Almost a month now and no one has noticed that she’s filing PDC reports, she’s running for re-election. Does she need to notice a press release for anyone to really figure this one out? Read about people getting mad about math. She has $25K in the campaign kitty. Guess who knows she’s running? City of…
Month: December 2007
Sonntag, Inslee and public comments
State Auditor Brian Sonntag is going to hold a televised, teleconference with Washington State citizens. So says the first commenter at the Olympian on this: How brave of this bureaucRAT . . . “Randomly chosen” participants. How ’bout a few town meetings across the state at your expense, Mr. Sonntag? If you have any balls…
Drinking Liberally in Olympia
From Bruce Lund: Join us for the December Meeting of Drinking Liberally this Monday, December 10th, 7 pm at the Bar in the Urban Onion in downtown Olympia. The address is 116 Legion Way SE, and is located right across the street from Sylvester Park, next door to Happy Teriyaki. Please enter the bar directly…
Washington Dems Strawpoll: Edwards, Obama and then Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich is doing pretty well in an email straw poll to Washington State Democrats, coming in third ahead of Hillary Clinton. Edwards is leading the pack, following closely by Obama of Illinois: John Edwards 780Barack Obama 713Dennis Kucinich 511Hillary Clinton 505Undecided 280Bill Richardson 234Joe Biden 112Chris Dodd 27Mike Gravel 6 These are “early” numbers…
Fred Finn making good time in 35th LD race
Fred Finn, who is running to replace Bill Eikmeyer in the 35th LD, has an update: I just wanted to give you a quick update on our campaign. After beginning my campaign on September 15th, I have received contributions from over 200 different individuals and organizations totaling over $50,000. I plan to actively begin fundraising…
Metonymy and Olympia
Jim, this one goes out to you and all the debate nerds in the room. I was already inspired to follow up this post when I read DonWard’s post from this morning: Who’s conservative in Olympia? But, then Andrew posts this: Olympia’s Democrats have lost their way When I read Don’s headline, I thought the…
Archie Binns, the Roaring Land, on the internet archive
Not really sure how I missed this one, but the Roaring Land, in parts my favorite history of Washington State, is available for free on the internet archive. Best chapters to read included (of course) Chapter 2, Steamboat Era, and Chapter 7, Center of Gravity. Center of Gravity, which details the early history of the…
Olympia neighborhoods, which ones are community friendly?
Over at Olyblog, we’re sort of talking about the recent election and why some neighborhoods voted one way. Former city council member Matthew Green posted up and gave a great comment. He fell apart in my mind when he said that SE Olympia lacks community because of the lack of small community businesses. This may…