May Day will be tomorrow, and usually something happens around here. And, I can’t believe that nothing will happen in town. But, take a look back at what it used to be around here: Beer, a day off, and a new wage scale. Revolution!!
Month: April 2015
Its all about procession, one way or another (Olyblogosphere for April 27, 2015)
1. Procession of the Species isn’t just the procession. Its almost everyone holding up their recording devices. Like everyone. This is an Andy Rooney thing for me folks. Let your brain record it, you know? I’m not against recording, but does everyone need to do it? 2. Procession is slow! And this year is was…
When Cascadia lost to Washington in a poll in the Post-Intelligencer. And, are we named after Martha Washington?
As the long history of the Washington Territory was being rolled up, and statehood was on the horizon, a few people wondered whether it was a good time to change the name of the political organization. As long as we’re changing the nature of the organization itself, right? So in May 1888, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer…
Smith Troy and his long leave of absence that is so unlike Troy Kelley’s, but it still interesting
This is so unlike Troy Kelley’s leave of absence, that I almost can’t mention it. But, Auditor Kelley’s leave put me on the trail, so we’ll start in 1941, when apparently war looked so likely that the legislature passed a law allowing elected officials to take long military leaves. The crux was that the governor…
The best US Open to be held in Pierce County this year isn’t even that US Open. And, it is because it isn’t big and expensive.
People getting kicked out of their homes so landlords can make a windfall. The county that spent millions of dollars on the venue is giving a tax windfall to their more metropolitan neighbors. And, when it all comes down later this summer, Piece County will still be in debt over their new golf course. The…
Someone got a fake letter published in the Olympian yesterday under the name of a t.v. character. But, that’s not even the worst thing
Yesterday, the Olympian published a letter to the editor written under the name of Ronald Swanson (google cache version is still up). On reflection, it was a pretty blatant joke that I should’ve gotten at first blush. I watched Parks and Recreation, but the entire Chuck E Cheese token joke I forgot. When I read…
State Capitol Museum on the chopping block. How much should I care?
No one seems to have noticed, but the state house budget (this one written by Democrats) puts the State Capitol Museum on the chopping block. Neither the senate budget nor the governor’s puts the museum to the ax. This isn’t what I’d consider to be our local museum, that would be the Bigelow House. But,…