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,…
Month: October 2007
T.J. Johnson’s old plan for a City of Olympia blog
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?
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
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:…
Wished I’ve voted againt Bill McGregor for Olympia Port Commission
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…