Opinion

By Neale Frothingham A recent RVP Comment of the Week regarding the community’s reaction to the uptick in street robberies read, “…y’all are over-reacting…nowhere in Seattle is truly dangerous. Clearly, y’all have never lived in any other city. Me, coming from Detroit…” (RBRawkus) Detroit and Seattle have roughly the same land area. Both cities are [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Carol on “Sound Transit: Ten on-Train Robberies in January; Three Arrests”: It’s a bit off topic, but I want to take a moment to rave about all of the folks who were incredibly helpful to a stranger who broke her wrist at the Rainier Beach light rail station this morning. The woman walking in front [...]

“A writer’s problem does not change. It is always how to write truly and having found out what is true, to project it in such a way that it becomes part of the experience of the person who reads it.” –Ernest Hemingway By Sable Verity For more than 17 years, writing has been my greatest [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]