An open letter to the Sammamish City Council:

Great news! We have a new lake in the City of Sammamish.

Since it abuts my driveway, and is located at the bottom of my driveway at 2008 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway NE., I have taken the liberty to call it Lake Whoa-Be-Gone.

It appears whenever we have any sprinkling of rain – which we have our share of lately.

I guess I should consider myself lucky.

The lake is obviously a spin off of our illustrious East Lake Sammamish “Improvement” Project.

Sort of an extra perk for me – especially since no one else along that portion of the Parkway is so blessed.

However, all dark clouds have a silver lining.

For example, one benefit of Lake Whoa–Be-Gone is that since it prevents me from getting to my mailbox, I don‘t have to read all those nasty bills, annoying advertisements, or letters of questionable importance.

I can just ignore my mail a few days until the lake subsides.

Additionally, I don’t have to set my garbage or recycle containers out when I can’t forge the lake.

Likewise, I don’t have to retrieve the empty containers if the garbage collectors have come before the lake’s re-emergence.

Oh, another thing. Some brilliant engineer has obviously designed and saw to the construction of an earthen dam at the bottom of my driveway.

Since I am only an ignorant citizen of Sammamish and don’t have the expertise your engineers do, I am at a loss to see the purpose of the dam as it does nothing to control the manifestation of Lake-Whoa-Be-Gone.

(Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington was called the eighth wonder of the world. The Lake-Whoa-Be-Gone dam should be called the eighth blunder of the world.)

The dam was probably constructed to show me that you care.

But, who am I? Just a member of what one of your illustrious councilpersons once referred to as “the mob”.

John Stilz

Sammamish