Last night we (the executive committee of the TCD) presented another version of the open membership amendment to the central committee. And, wow Ivan Weiss, chair of the 34th LD gave a great five or so minutes on why open membership is the core of his organization. 100 to 150 folks show up to each…
Month: May 2007
Thurston County Dem membership marching on
After a few months off, we’re going again at the membership thing starting tomorrow night. We’re cleaning up the language a bit, but the intent is basically the same. Like some other counties and tons of legislative district organizations, if you think you’re a Democratic person and want to give a bit to your local…
Jorge may get his start
With starters dropping like flies in Seattle (Weaver gone, Ramirez down), the Ms look like they’re going to call up a new starter any time now. From the M’s own scouting page on Tuesday’s game against the Angels: Mariners: While the Mariners have yet to announce who will replace Horacio Ramirez, who went on the…
“if you build it, they will come” caucuses
This is why the reason to go with caucuses next year was wrong, if it didn’t include a broader civic engagement component: The provision of ‘de facto’ opportunities for empowerment embodies what can be termed a ‘field of dreams’ approach. Here the processes take precedence over people, as those responsible for engagement within government often…
My super long baseball post at the ROS Domican baseball show
I’m glad I got that off my chest. I mention the Mexican League experiment of the Pasquel Brothers and the effort of the Pacific Coast League to become a third major league during 1945-47. Wouldn’t it have been interesting if the two leagues joined together and became a default third major league, rejecting “Organized Baseball”…
This week in Oly and I’ve been away
I’ve been not really busy lately, but rather not blogging until this weekend, when I’ve posted a bit, just not here. In Olympia, they’ll be talking with the downtown association. One post over at Washblog about PFDs, one post over at WD about folks back in DC fighting about Montana. I’ve been reading and thinking…