Andrew from Redmond writes: Listen, Sam, you and your best pals at the Grange created this big mess. You’ve opened the floodgates to confusion, mischief, and trickery by turning the primary into the first act of a general election where people can use the descriptor to say almost anything they like about themselves. You have…
Month: May 2008
re: Holy Crap! Don’t forget to file for PCO (June 5 deadline)
A little rant related to the informational post below. How long am I supposed to believe the grass-roots b.s. that we Democrats spew every so often to defend the archaic structure of our party? Last year when I was arguing to allow for membership in our local party organization, more than one PCO argued that…
Holy Crap! Don’t forget to file for PCO (June 5 deadline)
The deadline for Precinct Committee Officer election filing is just around the corner. Don’t forget to file! The filing fee is only $1. Each county has a different form, so here’s all the ones I could find (I’ll update as I find more): Clallam CountyIsland CountyKing CountyKitsap CountyMason CountyPierce CountyThurston County Oh, forget it. Here’s…
Only one person from the 2nd LD has endorsed Chuck Collins
Chuck Collins may get away with the “I’m not a carpet-bagger” line long enough to make it through the primary, but I don’t think he’ll be a very strong candidate in the general. For example, his endorsement list (pretty short as it is) only includes one person who lives inside the 2nd LD. Mayor Pro-Tem…
New book: Rogues Buffoons and Statesmen (best history of Olympia)
Rogues, Buffoons and Statesmen: Truly, the best book about Olympia and maybe Washington politics through the 1970s. Its a shame that no one has taken up the task of updating this book (or writing a sequel). Generally speaking, the books tells the story of Olympia from main street and the Capitol. Gordon was an old…
Cheryl Crist on the nominating convention
Via email: Here’s a report on the nominating convention for the 3rd CD Democrats: It was handled fairly professionally. Some of the speakers who were asked to say a few words of welcome were wearing Baird stickers on their chests and one of them was Paul Barendt, who later did the speech for Brian. So,…
James Yee, former Gitmo chaplain, is a national delegate for Sen. Obama
Yup, so far the biggest new I’ve heard today, James Yee is heading to Denver: In the 9th CD, Zach Smith was elected as a Clinton delegate, and James Yee as an Obama delegate. And, from Yee: Next, I am extremely humbled by the support everyone in the 9th Congressional District showed me today. Thank…