An extremely sad day in my little town

[Dick Moore]

I go thru Lakewood a few times a year to see my doc at the VA at American Lake. Seems there are two Lakewoods -- the one of big houses and lovely gardens and comfortable suburban life, and the down-at-the-heels one where life is hard for a lot of folks. The Lakewood PD was once a regular for Fox's Cops show, but quit doing it because the city council thought it gave Lakewood a "bad image." You can guess where the pressure on the council and PD came from.

My heart goes out to the families of those officers.

Meanwhile the "teabaggers" think we should cut taxes some more, as though adequate staffing of police and fire departments just appears out of thin air.