Still toxic after all these years: tragedy at Gas Works Park
Gas Works Park is a toxic waste site where oil and other harmful chemicals fester just below the surface. But the city of Seattle had the great idea of turning it into a park - opening it to the public fully in 1976.
Beautiful “kite hill” is actually a mound of sewage and toxic structural materials covered by several inches of clay and a lawn. You can’t dip your toes into Lake Union which surround GWP - because of the toxic sediment which has been waiting for more than a decade to get cleaned up.
But the piece d’ resistance are the cracking towers. A delightful name not to be confused with cracker jacks or anything delicious and safe. This is where carcinogenic chemicals and coal were heated up to create fuel. The environment be damned.
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City attorney's office attacks the velvet hammer podcast
In order to protect the integrity of the legal process, an attorney for the City of Seattle, has scoured through The Velvet Hammer podcasts, to find the perfect 38 page exhibit. The issue: Whether attorneys from the Stritmatter Law Firm are capable of being unbiased enough to push the record button during a zoom deposition.
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The importance of going
I knew Shawn from another time. Decades ago. She was so lovely. So warm. So loving. We didn’t keep in touch after my divorce. Not really. I would hear about her and Mark her husband. Once in a blue moon would run into them. Then last November, they visited Maui. Came over for a dinner that Cristina put together. And the years melted away. As they always do when you have a friend who has seen all the way inside of you.
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