The booster club's cleanup day. No matter how innocent or well-intentioned the proposal, if environmentalists are behind something, members of the town council oppose it. Both sides say they've tried to work with the others. Each side accuses the other of having mental problems. An anonymous flier posted at Town Hall said one of the council's foes had been a prostitute in Japan.
Preservationists speculate that one of their arch rivals is the town's lone sex offender.
Trail proponents had suggested that the town donate its land beside abandoned rail lines for use as a bike path. They collected 165 signatures in support. Town officials sued Pierce County and won the right to keep the path from coming through Wilkeson. The group, it turned out, had not obtained any permits. He said the group had cut the grass along the highway, cleared weeds and cut out blackberry vines.