If things go a certain way, it is possible that come January Thurston County will have three commissioners that are not Democrats for the first time in my memory. But, none of them would be Republicans either. Admittedly Bud Blake (elected two years ago), Gary Edwards (who was a Republican in the past and might…
Month: August 2016
Where does Bill Bryant’s 100,000 come from?
Not since 2004 when Dino Rossi got within a hair of non-incumbent Christine Gregoire has a Republican gotten close the governor’s mansion. This year Bill Bryant is making his run and he’s staking his election on the turnout of 100,000 extra conservatives: His path to victory, Bryant explained, hinges on turning out some 100,000 Washingtonians…
Lacey is less of a place than it would take to be useful to tourists
Lacey is taking a lot of umbridge with the position of some folks in Olympia that Lacey serves very little purpose to possible visitors (Ken Balsley): The Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB) is about to embark on a major promotion campaign to promote Thurston County as a destination for visitors and tourists….
Crazy Idea: City of Thurston
One of the frequent criticisms of the Thurston County Commission is that usually the people who serve on commission come from where most people in the county live, one of the three major cities. The criticism goes, being city residents, though, they aren’t necessarily impacted by the policy decisions they make for residents in unincorporated…
Where Jim Cooper, Allen Miller and John Hutchings got their support
Glen wrote about how Allen Miller’s candidacy for county commissioner was some sort of shield against fellow non-partisan John Hutchings, benefiting Jim Cooper. His point was that Miller would take votes from Hutchings and possibly force a Cooper Miller run-off in November. At least on the top line results, that is sort of what happened….
Undervotes in 2014 didn’t cost Karen Valenzuela the race, but they would’ve made it super close
It turns out that people not making a choice made the 2014 county commission race less close than it really should have been. And, these voters, if they weigh in this year, could tilt the county commission altogether. I learned something interesting when I started backtracking on my old post about how Bud Blake and…