News is a very subjective medium. It consists of items the whole world cares about. It also consists of items that only people in my own neighborhood would care about. I know that whatever the subject, not only will the stories themselves be edited, but also the list of subjects that will be reported on [...]
If you haven’t been paying attention to the story of the trials and tribulations of Washington State Ferries, you have missed a true-to-life soap opera with quite a cast of characters. Sunday’s Seattle Times published an article outlining the story of how the city of Port Townsend has fared through a crisis within the ferry [...]
As highlighted in a news article today, the window for a possible return of Washington State Ferries’ 80-year-old Steel-Electric class vessels has come to a close. A Certificate of Inspection, in effect the US Coast Guard’s permission for a passenger vessel to operate, has expired. The washington Legislature has mandated the sale of these ferries [...]
Last week, I discussed in a post that the US Border Patrol was blocking a state highway in Anacortes and randomly stopping cars looking for undocumented aliens. While I don’t dispute the need for the Border Patrol to do their job of protecting our borders, and commend them for what they do despite their under [...]
On April 3, I found an article in the Skagit Valley Herald that seems to be much more than a small local event. A situation that looks, at first glance, like a simple ferry security issue, but is actually the beginning of a situation that many would consider unconscionable. A summary of the article is [...]
For the last several months, I have been following the trials and tribulations happening over at Washington State Ferries. There are a number of problems there right now, all with a common theme. Among the issues: The system’s fleet of 80-year-old “Steel-Electric” class ferries were abruptly taken out of service in December after their hulls [...]
