From what I know, no one has formally put their name forward for Macleod‘s seat. But, there’s a lot of talk going on out there, so here’s my effort to distill all that I’ve heard in terms of who could be going for it. Joan Cathey, Tumwater City Council She’s very likely to file. The…
Month: November 2008
How Bob Macleod will be replaced
The Precinct Committee Officers will put together a list of possible replacements for county commissioner Bob Macleod. But, that process will likely take a bit longer than we’ve assumed. Put it shortly, the process sketched out by the Olympian is wrong: The precinct committee officers elected during the August primary will take office Dec. 1….
Guzzo’s reaction to election day: ethnic cleansing
Grumpy old Lou goes over the deep end: Is the “American Dream” quickly being transformed into the “American Nightmare” by the hordes of newcomers, legal and illegal, who are coming into the U.S. far and beyond the immigration quotas that were once ordered by Congress? It would certainly seem that way to judge by the…
Some context on the Jeff Kingsbury Facebook thing
Jeff Kingsbury updated his status on Facebook during a city council meeting Monday night. It depends on your opinion on whether what he wrote or whether he wrote it at all matters. I think updating your status, twittering, or blogging from council chambers is ok. I also think Jeff should have written more (not less)…
What happens on facebook doesn’t stay on facebook (city council should be blogging)
I was thinking about posting this up last night, but decided that since I really like Jeff Kingsbury as my elected representative, I’d nudge him towards blogging publicly, rather than doing this. Be careful what you say online, even when you’re surrounded by your friends. UPDATE: Jeff’s not on my friends list on Facebook anymore….
Good luck, Springfield Times
As newspapers contract all over the freaking place, its really nice to hear about a new effort in Oregon. Scott Olson and Craig Murphy, both of whom I used to work with in a previous life at the Montesano Vidette, are kick starting a new newspaper in Springfield: Having learned that The Springfield Beacon had…
What is the “hat tip” and why its important
Find something on another blog and want to share it on your own? Make sure you do a hat tip: A hat tip is an acknowledgement to someone (or a website) for bringing something to the blogger’s attention. Hat tip is also, sometimes, abbreviated as h/t or HT. In addition to acknowledging someone else’s work…