Archive for July, 2009

Did the City influence the outcome of Prop.1, the people’s initiative to ban gambling in Lakewood that failed 3-2 in last November’s General election?
The September/October, 2008 issue of Lakewood Connections – the city-authored newsletter of happenings throughout Lakewood – has been viewed by some as a ‘hit-piece’ – an unfair advantage taken by the City… »

Here are a couple of significant ways you can help return community-and-family-values as the top priority to city hall, which would mean eliminating gambling for starters!  Perhaps the most important means of volunteering is your time.  If you are able to adopt-a-street, block, or neighborhood by distributing the newsletter door-to-door please let us know.  Currently… »

Want to hear the candidates for Lakewood City Council?  On Thursday, August 6, 2009, 6:30p.m., the Tillicum/Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) will host a forum to which “as of this posting “ six of the eight candidates  are confirmed.  The TWNA meets at the Tillicum Community Center, 14916 Washington Ave. SW.  Take Tillicum Entrance #123 off… »

On August 18th, two of three top vote getters per position will move on to the Nov.3 General Election. Only one position for City Council in Lakewood has three candidates – Position 2 – Mike Brandstetter, Connie Coleman-Lacadie, & Levi Wilhelmsen. Members of the SaveLakewood Steering Committee are interviewing candidates and the contestants’ answers to… »

On July 7, 2009 Councilman Walter Neary wrote in his BLOG about the vote the council had taken the night before. ‘Concerned’ that they could be ( in Neary’s words ) “stretching the definition of an emergency moratorium a bit far”, the council considered a proposal to let these 11 years of on-again-off-again moratoriums expire,… »

In a not-so-fairy-tale version of “The Three Little Pigs”, the Big Bad Wolf recently made an appearance in Lakewood threatening the City with a ‘huff-and I’ll puff-and-I’ll-blow-your-house-down’ lawsuit if the cowering council didn’t let the Happy Days casino in.
A letter obtained by Public Disclosure reveals what appears to be the real reason Happy Days is… »

“It seems to me to be totally incongruent to claim to be best for youth and at the same time carry the title of the gambling capitol of the South Sound!!, the only city in the region which condones mini casinos and in fact has subjected itself to more such establishments albeit in zoned areas… »