The divide between the city and the rank and file of its police department widened dramatically this week when the city manager and police chief announced disciplinary action against two police officers, both of whom have served as Bainbridge Island Police Guild officers.
Last May, 40 men from Bethany Lutheran Church spent our retreat weekend at the Elwha River, immersing ourselves in the power of water. There we were reminded of the capacity of water to create habitat, drive turbines, move mountains and stir our souls. Water power!
It has taken several years to respond to wishes by readers, but the many members of the news industry are finally moving away from anonymous commenting on websites – including the Bainbridge Island Review. On Nov. 17, we will switch to a new comment moderation policy operated through Facebook.
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: I spent Halloween this year in Culver City, Calif., a city in West Los Angeles named after a guy named Culver.
I said to my wife, “Well, we’ve got the darkest three months of the year in front of us,” followed by a deep sigh. I’m sure she gets tired of my “darkest days of the year” countdown each year but she had a good response this time: “You don’t have anything to moan about. Think about the poor wild animals.”
It’s an odd tradition, this dressing up in a homemade zombie outfit or as a not-so-worldly Dr. Seuss character, then going around with a plastic pumpkin asking people to fill it with candy bought at the grocery store. The dress-up part makes sense since we all – young, old and the living dead – like to get out of our own skin once in a while, even if it’s make-believe.
All things being equal, the creation of a Port of Bainbridge Island might be a good long-term answer for an island desperately needing another economic player other than the flailing real estate/building industry that can no longer depend on the incessant movement of people to a floating suburb 35 minutes from a metropolis.
The Health, Housing and Human Services Council of Bainbridge Island (HHHS) ceased providing service to our community in January 2011.
Your Oct. 14 edition contains a guest opinion piece by Arlene Buetow (“City needs to act in best interest of ratepayers”) recommending transfer of the city’s water utility to the Kitsap Public Utility District (KPUD).
