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Peddy Performs

A somewhat simpering letter in the same Bainbridge Islander as Steve Gardner's p-peopled Peddy-whacking rePort.

Clearly written by a restrained and soberer James Ølsen (under the unconvincing joke name of "Sneller"), it was under the generously straight-faced title of 'Peddy Performed Job Admirably' and asked anyone in possession of a copy of the Director of Building & Planning's "controversial resumé" to send it direct to 'Sneller' or to the Islander for publication.

'Sneller' suggests that William K. (also writing to the editor under 'Thanks, and Vote for Tooloee') has never provided anyone with an "official resumé of his educational background nor his work history."

Well, in that case he's off the hook, isn't he?

KRCC Executive Director Mary McClure will soon be eating her words over Peddy’s claim to affiliation with that organization, and City Administrator Mary Jo Briggs soon blushing into her humble pie as her investigation grinds to a halt over lack of information that Peddy tried to clinch his way into City livery and the noble trade of hod carrier.

Meanwhile, over at the Review, a veritable smörgåsbord of peddy-centric letters and legal references.

• Battling Linda Groff (so that's where Emily gets her grit) asserting the "dithering old lady defence" as a landowner protecting her right of free speech.
  •  Sources: RCW29A.84.040 and Title 42.17.130 of the Revised Code.
• Tom Moënch citing French banker Ølsen as a representative example of thinking globally, acting locally and the "increasingly global penchant to curb freedom and free speech in the name of freedom and free speech."
• A BIMC-riddled and somewhat impenetrable offering from Alan Perry, asking why the Review didn't address this or that and mentioning twine a lot.
  • Much too long but we're saved wading through it by the editor's succinct summary of the salient points, that 'Peddy signs violated code all over island', which is all we need to know of Perry's beef.
  • Sources : BIMC ordinances 15.08.150, 2005-23, and 15.08.095
• Laughter-prone Lynn Bradley asking "the wonderful staff of the Bainbridge Review" to build a 'spew-alert' into future coverage of the Peddy/Ølsen signage kerfuffle.
  • (Personally, I thought it admirable of the editor to run that pic of the Peddy signs jammed between Honey Buckets. It was the essence of one picture capturing 1,000 thoughts but I'd have been nervous of appearing partial. So bravo, Ed.)
• John Hayden disagrees with the Islander's 'Jeffrey Snelling' and amusingly brings in the fire department's levy in reference to extinguishing the blazing Peddy pantaloons.
• PJ McEwan's request is as long as the headline and simply asks Peddy to remove his signs.

How else to interpret? Surely not a stool-pigeon mother ratting to The Filth on her own daughter?