Go West!: Honesty, the Tunnel, Ferry Traffic and the French Legion

A cutting board from West Seattle chef Eric Rivera, a favorite of former Seattlest editor Allecia, featured on NW Xposure last month. (Photo by NW Xposure from our Flickr pool.)

We love our West Seattle neighbors, and thought they deserved more attention. Every Friday, we'll post the week's happenings in Seattle's island town.

Honest Tea's honesty experiment on Alki Beach went "somewhat" well. [West Seattle Herald]

Around 20 people showed up to a forum at the West Seattle Chamber on Referendum 1, which concerns the SR-99 tunnel project (video!) [West Seattle Blog]

The state is making cutbacks to traffic control at the Fauntleroy Ferry Dock [Seattle Times]

A 29-year-old man pulled a gun on another driver in a traffic dispute on Tuesday [Seattle Times]

Assault charges have been filed against Jory Lee Preston, the man involved in the West Seattle standoff last week [West Seattle Herald]

A 90-year-old West Seattle man, Henry "Sandy" McMurray, was presented the French Legion of Honor medal at the Museum of Flight this morning [Seattle Times]