When I saw Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin give his lectures on constitutional law, I told him that, based on my 20 years’ experience teaching in liberal arts colleges, I thought he would be a superb teacher at such a college.
He told me that he wanted instead to stay here and work in Port Angeles on this city’s problems.
College teaching’s loss may turn out to be our city’s gain.
Lindsey majored in environmental studies at Oberlin College.
When he returned here to his hometown, he worked in environmental education.
Then, as he says, he became more interested in policy issues, so he went to Gonzaga University to get a law degree.
Since he has returned here, he has worked primarily on legal issues, including working as a Clallam County Pro Bono Lawyers volunteer.
I agree with Lindsey about second-city status, though not about fluoridation (“Attorney Announces Candidacy For Port Angeles Council Seat,” PDN, April 9).
More importantly, I agree with him that “thus for [an] ecosystem’s rights to be defended, the ecosystem must be present in [the] litigation.”
A few years ago, I had the honor of helping Peninsula College with a video course from Western Washington University on environmental ethics.
We read Christopher Stone’s superb 1972 article “Should Trees Have Standing — Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects.”
It convinced me.
Bill Marsh,
Port Angeles