Mary Lawson and her assistant Irina Petersen spoke in unison, "Olive Garden!"

[Bucky]

vis the Whidbey News Times:

Faithful Living: 'Oh, gee. How about Olive Garden?"
Mar 05 2008
By Eileen Brown

It’s a blank canvas, the empty lot across from the new Walgreen’s. Haul off the asphalt, add a few benches, native plants and a young Garry oak and you’ve got a green space. I like the sound of that.

But we are getting ahead of ourselves. The property’s future has yet to be decided and that could take months. Meanwhile, North Whidbey Island residents revealed what they would like to see on the former Frontier Ford lot.

MARY LAWSON, Ace Hardware office manager, and her assistant IRINA PETERSEN spoke in unison, “Olive Garden!”

LES PACKARD liked the idea of a park. “Like when the lot in front of Safeway was cleared. I liked that.” That space is now home to Safeway’s self-serve gas station.

DAVID HARMON is married to a Navy woman. They have two children. “It would be a great location for a skate park or bumper cars, and video games inside the building.” He doesn’t think there are enough recreation opportunities for local kids.

BETSY ZICK at Island Drug called for a new Olive Garden. JO ANN MARTINEZ would like to shop at an Oak Harbor Kohl’s or Target. WENDY THOMPSON and HEATHER BREWSTER also want an Olive Garden. Are we seeing a trend here?

OMER LUPIEN wants something for the kids but says, “It’s downtown, so they’ll probably put a business in there.”

Physical therapist STEVE HARADA said his wife CATHY would like a Target, Fred Meyer and every now and then, dinner at Olive Garden without having to drive to Burlington.

His work stood out

Those poor bastards. The closest OG is in goddamn Burlington! Call Congress right fucking NOW!