I’ve never heard of this guy, but he sounds like a pretty qualified and uhmmm… ambitious fellow. Via email: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chris ReykdalDecember 30, 2009(360) 790-3151 CHRIS REYKDAL TO RUN FOR 22nd DISTRICT HOUSE SEAT OLYMPIA – Last night, Tumwater School Board member Chris Reykdal announced his candidacy for the 22nd District House…
Month: December 2009
Review in five thoughts of “Olympia: a People’s History”
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Olympia, the city published a collection of historical essays. I picked it up a copy from the library a few days ago, and have a few thoughts. 1. I don’t like that the edition was hardback, I don’t like that the content is copyrighted. Hardback, 8.5×11 books are…
TDN uses initiative results to draw a bad conclusion in WA3
The WA3 may very well be a swing district, but you shouldn’t use the recent ballot initiative results to prove it, as the TDN did last week: While voters across the state soundly defeated a Tim Eyman anti-tax measure and, by a narrower margin, supported the rights of same-sex couples in November, Southwest Washington voters…
Olympia will be on the sidelines in the WA3
Though Politico first called the WA 3rd an “Olympia area district” when this entire replacing Baird drama started, its quickly sussing out to be all about Vancouver. Or near Vancouver. With all due respect to Cheryl Crist, that Brendan Williams held onto his hat yesterday put the final nail in the coffin for any major…
Thurston County budgeting some Web 2.0
They approved a budget today, which from what I can tell includes this: • Redesign county website with a modern easy-to-use look and feel.• Utilize Web 2.0 technology (example: Twitter) to disseminate information topublic in a timely useful manner. But, there’s a nuance point to be made here, that in the budget document they still…
The geography and politics of crime in Thurston County’s invisible city
Zeroing in on where exactly someone was shot last night near here. First cut, NWCN email: Not Lacey, but you can’t blame them for thinking that. Getting closer, at at least technically true by mailing address, is KIRO: And, hitting the nail on the head is the Olympian: The murder happened just on the edge…
Can the Tea Baggers scuttle Jamie Herrera?
Well, this is interesting news. The most interesting thing so far I’ve seen out of the new, exciting and open WA3: Our resident political opportunist, Jaime Herrera, is an interesting person. She portrays herself as something of a conservative. But a questionable voting record serves to make me wonder. Is she exaggerating about that the…
Why doesn’t Thurston County post food inspection reports online?
Another line of thought for this longer line of thought. I had the curiosity this morning to look at the county’s website and poke around for food inspection reports. Seems like a pretty basic thing to post online, right? Nope. Well, that’s not all that surprising, I guess, not everything that is interesting gets posted…