I’m trying to make sense of the property situation in my town. And it gets confusing. I’m interested in where there is common interests, shared alliances and deals with problems. In the dealing with problems […]
I am against the project as planned today but want to leave the door open for much better proposals in the future. What a much better proposal would look like is the following: 1. A […]
(Below are two letters and supporting documents from Dan Leahy to the Olympia City Council, he makes important points about the Hearing Examiner that I would like to share with everyone.) Mayor Selby and Council […]
I didn’t want to write about this but I feel I have to. Something has been sitting uneasily with me this past week. Last Thursday the 15th, I had two hit pieces against me the […]
Benches! We had some benches downtown once upon a time. It meant that when you were shopping downtown you could sit outside and wait for your partner to finish buying a new outfit. Or sit […]
(EDIT: A local writer crunched some numbers in response to my first post, “Practical ways to keep housing prices and rents reasonable.” If you haven’t read that then please do! They called their article “The […]
Let’s face it, our democracy is broken! It’s been broken for a long time. The first Presidential election I could vote in was Gore vs. Bush, Gore won the popular vote and Bush stole the […]
I appreciate the League of Women Voters for setting this up. About 10 minutes speaking in total. I think I did alright, so did my opponents. This was my first time really meeting them, tried […]
Public power is probably the single largest struggle I fight for my community. Why is this? There are many arguments, but the most important for me is local ownership. Puget Sound Energy was bought by […]
The record breaking 100+ degree days in Olympia (in June no less) was an emergency where some people died from the heat. The ecological repercussions of just those two days are likely massive tree death, […]
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