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This editorial will appear in Thursday's print edition.
The president’s plan to shore up the ailing housing market aims at the heart of the nation’s financial crisis.
Key to lawmakers’ agreement last month to release the second half of the financial bailout money was President Barack Obama’s promise to do something about the soaring numbers of home foreclosures.
On Wednesday, Obama delivered. Over-delivered, some would say.
Obama had been expected to propose a housing fix for those homeowners in immediate danger of foreclosure. He did, but then went a good deal further, at least symbolically.
This editorial will appear in Thursday's print edition.
Too easy for underage girls to get onto post
A number of Fort Lewis’ security rules seem to have been violated, and now a local girl is dead.
Well, now the terrorists know how to sneak into military installations: Disguise themselves as teenage girls.
A troubling gap in security came to light with the death early Sunday morning of a 16-year-old Lakes High School student in a Fort Lewis barracks. Another girl has been hospitalized. Authorities believe the tragedy may be drug-related.
It’s legal for civilian minors to go on post with someone who has a Department of Defense ID. But they’re not supposed to be in the barracks unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, and overnight visits are not allowed. Those rules appear to have been violated in this case.
Anyone who’s been stuck in a long line trying to get onto Fort Lewis and had to show identification and registration might well wonder why it’s so easy for young girls to get onto post to party into the wee hours with soldiers.
Victoria Woodards is set to announce she's running for a Tacoma City Council seat this year.
Heard via email from the candidate herself, although her public announcement is going out later today. So I haven't had the chance to find out what seat she's going for.
(I need to wake up: Woodards attached the announcement, which says she's going for the at-large Position 6 seat now held by Mike Lonergan, who's term-limited)
Woodards is currently a Metro Parks commissioner, second term (I think), and pays the bills by working as aide to Pierce County Councilman Tim Farrell, one of the two lonely Democrats on the County Council.
If memory serves, Woodard has been active in neighborhood groups and a leader in staging the annual Ethnic Fest celebration at Wright Park. I know she led the choir at her church on the Hilltop, so she'd undoubtedly be the best gospel singer on the council, if elected. She also gets bonus points for being a Lincoln High School graduate.
Here's Woodards' press release:
Key to lawmakers' agreement last month to release the second half of the financial bailout money was President Barack Obama's promise to do something about the soaring numbers of home foreclosures. On Wednesday, Obama delivered. Over-delivered, some would say.
Fort Lewis authorities should be aghast that their security measures are so vulnerable that teenage girls can easily circumvent them.
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