October 2007 - Olympia Time

Is King County going to fund a rebuild on the Sonics Arena (and build a stadium for a new MLS team?)

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

I came across this last night: There have definitely been closed-door meetings involving Seattle city officials about a new basket ball arena in Seattle Center. The idea of also having Memorial Stadium (the ugly thing in the above picture), remodeled, renovated or rebuilt, is a possibility. A Seattle MLS team playing there is one option,…

How the Huskies are different from the Sonics (or how professional sports should be) Part 2

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

Dan Evans on Husky Stadium: “There’s one thing that we are all certain of — we won’t build anything more than what we can pay for,” Evans said. David Stern on the Sonics arena: “there was no heart whatsoever for assisting a Sonics team.” This relates to part one.

T.J. Johnson’s old plan for a City of Olympia blog

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

I knew I remembered this from back in the day: TJ Johnson, who will be sworn in tonight, said he compiled the list after hearing residents say they wanted a more receptive council. “It’s the sense that we need to do a much better job of communicating and engaging the public,” Johnson said Monday. “That’s…

City council blogs in Monroe?

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

Chad Minnick is pushing for a city council blog to replace somewhat private city council email communication: Establish a City Council blog as an alternative to emails. There really is no need for Council members to email privately. The only reason any Council member would use email at all is because we get together just…

PDC issues new hands off rules regarding bloggers and campaign finance

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

For some reason, TVW didn’t cover the last Public Disclosure Commission meeting. So, I emailed over the PDC, wondering about last week’s meeting where they were supposed to cover their rules interpretation regarding bloggers and the internet. Lori Anderson wrote back: from Lori Anderson to Emmett O’Connell date Oct 30, 2007 11:13 AM subject RE:…

Great conversation about SJR 1812

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

The prison labor ballot initiative is debated well over at Olyblog in this comment thread.

The telldino.com vs. governor’s email

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

So, who is actually reading these emails? Sent to both Dino Rossi’s email form and that of the governor. See what happens now. UPDATE: Rossi’s thanks me for sending my emails as says he looks forward to reading them. Lame.

re: Highclimbers v. Cougars

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

In one sport, Capital showed those hicks from Mason Co. who actually is the boss. In the sport that matters to most people, Shelton won. I doubt this settles their little tiff, but it probably makes everyone in Shelton feel better.

Wished I’ve voted againt Bill McGregor for Olympia Port Commission

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

I voted for him because I couldn’t think of one thing he’d done wrong in his short time on the commission and because I didn’t want to vote for serial candidate Bill Pilkey without a good reason. After seeing this video, I would have voted against him. I don’t necessarily agree with the activists that…

Why we should always have Demoburgers

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Emmett O'Connell

This year we’re going to talk about doing away with the burger booth. Its a money thing, some are convinced that we put out way too much effort for what we get back. But, we should keep it. For hundreds of reasons, but this summarizes them all. From You know you’re in Oly when………… over…