EastPAC Meeting, June 2015
At the EastPAC Meeting on June 25, 2015, longtime EastPAC Chair, Stephanie Tschida, stepped down and passed the (non-existent) gavel to...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
Housing or Landmark?
A public meeting convened this past March 5 at Centerstone (18th Avenue & Cherry) brought people out to brainstorm the possibilities for...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
Volunteer for the LCC!
Regularly scheduled work parties Leschi Natural Area Work Parties 1st Saturday of each month Leschi Natural Area, 36th & Terrace. 9-3pm....

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
A New Hellhound of Wall Street
BOOK REVIEW Neil Barofsky’s book Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street says it...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015


Where Are We Going?
BOOK REVIEW Here, five years after the Great Recession began, we seem to be mired in a jobless recovery. What happened? Plenty of books...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
Where Is Our Hellhound?
BOOK REVIEW Michael Perino’s 2010 history of the Pecora hearings entitled The Hellhound of Wall Street will induce any reader to ask: Why...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
The Other Washington
BOOK REVIEW I've been reading (to be honest, listening to a downloadable audio book from our wonderful library) about Washington. Not...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015


West Seattle Couple Pens an Up-and-Down Guide
BOOK REVIEW The map of the scenic byways of Madrona and Leschi are just part of the pleasure of Jake Jaramillo and Cathy Jaramillo’s...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
BOOK REVIEW I knew that I needed to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, when I first heard about it, but part...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015


Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
BOOK REVIEW Since we have a clutch of big tax chiselers right here in River City*, this subject interests me greatly. As the Great...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015


The Crash of 2016
BOOK REVIEW Though the title implies that this is another book on the stock market, it is, rather, a review of the history of America’s...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
First Landmark in Leschi?
The Judge Ronald House was recently designated as a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Board, and it appears to be the first...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015