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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

But would it include a memorial for Goose?

Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 10:53:07 am

There’s a minor cyberspat brewing between two of Tacoma’s bloggers – over an issue that has been dead for a few years now.

Remember when some folks wanted to bring the USS Ranger (the aircraft carrier in “Top Gun”), moor it in the Thea Foss and turn it into a museum? The whole idea is now, ahem, dead in the water.

But that’s not stopping one blogger from resurrecting the issue and blaming it on the “liberal, anti-war, anti-military” population of Tacoma. Another blogger who worked to bring the aircraft carrier here responded and defended the city's effort to bring it here. And then the debate continued on in the 5views.com comments section.

It’s worth checking out.

Categories: Tacoma, Downtown, North End • 2 comments

COMMENTS:

Comment by erikemery @ 11:14 - Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Sweet, I'm in a "minor cyberspat." By the way, I think your links are a little wonky. Here's the 5views post that got things started: http://5views.com/2008/03/19/uss-ranger

Comment by Scott Fontaine @ 11:21 - Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Got it fixed. Not sure what happened there...

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