On the most recent edition of the Olympia Standard (the local politics podcast I host with Dani Madrone) we introduce our ballot party challenge. Basically we want to get as many people interested in local politics to invite their non-political friends to a house party where everyone fills out their ballots. On the surface, this…
Month: October 2017
Cascadia would have qualified for the World Cup
People are dealing with the USMNT crashing out of World Cup qualification in different ways. This is just one way, but it is my way. So, if you came here to criticize my back-of-the-napkin pining then just keep that in mind. This isn’t really a serious analysis of economics or world soccer. This is just…
Why downtown Olympia is more productive than the growing edge of Olympia (or Lacey or Tumwater)
Why would you want other parts of Thurston County (Lacey, westside Olympia and Tumwater) to become more like downtown Olympia? Because it is more valuable. Way more valuable. Take two blocks, one nondescript block in downtown Olympia and another out in the westside. Here’s what you have in downtown Olympia: These are about as nondescript…
How Olympia’s schools rate for immunization rates and why Lincoln is a good candidate for whooping cough
With the pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak at Lincoln Elementary, it’s time to take another periodic deep dive into vaccination data for Olympia School District. The last two times I’ve written about this I’ve done much higher altitude views, comparing Olympia and Thurston County to other areas. Now I want to take a deeper dive into…