http://www.rainiervalleypost.com Proudly serving Southeast Seattle since 2007 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-56/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-56/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:47:48 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=47150 SusanH on “Man Robbed, Pistol-Whipped in Hillman City; Suspects at-Large”: And THIS is the robbery that makes the Seattle Times. The robbery where the husband – the victim – is “hostile and argumentative” and unhelpful to the police. The robbery where the wife gives the robbers an unspecified amount of cash to go away. Maybe [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-56/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-113/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-113/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:04:27 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=47126 Most anything is open for discussion, please just keep it clean and civil and remember the established RVP rules of conduct: Opinions that are derogatory, attack other users, offer unsubstantiated facts or are offensive in nature can and will be removed as defined by the Terms of Service. Trolls will not be tolerated. 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Law-enforcement authorities warn us that it’s dangerous to walk to and from at the link light rail stations between “1 pm and midnight” (according to the Seattle Police Department and Southeast Seattle Crime Prevention Council) because gang bangers are stalking [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-55/feed/ 3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-112/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-112/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:37 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46908 Most anything is open for discussion, please just keep it clean and civil and remember the established RVP rules of conduct: Opinions that are derogatory, attack other users, offer unsubstantiated facts or are offensive in nature can and will be removed as defined by the Terms of Service. Trolls will not be tolerated. IOW, if [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-112/feed/ 29 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-54/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-54/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:00:29 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46902 CBO on “Open Thread Thursday: What’s on Your Mind, Neighbors?”: It’s like a cruel joke. I have off all week but I can’t get to my pub on cap hill and get drunk with all my loser friends. Instead I’m gonna have to drink at home while my pregnant wife scowls at me. I gotta [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-54/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-106/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-106/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:54 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46906 Most anything is open for discussion, please just keep it clean and civil and remember the established RVP rules of conduct: Opinions that are derogatory, attack other users, offer unsubstantiated facts or are offensive in nature can and will be removed as defined by the Terms of Service. Trolls will not be tolerated. IOW, if [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-106/feed/ 18 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/could-spd-have-done-more-to-prevent-officer-nelsons-suicide/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/could-spd-have-done-more-to-prevent-officer-nelsons-suicide/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:36:31 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46935 Seattle Weekly: To the grave with him, Richard (Rick) Nelson took the answers to, and the ultimate responsibility for, his death. For reasons we’ll never precisely know, the 50-year-old Seattle police officer drove to a forest trail in the morning last week and, walking through the woods, took a last look at life and shot [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/could-spd-have-done-more-to-prevent-officer-nelsons-suicide/feed/ 14 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to-33/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to-33/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:59:53 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46897 Jill on “Police: One Killed, One Seriously Injured in Rainier Beach Shooting; No Arrests”: Kari, I knew and adored your cousin, Ashton. Our nick name for her was “Bug-Cute” and I always loved seeing her around Juneau. I first met Ashton on the playground of HB Elementary School while I was playground attendant and we [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to-33/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-111/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-111/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:52:56 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46893 Most anything is open for discussion, please just keep it clean and civil and remember the established RVP rules of conduct: Opinions that are derogatory, attack other users, offer unsubstantiated facts or are offensive in nature can and will be removed as defined by the Terms of Service. Trolls will not be tolerated. IOW, if [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/open-thread-thursday-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-mind-neighbors-111/feed/ 69 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/are-you-there-seattle-its-me-myra/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/are-you-there-seattle-its-me-myra/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:00:07 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46747 By Myra I was perusing the Seattle Times recently when I came across an article about an attack on a 69-year old man in downtown Seattle. He was taking a picture of the Macy’s Christmas star when he was beaten and robbed of his iPhone. “We hear about it happening in the Rainier Valley, but [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/are-you-there-seattle-its-me-myra/feed/ 25