Wouldn’t you want an updated version of this view? You don’t need me out there with you. But, let me show you what I came up with about seven years ago: The only real hard thing was coming up with where today you’d need to be to find this view. The change in the city’s…
Month: January 2015
Paywall to Public Records update: Still nothing going on
Thurston County sent out a press release recently that seems to be pointing in the right direction. Actually nothing at all though: “Implementation of this integrated document management system will provide easy access to court documents, the ability to store documents locally and is cost effective to maintain. This system will benefit all parties involved.”…
Why is Crosscut so bad at metonymy of Olympia, but the Spokane paper so good?
I’m not going to bother really trying to prove this observation with numbers. But, here’s how my headline reading brain had divided up the legislative coverage and use of the term Olympia: Crosscut is horrible. Replete with Olympia this, Olympia that. Most of the rest are okay. Usually “in Olympia” sort of things. The Seattle…
Left undone or not done well at all (Olyblogosphere for January 19, 2015)
1. Washington, our home, talks about posts left unfinished. 2. Stuff With October brings you a mildly infuriating floor tile somewhere in Olympia 3. If you don’t know Mathias Eichler and the massive impact he’s had on Olympia in a short time, then getting researching. Most of that impact seemingly is in the past, but he’s…
Let’s bring HB 1711 back from the dead and unleash municipal broadband in Washington
A couple of days ago, the White House called out 19 state laws that inhibit local governments from tearing down barriers to internet access. Embarrassingly, one of those laws is in Washington State. Sprinkled throughout our RCWs are specific prohibitions preventing local governments (like PUDs or port districts) from selling internet access directly to consumers….
Welcome to Olympia 2015
Welcome to Olympia legislators, reporters, lobbyists, staffers and other hangers-on! Here are just a few simple rules. We’ll get through the next few months, just: 1. When you’re talking about the state legislator, the governor’s office, the governor himself or a state agency (of any sort), don’t say Olympia. This is metonymy (press as media,…
Because of Sue Gunn (not Bud Blake), maybe an independent can win in the 22nd LD
When Budd Blake won a county commission seat in Thurston County after running without a party label, it got me thinking again about political labelling and political organizations. From what I can tell, Blake wasn’t a true independent. He won with the backing of what really is the conservative organization in Thurston County, nominally Republican,…