A far as my lazy bones are concerned, 1852 is the earliest point you can really go and see what Olympia was all about. The Columbian (between 1852-53) is available online via a searchable database. And, from that source, we can see what Thanksgiving was like in that early Olympia fall: Olympia existed, but it…
Month: November 2014
Shrine of forgotten blog posts (Olyblogosphere for November 24, 2014)
1. Northern closed. 2. Some actual good advice (if not spurious descriptions) of how to buy stolen goods stolen from Oly. 3. One of Olympia’s best artists has two new books out. And, is releasing even more soon. Damn. 4. One more LBA update from Olympia’s best blog. 5. Shrine of Forgotten Objects in TESC…
What do you see in this chart? Mason County changing?
This is a chart tracking partisan returns in the 35th legislative district between 1992 and 2014. The lines track the two house seats and the dark dots, the senate. What I’m tracking here is how successful Democratic branded candidates have done over the past 20 years. An important note before you look any further. For…
Low voter turnout and why aren’t we celebrating Washington’s 135th anniversary?
Two big surprises this week. Well, they aren’t big surprises at all. Washington State turned 125. Also, voter turnout during this off year election in the second term of a Democratic president was really low in the same state. These two things are actually connected in a very interesting way. The reason we’re not celebrating…
How Bud Blake won in Thurston County
By basically beating the Grand Old Party in every precinct in the county. Basically. Republicans tend to lose in this county. Up until now we had a all-Democratic commission and every other elected official was Democratic, save an Independent sheriff. I assumed going into this race that Blake would do better than Republicans in general,…
Washington Poll, “rest of Washington” and their lack of Partyism
In the most recent episode of the Slate Political Gabfest, the hosts discussed the recent phenomena of Partyism. This would be a sort of prejudice or bigotry based on the political affiliation of someone. I assume this has been around for awhile (seeing how people didn’t like Socialists or Communists going back 100 years or…