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I’ve received several e-mails – the discussion started with downtown resident Laura Hanan – about the clock in the Old City Hall. It’s been stuck at 3:15ish for a while now.
It’s becoming more of a talker. Here’s an excerpt fro Hanan’s e-mail:
"The City has spoken recently of the drive to inaugurate this area as downtown Tacoma's Financial District. In the financial world, time is of the essence; time is money. What is the fiscal metaphor for a city's financial district where one of the most prominent structures is a large broken clock?
"It is not just the big business players that make this an important area. The sum of prominent broken parts like the clock add up and reflect how much a city really cares about itself and the face if puts forth to its residents and visitors."
Old City Hall LLC, a subsidiary of The Stratford Co., owns the building. I’ve got a message in with their PR department ot find out if there are any plans to fix it. I’ll let you know when I find out.
Some residents of Tacoma's East Side are apparently unhappy with the amount of litter -- and the frequency of the cleanup -- on the Highway 7 spur off Interstate 705.
Here's an excerpt from an e-mail I received:
I am really bothered by the comment that the roadway is dirty again in a couple of weeks after clean up - that is like me saying why should I vacuum when there will be dog hair back on the carpet the next day. If I treated my home the way that Highway 7 extension gets treated I would be knee deep in dog hair (as the Highway 7 extension is practically knee deep in garbage.)
I drive I-90 over Mercer Island about once a week and notice that it is always squeaky clean - I think we are dealing with a double standard when it comes to getting the Highway 7 extension (THE PORTAL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD) picked up.
So I ask you: Do you live on the East Side? If the level of trash along the highway acceptable? If not, what should be done? And by whom?
I'm juggling reporting for several bigger stories today, but I'm gonna be heading out to look for some off-beat stories. Got any ideas? Shoot me an e-mail.
