many of our elected and appointed officials are poorly representing their constituency. For example, Ms. Clibborn could readily put the brakes on this I-90 tolling tax diversion to fund 520 fiasco, in a heartbeat, through her leadership position for state transportation. But despite that tolling is a terrible precedent, and could even undermine the entire national interstate highway system, Ms. Clibborn is CHOOSING NOT TO fight I-90 bridge tolling. Apparently she and some of our waffling weak kneed Council members have made their choices about this issue, and about other debacles, like our seriously flawed highly subsidized mass transit, and our pending loss of carpool lanes. Now it is approaching the time to make our decisions, in the next election.
Kevin Scheid April 9, 2013 at 01:59 pm
Great article Jim. So despite the bad decisions and bad policy by the legislature, we can gather…Read More that the way out of this mess is to raise gas tax appropriately to pay for the roads. Additionally I might add, we can scale down on the upgrades and delay constructing the approaches to the 520 bridge. Scaling back these upgrades should not affect the safety or construction schedule of the 520 bridge and may eliminate the funding shortage entirely.
Julie Varon -John L. Scott Real Estate April 9, 2013 at 01:33 am
Very impressive. Good luck in Washington DC. What an exciting way to end their high school…Read More careers! NYHS is up to some great things!
jack de leon April 8, 2013 at 11:20 pm
I'm very proud of this group of dedicated young men and woman. I know how excited they are to…Read More represent NYHS and the State of Washington.
Jerry Omli March 28, 2013 at 09:29 pm
First a reference
http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/wastewater/treatment/biosolids/genqa.cfm
So…Read More although after processing your food could conceivably end up as being recycled, it's not nearly the same thing as you doing your own composting. Look at the stuff involved to get it ready for use again. No contest - composting is better.
(Waste= garbage, so it's just a word substitution here - food-waste=food-garbage, iow, you wouldn't eat it again.)
Question Mark March 28, 2013 at 04:53 pm
Many sewer utilities do recycle the solids obtained from the effluent they receive (see Tagro, for…Read More example). Some people have taught their cats to use the toilet, too <-- [to keep my comment relevant to the original article ... 8^)]
I suppose it depends on your definition of "better". Judging by the comments here so far, I suspect you would get a different definition from different people.
Kendall Watson (Editor) March 28, 2013 at 04:37 pm
Hi Jerry,
Yes, it's commonly referred to as a "garbage disposal" but that descriptor isn't…Read More really accurate, is it? So that's why I said food-waste disposal, because that's exactly what it's intended for.
So again, my question is about how environmentally friendly it is to put food-waste (that would normally go into the compost bin) into the sink disposal unit?
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