One more thing about this, if you’re unfamiliar or unclear as to my pet peeve about people saying “Olympia” when they mean “Washington State government,” don’t worry, almost everyone is. But, in regards to this, I’d just like to ask this: What is Olympia thinking trying to tell Olympia what to do?
Month: January 2009
More FOCA strawman
More Catholics on sermons, homilies and postcard campaigns against FOCA.Shannon Says… I don’t agree with putting people on the spot when it comes to politics nor should it be done in church. I feel if they said something and let people know there were postcards in the back and what FOCA was all about, it…
Donor communities vs. beggar communities (more library funding debate)
This goes out to Chris who was wondering. Yes, from what I can tell quickly on the internet, rural areas pay less in taxes and receive more in state funding by and large. So, the paradigm of Thurston County paying the largest portion of property taxes into the Timberland Library System and getting less of…
Jim Lazar (and other folks) forget about how Timberland is funded
More on Jim Lazar and his thoughts on Timberland. I was thinking last night about all the big ol’rural libraries that we Thurston County folks pay for in dirty poor backwards SE Washington (tongue in cheek). You know, Salkum, Amanda Park and Matlock. But, there was a flaw in my trying to be funny logic,…
Blue Tiger media
A few years ago an organization of Democrats that wanted to reengage the party in civic engagement sprung up in New York. They talked a lot about the club houses Democrats used to have and the concept of civic engagement. Democrats getting into the day-to-day business of their community. Of course, that was a lot…