Run down of the Olympia city council committee meeting I went to An idea to expand library services in Oly for $10,000 and up to 2 FTEs
Month: July 2006
Danger of echo-chambers
From Community Mobilization: My fear is that as we use nice site and networks that we will simply put on blinder to outside opinion and ideas. As we exist in a closed world with similar minded friends are we creating a large collection of echo-chambers and eradicating discussion and discourse? As our country and even…
Sam Hunt is right
When he heard that a former Tenino city councilmember was beginning his quixotic campaign for his state house seat, Sam Hunt said: “First of all, I think it’s healthy to have opposition. It’s a two-party system and entering into the debate and priorities, I don’t see anything wrong with that,” Hunt said. “The system is…
Ryan Blenthen, 18 to 35 and the cluetrain
Ryan Blenthen at the Times wrote a column about engaging folks between 18 and 35. Two briefings produced by Democratic and Republican pollsters and put out by Young Voter Strategies are a great example of political parent-ism: chock-full of statistics, and different rosy interpretations on the same numbers. To be fair, party strategists are the…
Save the Olympia Library Board
I have a surprisingly lot to say on this topic. But, here is the good part: Libraries don’t just provide recreational services. If they did, there would be little argument from for folding the Library Board. Actually, since recreational reading isn’t much in terms of a government service, I wouldn’t argue when they started cutting…
There’s a difference between a Horseman and a Hotelier
Eric, the new guy at SoundPolitics is doing a good job so far, I think. He doesn’t employ the term “nutroots,” going for the more refined “netroots enthusiasts.” Which is very nice, I’ll take that. I’m an enthusiast of many things, the netroots included. But, he doesn’t know the difference between Wheat and a Five…