I like that I end up doing this on Friday. Seems like a regular thing almost. 1. A little history from Accidental Initiations 2 of those days in the early part of the last decade. Olympia newly minted as “hippest in the west” and other things: During the show’s run we sold out The Capitol…
Month: December 2011
Foster vs. Gorton, reliving the 60s with redistricting
Since the redistricting commission technically still has time, they might as well take it: Having already surpassed their self-imposed deadline of finishing in November, members of the Washington State Redistricting Commission said there is still more work to do and that a final deal likely wouldn’t come before next week. The commission has an official New Year’s…
Olyblogosphere links (December 17 blogs I miss edition)
This could also be the decrobilia edition, which I’ve already memorialized here. 1. Arbitrary and Capricious (on hiatus since June 2009). This was beyond a public defender blog (of which there are more as I come to understand). I first came across it when I was building a reading list for when I blogged over at…
Olyblogosphere links (December 9, 2011)
1. Everyone should love and read Mark’s Notes on the State of Olympia, especially since Mark has to attend Saturday meetings during the holidays. Okay, all together now: POOoooooor Maaaaaaark! His two post series on local economy is especially good. 2. The local state worker’s union reaction to the proposal to lay off a bunch…
Olyblogosphere links (December 3, 2011)
1. Yodelling Lama: What is the proper mourning period for a tree? The answer is 3 months. 2. krista and jess: I called Jess at work and said, “Why does anyone buy microwave popcorn?” My mind is blown. 3. 20+ people are working on ThurstonTalk now. Wow. 4. Olyghostbusters (via McCleary’s Morty), which seems to…
We never built the Capital Area Arts and Conference Center
I’m actually surprised by how similar Wenatchee and Olympia are. Wenatchee is smaller than Olympia (31k to 46k), but in metro area sizes, they’re about the same (+100k). There is one significant difference. When Olympia decided against a supposed costly plan for a conference center back in 2003/04, Wenatchee went ahead with their events center,…