Just in case you needed a reminder of how big wolves actually are⌠because sometimes when thereâs no context for size, I tend to think of them as a lot smaller than they really are.
my fave bit of black dog folklore is that in some folklore there is a belief that the first person buried in a cemetery stays there and doesnât cross over and helps other spirits move on and protects them from evil spirits, now naturally people want to avoid this fate for their loved ones and themselves so they would sometimes bury a dog first and it would return in the shape of a big black dog and protect the newly dead from evil spirits and occasionally the living as well
I donât think writers realize that âstrong female characterâ means âwell written female characterâ and not just âfemale character who punches stuff and shoots stuffâ
After much debate, we resolved to turn the tables on three of our esteemed public officials. We embarked on an unauthorized sightseeing tour of their garbage, to make a point about how invasive a âgarbage pullâ really isâand to highlight the governmentâs ongoing erosion of peopleâs privacy.
We chose District Attorney Mike Schrunk because his office is the most vocal defender of the proposition that your garbage is up for grabs. We chose Police Chief Mark Kroeker because he runs the bureau. And we chose Mayor Vera Katz because, as police commissioner, she gives the chief his marching orders.
Each, in his or her own way, has endorsed the notion that you abandon your privacy when you set your trash out on the curb. So we figured they wouldnât mind too much if we took a peek at theirs.
Boy, were we wrong.
Perched in his office on the 15th floor of the Justice Center, Chief Kroeker seemed perfectly comfortable with the idea of trash as public property.
âThings inside your house are to be guarded,â he told WW. âThose that are in the trash are open for trash men and pickers andâand police. And so itâs not a matter of privacy anymore.â
Then we spread some highlights from our haul on the table in front of him.
âThis is very cheap,â he blurted out, frowning as we pointed out a receipt with his credit-card number, a summary of his wifeâs investments, an email prepping the mayor about his job application to be police chief of Los Angeles, a well-chewed cigar stub, and a handwritten note scribbled in pencil on a napkin, so personal it made us cringe. We also drew his attention to a newsletter from the conservative political advocacy group Focus on the Family, addressed to âMr. & Mrs. Mark Kroeker.â
âAre you a member of Focus on the Family?â we asked.
âNo,â the chief replied.
âIs your wife?â
âYou know,â he said, with a Clint Eastwood gaze, âitâs none of your business.â
As we explained our thinking, the chief, who is usually polite to a fault, cut us off in mid sentence. âOK,â he said, suddenly standing up, âweâre done.â
Hours later, the chief issued a press release complaining that WW had gone through âmy personal garbage at my home.â KATU promptly took to the airwaves declaring, âKroeker wants Willamette Week to stay out of his garbage.â
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