This is a more things change, more they say the same sort of thing for the week coming into election day. Click here for a much larger version. This is an a full page ad that the Thurston County Republican party ran in the Olympian in the weeks leading up to the 1938 election….
Month: October 2014
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1.Over at MT, more reading as the days get shorter. 2. I’m a young pup. I’m involved, but I didn’t show. Mostly because young pups have young families. 3. “Recent donation stirs up controversy over bookstore Jelly Belly machine” is such a perfect college newpaper headline. But, the issue at stake here is actually worth…
More crime in Thurston county between 1990 and 2011 results in even more prison sentences
I’m sure my dad is going to have something to say about this post, but I found some interesting statistics while looking for something else this week. I was poking around, looking for county level statistics to create a Washington level “general happiness index.” I wasn’t planning on tracking it across time, just finding some…
“We’ve now got TONS of houses and nowhere to walk”
Read the results of the new Olyspeak.org survey. It is fascinating to read people chatting about what kind of things they like to see in a “community center” in their neighborhood. Hopefully, the new comprehensive plan moves our neighborhoods into creating more of these vibrant areas. Think of the Wildwood building on Captiol Way, the…
A massive explosion in 1934 (mostly because I’m out of blogging topics) and some cool watermarked video
I’m literally posting this because I am lacking something for this week’s second post. I was hoping to find a tsunami map for Budd Inlet or some reflection on homeless students, but came up short. I had nothing prepared, nothing inspirational for you. So, this is just a smidge of some Smith Troy out of…
Aunt Alicia (Olyblogosphere for October 13, 2014)
1. Alicia Elliott will save Olympia. New investment opportunity. Threaten development of something, raise the hackles of your neighbors, Alicia Elliott will buy you out. Its the modern Olympia Aunt Sally. 2. Support Zinefest! 3. The best Olympia blog ever reads my mind. What if! What IF!!!!! 4. Yeah, big surprise here. Every place in…
Smith Troy once arrested the man that was running against him for county prosecutor
Smith Troy, the 1930s era Thurston County prosecutor, is one of the most fascinating historic figures, must have had brass balls. Seriously, he could not have lacked for guts. I’d certainly not argue that he was always on the angel side of things. But, when he acted, he seemed to act with no consideration of…
Thomas Brents and Cascadia
Its a fairly old trope in Washington State history and civic life that the name Washington State is pretty horrible. Our own state and territorial founders wanted Columbia as a state name, but eastern politicians hung the name Washington around our neck as a way to avoid confusion with the other Columbia. I hope I…