We do our best, but every once in a while we have something slip through the net, and we’re sorry to say this happened for our December issue. You’ll be hearing from Vashon Bikes in our next issue, but in the meantime please be sure to drop by and thank them for being an island…
PSE’s Planned “Blackouts” in Wildfire Season Will Shut Off Our Water By Jenny Bell Have you heard? Our utility company, Puget Sound Energy, is planning community-wide “PSPS” (Public Safety Power Shutoffs) or “blackouts” that PSE will use on Island “During high-risk wildfire conditions … shutting off power lines to help prevent wildfires from starting.” These outages may…
By Jenny Bell Under the innocuously named “tree wire project,” Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is masking an easement program that for some will result in a 10-foot-plus wide clear-cut on Island street frontages. One reason this may be happening is to move electric poles and infrastructure from their current locations in the public right of…