Category: Thurston County (Page 8 of 16)

R. Scott, chair of the local loyal minor party, is mad at Karen Valenzuela and a copy editor at the Olympian because he can’t read. He’s mad because he thinks the commissioner’s campaign used incorrect language in a fundraising notice to the Olympian.

From the Pat Beehler “I’m signing paperwork to run for county commissioner event” this morning.

“I’m so excited”

“I just can’t hide it”

“Can someone pass me a donut, so I can find a reason to be out here this morning and like it?”

Swear to God, I don’t go looking for this stuff. I subscribed to the RSS feed on his website and now they’re even emailing these things to me. And, I was really ready to ignore whatever was written on this morning. Couldn’t help it.

The cross-section of supporters, the youngest in a stroller…

So, you count a kid that was brought to the event as a supporter?

“Pat [Beehler] knows to cue in and clean up the budget issues of our county,” supporter Mike Edwards exclaimed to the early-risers of Monday morning’s tailgate.

I really looked around for what “cue in” means. I did, couldn’t come up with it. Maybe its a pool term? Or maybe its supposed to mean “clue in.”

At exactly the 9th hour on Monday morning, Beehler officiated his candidacy for Thurston County Commissioner District 3.

O.k., beyond just the phrase “At exactly the 9th hour,” there is something else wrong with this sentence. If you can tell me what it is, I’ll give you a Pat Beehler signed donut from this morning’s event. Promise.

I thought it was just me, but I confirmed it with independent and knowledgeable sources, whoever is writing his press releases has a touch of the creepy in his pen:

Thurston County Commissioner Republican candidate Pat Beehler joined a crowd of community leaders to help support the 7th Annual Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County Foundation for the Future fundraiser this morning at the St. Martin’s Pavilion.“It is a shared privilege and honor to serve the community and focus on its future – the youth,” said Beehler who provided survey work for the Tumwater club’s building construction in 2001 and is hopeful of the proposed Olympia clubhouse.

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The Tumwater High School Jazz Band serenaded the guests and speakers with upbeat tempos at the beginning of the annual event. Beehler who sat near the band was personally appreciative of their presence. The Republican candidate recounted volunteering backstage at a local Rotary Jazz Festival at the Washington Center which featured local high school bands.

Ok, and here’s the funny thing. The piece itself isn’t all that bad. A candidate saying how much he likes the Boys and Girls club is a really good thing, but not as a freaking press release. Do you honestly believe that the Olympian is going to run anything pointing out Beehler’s love for a civic organization? Ever? Maybe if it was the KKK, but not the Boys and Girls Club.

But, if you take the press release, remove all the press-releasy language and added form (like contact info) and then put in the first person and you make it a blog post. A blog post or a campaign diary including reflections on mundane campaign activities is way more appropriate and less creepy than a press release on the same topic. And less self important.

Boy, the prose just paints the picture, doesn’t it?

More than 100 local Republicans arrived early Tuesday morning to trump support for Thurston County Commissioner District 3 candidate Pat Beehler’s Campaign Kickoff breakfast at the Tumwater Tyee Center.

With only 10 days of planning, the high attendance exceeded the anticipated 50 – 80 people turnout.

20 more people showed up.

Surrounded by his family, Beehler humbly rose from his table to ask local Republicans for their support to reform local government currently secured by Democrats.

This was after they ran out of coffee, so Beehler made more from water. And, coffee grounds.

Citing the current commissioners’ focus on micro-management, Beehler said, “My profession has forced me to see the big picture and that’s exactly what local government leaders have to do.”

Micromanagement = writing budgets.

“Government should be of laws rather than of men,” that is, laws based on society rather than partisan agendas.

People don’t write laws, society writes law. Or is it that laws write laws. Whatever it is, neither men nor parties write laws, said the humble Republican.

The second drew inspiration from Beehler’s mother Rita saying, “Service to humanity is the best work of life.” This has since been a benchmark for the Republican candidate.

See? He said it, “Republican.” That doesn’t mean he’s a partisan or that humanity includes people, because government doesn’t include any people. Or men.

And, after all that humility and stuff, people still write him $4,000 (via the PDC, not Pat himself) in checks towards his campaign. What a guy.