A post in which the blogger attempts to clean himself of the ickiness of judging eight people who applied for an open city council seat in Olympia. I spent the last week or so writing eight posts about people that are applying for open council seat, and I’ve come to a conclusion that about half…
Month: December 2007
On “The hippest town in the West”
I’ve been burning annual leave for the last week, so in addition to Christmas, I’ve been thinking longer about things that I usually spare just a bit of time for. One if the phrase “hippest town in the West,” which has cursed Olympia since it was written by Benjamin Nugent almost eight years ago. A…
A party of the caucus, for the caucus and because of the caucus (crap)
Noemie has a very comprehensive post up at Washblog about the upcoming precinct caucuses. She rehashes for a bit the fight last year to try for a primary instead of a caucus, and puts forward some of the arguments for the caucus. One I find troubling: Washington State Democratic Party Chair Dwight Pelz has said…
Bergeson watch is over
A media something-or-other finally put finger to internet and saw that OSPI chief Terry B. is running again, so my vigil is over. Olympian Education Blog: According to the Public Disclosure Commission, Bergeson’s committee filed its registration paperwork a few weeks ago, as did Richard Semler, who (according to our sister paper The Tri-City Herald)…
Command and Control sports entertainment
Another reason why the NBA sucks, but not the reason you were thinking: Last week, a fan was moved to a new seat and issued a written warning for heckling Head Coach Isiah Thomas; the card read “You are being issued a warning that the comments, gestures and/or behaviors that you have directed at players,…