I grew up in Fresno, CA. Before graduation from high school, every student there received one year of driver education. One semester was lecture and the second semester was behind the wheel in new Chevrolets. The experience proved good drivers are made not born.
Reasonable people including Rep. Dave Reichert voted against it, but the U.S. House of Representatives still passed an amendment this month that would make it harder for presidents to protect the places we care about as national monuments.
Maybe the good people of Seattle do have an attitude about suburbanites, which I would offer, is justified and reinforced by Celeste Gracey's recent rant, "Assimilate this, Seattle".
I want to commend John Curley and other council members who are in favor of the very logical idea of setting up a process to count how many people actually use the city parks and in what way.
We all know that growth and enrichment for our city is to be expected. The question is, do we want to manage it in a carefully planned manner or have thrust upon us? Either way, it’s coming.