What? I don’t know the results, as they kicked us out, and although people said that they were told they were going to take them back to count them, they did in fact get two supporters from each side to help tally the vote. After the tally started, Dwight told the PCOs to leave (I’ve…
Month: May 2008
Works in Progress not cluetrain
Explaining why they late a lame story hit the press: WIP doesn’t publish material to its website throughout the month — although sometimes we do correct mistakes that went out in the print issue. Typically, the website reflects what we run in print that month. Other people may have an interest in making WIP more…
Did Jon Halvorson scrub Judy Wilson from his website?
Before Judy Wilson decided she was going to run for Thurston County Commission again Jon Halvorson had her endorsement listed proudly on his website. Makes sense, right? Former Republican county commissioner, she brings both experience and cross-party cred to his endorsment list. One of Halvorson’s selling points is that he’s endorsed by a lot of…
Cheryl Crist making a run at Rep. Brian Baird at 3rd CD nominating convention
Can you imagine a world where a sitting six term Congressman doesn’t get the nomination of his party without shooting someone? Rep. Brian Baird could lose his party’s official nod if he doesn’t turn out the troops to Napavine High School on Saturday, May 17. His opponent, peace candidate Cheryl Crist wrote letters to the…
What’s with the quote marks comrade?
I was going to post this on Olyblog, but Sarah beat me to it. Skelly over at the local public defender blog points to the apparent disrespect in the anarchist-activist-rock-thrower community to public defenders: danny might be able to get a ‘public defender’, but there will still be major costs associated with the trial… If…
Orting News in the Seattle Times
Jerry Large: The Orting News had attracted more than 14,000 subscribers by its third week. Subscribers get an e-mail of its headlines, which reminds them to look at the site and the ads it carries. Subscribers don’t pay, but advertisers do. The biggest story so far was an attempted abduction. Two strangers offered a fourth-grader…
Living and writing on the east coast? Don’t bother with salmon
Gene Mueller in the Washington Times: All this began when the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) agreed chinook salmon off the California and Oregon coast were available only in small fractions of their former number. A population crash was occurring, and the NMFS closed the commercial and recreational fishing for chinooks. Then the Pacific Fishery…