The fight for the Dem state chair position begins, in Shelton I think. This is the first notice I’ve seen of a forum for the Dem state chair. Despite his efforts during the recounts, it looks like Paul Berendt in is some trouble this year. His biggest mistake in my view is going out to…
Month: December 2004
Redwing thursh mania, dozens of polite birders with directional listening devices, binos and spotting scopes desend onto west Olympia streets over the Christmas holiday. Yesterday, on our way home from returning some Bon gifts, we took a short cut through the southwestside, and I kid you not, we count maybe a half dozen birders wandering…
Why Orange? Well, the reference to the Ukraine is obvious, except that Democrats weren’t beating up Republicans in Jefferson County. There is a more obvious reason for Republicans wearing orange on the capitol steps this morning. Shopping at Sunbirds and Sportco. From the Olympian: Any there dressed in orange hunting vests, orange caps and even…
Interesting reading on tesccrier this week. It all starts with this: > ALL! > > Please accept this email as an open invitation to meet the police officer > candidates applying for 2 positions with the campus police. > Interviews are being held December 15th & 16th. After meeting with an oral > board and…
A comment I posted on westerndemocrat.com, where I also blog: …I like Dean, supported him early on and really like his message that we should start from the grassroots and build a 50 state party. I’m coming to the conclusion though that he better serves the party in a cheerleader role, as opposed to the…
You could say that support for a new Walmart in Tumwater from the Tumwater business community is lukewarm at best. At worst, more than a third of responding businesses say that they are not only against Walmart coming to Tumwater, but they are against Walmart in general. One bonehead though said that while he was…
Ukraine’s revolution in a box may seem contrived, but I’m becoming an admirer in the short time I’ve been paying attention to the Pora movement. A lot of planning, work and money has gone into efforts to design a US model for promoting democracy around the world. The model’s first success was notched in Serbia….