Q: Mr. Federal Way, it’s so funny broadcast news jumped on this missing bonsai tree story. You would have thought someone was murdered. Too bad they can’t do that with important issues such as the future of the Federal Way Link Extension alignment or whether South King Fire and Rescue will pass their next attempt at a bond.
A: Failing to see the question here, Mr. Federal Way will take your bait and agree that big media is all about getting the clicks, views and fun stories.
Mr. Federal Way’s Google alerts for “Federal Way” were on fire these last few days as news outlets that don’t usually cover Federal Way posted and Tweeted about the poor little San Jose Juniper tree.
Nonetheless, it seemed to work because a man located the shrub in a bush, severely pruned. The good samaritan returned it to its rightful owner, the Pacific Bonsai Museum, and they gleefully stated with some tender love and care, it should be back to its 60-year-old self in a few years.
Who would do such a thing? Could they possibly have wanted to start their own bonsai family? Never mind their actions were probably a felony because, who knew, the bonsai was worth a few thousand dollars. Oops.
And Mr. Federal Way, quite frankly, doesn’t feel like opining on Sound Transit or South King Fire and Rescue (shocking) and somewhat sympathizes with big media for their reasons on not covering these issues. The heat is so high with those two it’s almost (almost) too much for Mr. Federal Way.
Expect longer, more thought out stances on these beasts in the near future.
Q: Mr. Federal Way, I was shocked to see so few candidates file for our local public seats. What’s the deal?
A: If Mr. Federal Way is being honest, it’s not shocking that incumbent Councilwoman Susan Honda is by herself in this race while Councilwoman Lydia Assefa-Dawson has two challengers — Anthony Murrietta and Mark Greene.
Honda would have been hard to beat. Assefa-Dawson, not so much. Honda is one of the strongest council members, while Assefa-Dawson is undoubtedly the weakest.
As much as Mr. Federal Way appreciates Assefa-Dawson’s contributions to the community and her hard work to get to where she is today, it’s too apparent that she’s uninformed about basic city issues and maybe her contenders see that too.
While the other council seats have at least two candidates, the Federal Way Public Schools board of education has two seats with only one candidate.
Hello Liz Drake, what happened to Danny Peterson? Did the sight of your Public Disclosure Commission filing cause him to back out?
We all know you would have won if it wasn’t for that principal position — the August primary was a good indicator of that. Hiroshi Eto is also a shoo-in after being appointed to fill former board president Tony Moore’s position. But why not challenge the newbie? There were a good handful of applicants when that position was open mid-term for an appointment.
South King Fire and Rescue board of fire commissioners have about the most candidates for two seats, so Mr. Federal Way will give some slack to those candidates, but Lakehaven Utility District left incumbent Ronald Nowicki by himself for Position No. 5.
So, congratulations Honda, Drake, Eto and Nowicki — you all don’t have to work as hard this campaign season. But, really, all it does is hurt constituents if solid contenders don’t step up to challenge other candidates.
If you have a lot of criticism about any of the aforesaid agencies, as Mr. Federal Way does, perhaps you should have considered running. Mr. Federal Way is still polishing his election night speech for the day Federal Wayans cast votes for Federal Way’s finest when he decides to do something about everything he has opined about.
Q: Mr. Federal Way, will you attend the Kiwanis Club and Historical Society’s Memorial Day event on Monday?
A: None of your business.
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