The Tahoe Lakeshore
Tahoe is surprisingly pretty and very blue (although that doesn’t show well intgis picture) You can see the casinos on the Nevada side in the picture.
City Club’s Community Studies
I referenced it below, and should probably clarify. City Club of Tacoma publishes regular community studies about issues that are broadly affecting the community. They're all online on our website, so if there's a topic that strikes your interest check it out. As part of my role as the new ED, I've been trying to read some of the "greatest hits" and studies that interest me personally. I carry a few of them with me and read them at odd moments. The Image of Tacoma study from 2004 is an interesting look at the self-image of Tacoma. I found good Read more…
On a farm in Orting looking at a conservation easement. They have llamas! (or alpacas. I don’t know the difference.)
UPDATE: From Facebook I learned that “Alpacas are smaller and not as mean” and also that “Llamas are twice as big and have banana shaped ears.” Therefore, I saw alpacas. And, I must say, alpacas are surprisingly cute.
If we had a “strong mayor” form of City government, would the Luzon have fallen?
So while the Luzon discussion was happening this past week, I happened to be reading City Club's 2003 Community Study that evaluates the council-manager government system, and I have to say … it got me thinking. And it got me to my question: if we had a strong mayor form of City government, would the Luzon have fallen? In a mayoral form of government, where the Mayor is truly running the city, the mayor has to think about the politics of his/her decisions. I know politics gets thrown around as a dirty word, but think back to this last week. Read more…