voice of bainbridge

I 1098: Bill Gates Sr: Soak the super-rich!

Bill Gates Sr is among a few super-rich who understand they have to contribute more in taxes to the common good. And he has a good sense of humour. For a similar approach relative to the estate tax, reread the opinion by Abigail Disney.

Campfire at Cannery Cove

 Friends of "John Nelson Park" at Strawberry Cannery Cove shared a day of warmth and song Saturday, Sept. 11, in the scenic cove at the Head-of-Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Is., WA. It was the eve of the scheduled demolition of the historic cove by the City of Bainbridge Island.

Photo Joel Sackett

Reflections on the last days of Cannery Cove

Those reflections are by Judie and Gerald Elfendahl of Friends of Cannery Cove. You can also listen to a short segment on KUOW. LISTEN

What do you see in this bicycle?

From the letusgorideabike blog.

Let us put solar panels back on the roof of the White House: sign the petition

Bill McKibben is going to accompany the students of Unity College where the solar panels installed in 1976 on the roof of the White House under Jimmy Carter had been stored since they were put down by Ronald Reagan (in 1986). Time to put them back (or new more performing ones) on. Follow their road trip from Maine to the White House on their blog:

Put solar on it! The trip is from Tuesday September 7 to Friday September 10. You can sign the petition right away.
Maybe the Sierra Club should join the Coalition that supports such an installation?

You can also practice your French by reading a French version of this post on blogvert.

Mickey Mouse, the estate tax and me

A very interesting opinion piece by Abigail Disney in USA Today. Also this article by James Surowiecki in the New Yorker (last week).