Something I started noticing the last few months is how the geography of Independent and Democratic crossover voters seemed to follow a certain logic. For example, if you took the precincts in Thurston County that voted for both Hilary Franz for lands commissioner and Gary Edwards for county commissioner, they seemed to generally fall into…
Month: November 2018
We used to tear down houses to build more houses. Until we didn’t
The most telling passage for me in this incredibly bad attempted takedown of sensible housing proposals in Olympia was this: If you live in one of the older, near-town Olympia neighborhoods, big changes are looming for your neighborhood. The way Jay Elder presents this is if to imply that this threat to older homes near…