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Yes, we’re playing musical templates here. Just when you thought it was ok to look at that black template, I changed over the the new xml based templates here at blogger. They are cool. And, I got this one to work for me by knowing that “absolute” was the opposite of “relative.” I didn’t even…

Change his shirt to: Politician or Campaign. Her shirt to: Voter or Citizen. The Break UpUploaded by geertdesager

I had two posts at Washblog this week (here and here) grinding the stone on getting a Presidential primary next year. It turned out all wrong at the state central committee in Bellingham. The best post of the conversation was Steve’s (who turns out to be the man behind the initiative to get the primary…

I’ve been meaning to write a blog post like this for a few weeks, but a post at Washblog put it over the edge for me. This is a cross between a mental exercise and simply writing down what I’ve been thinking over the past few weeks. 1. Register as a minor political party here….

Last night at the central committee meeting of the Thurston County Democrats, former state legislator Sandra Romero announced that she’s running for Thurston County commission. She will be seeking the seat being left open by Diane Oberquell. Jon Halverson, a former mayor of Lacey, is the only other announced candidate.

A few days ago, I made a little fun of another blogger about world class cities. That fun is still very relevant, but appended to that post were a couple of stupid pictures displaying other cities and their downtown elevated waterfront highways. Wish I had never done that, but I’m not about to censor my…

Out at Evergreen tonight, Maya Angelou who brought in the Clinton Years with one of the best poems written in my years. And, down at OFS, Ralph Nader, of course, was many on the left’s go to blame guy in 2000. From the hope of 1993 to the finger pointing of 2000, just in a…

This is genius. Get rid of the Yankees in your community: The Lowell Spinners want to eliminate the Yankees again – from youth baseball leagues in New England. The minor league baseball team said Wednesday it will continue the campaign it launched last year. The team will donate hats and pay $200 toward the cost…

The last few weeks as I’ve been thinking about the membership bylaw proposal and my own role as a PCO, I’ve been looking at the map and pondering the PCOs around me. I’ve been thinking that I should get to know these folks and see what we all can do together. I’ve even started trying…

Find out what this map is all about and more, this week on the Olympia City Council.