Sometimes my epiphanies amaze even me. I am reading that the ShoWare Center is losing money faster than national Democrats are losing elected offices and that the pricey new police station for Kent is too costly for voters.
Some local politicians lecture us that the only plausible resolution to such problems is to raise the B&O tax and increase other taxes in sneaky ways as well.
The police headquarters will be basically a simple office building. Where is it written that government workers need an office with a window? Repurpose the voluminous ShoWare Center as the Police HQ. Voila. Two problems with one stone. Or make the Kent Commons folks a deal and give them the ShoWare in return for their present facility adjacent to the Regional Justice Center.
Another epiphany has arrived. Like Elizabeth Warren, I am a tiny bit Native American. In fact, I think my obscure tribal identity was called the ShoWare tribe. The thing to do is give us Showares our own reservation. I will fill the floor of the under-used entertainment facility with slot machines! A pig’s ear will transform to a silk purse moneymaker! Voila, voila! Do not confuse this repeated exclamation with the town in Central Washington.
– Michael L. Cook
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