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To Donna Ryan, et al. . . .
E-mail me and I’ll talk you through the process.
DP_Editor at Comcast.net
In short, to insert a picture into a post, you must either have your own dedicated Web domain (where you can post pictures and then link to them on this blog as per cj’s instrux in another thread) — OR you can link to pictures on someone else’s page.
It takes some finessing at first, but once you get the hang, it’s easy.
Like I said, e-mail me with your situation and I’ll talk you through it. In the meantime, here’s a post with more background on the process. Try reading that first:
https://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/how-to-insert-pictures-into-your-posts
If all else fails, I’ll host your picture on my own domain.
–DP
OP asked that we share this photo:
Thought of the famous Forum thread immediately when I found this out last night (just published a story after talking to its proprietor):
Last October, right before we voted on another property tax levy for Seattle Schools, a discussion was held on this Forum under the heading of Seattle Schools Levy: For or Against.
http://tinyurl.com/sps-levy-for-or-against
It was a lively debate, with plenty of good, thought-provoking information and opinions on both sides.
I was on the pro-levy side, but during the course of that debate I pledged to those folks who were critical of the School District that, after the levy vote, I would contact the school board members directly with some of the concerns that people had been raising about the District’s spending priorities.
Below is the text of an e-mail that I have just sent out individually to all seven of the Seattle School Board members. As their responses come in, I’ll post those here. If I get no response from any particular Board member, I’ll make a note that as well.
Text of my e-mail to Seattle School Board members is below. If you’d like a copy, get in touch with me at DP_editor at Comcast.net:
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Dear Director [Name]:
When the last Seattle Public Schools operating funds levy came up for a vote, I urged my friends and acquaintances to vote FOR it, even though many people I talked to had serious misgivings about handing the School District more money at this time.
In the process of talking over the issue with people (primarily on the West Seattle Blog) I myself became concerned about some of the issues people raised. (See the Blog post at: https://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/seattle-schools-levy-for-or-against)
The main accusations against the District that concerned me were that:
1) the District has been delaying maintenance costs for years ( someone claimed there was a $500 million maintenance backlog! ) and,
2) there is a shortage of textbooks, such that, in some cases, students are no longer allowed to take textbooks home with them. Some textbooks are seriously out of date as well.
Moreover, according to your critics, the District threw expensive retirement parties for employees, failed to cut central office staff as promised, and failed to freeze the travel budget, also as promised even as the maintenance backlog grew and textbook purchases fell behind.
The critics on the Blog cited an auditor’s report for 2008-2009 to back up their claims.
Let me point out that I don’t necessarily believe everything the critics said. If their claims are true, however, then clearly this is NOT an acceptable situation and it has to stop. The District needs to put maintenance and textbooks above frills like retirement parties and travel.
I promised the critics that after the levy vote I’d write to you and the other School Board members to get your response to these charges and/or to find out what you personally are doing to remedy the problems.
Please be aware that any response you give me (or lack of response) may be posted to the West Seattle Blog for all to see.
I thank you in advance for your response to my questions.
Sincerely,
David Preston
[Address & Contact info]
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Eugenia lives in a small house
on a quiet street
with a cat that could talk
if it wanted to.
But she comes from a place
where mountains can’t sit still
and even the water doesn’t know
which way to run.
There, men are born whole
from the Mother
nursed on ashes and poetry
and rocked
back and forth
back and forth
back and forth
by History.
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Tomorrow, 2 PM, at the downtown Library, West Seattle poet Eugenia Toledo will be reading a selection poems inspired by the Latino-themed worked of documentary photographer Hugo Ludeña.
Also see: https://westseattleblog.com/events for January 15.
Note: If you mention that you heard about Ms. Toledo’s poetry reading on the West Seattle Blog, admission is free.
It’s not possible, as far as I know, to include a photo in a comment on an article (in the regular non-forum part of the blog), like the one yesterday in which someone sent in a photo of an owl for birdwatchers to identify.
Not being a birdwatcher, I lightened it up a bit and took out the yellow cast, to see the bird better. There must have been a little other light out there besides the sodium vapor lamp, because underneath the horrible streetlighting Felicia actually took a very nice snap of this bird. (Felicia, if you think this is too much of a copyright violation, let me know and I’ll delete it.)
Even with the dark yellow picture, the birdwatchers were all over it and positively ID’d it right away as a barred owl.
I am on earth, just haven’t been on the internet in a couple days. “Internet to austin..”
It is a miniature glass chandelier made in Italy in the 1920s. I make and collect unusual dollhouse furniture. You should see my assortment of tiny porcelain bidets, it will take your breath away.
West Seattle, Washington
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