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West Bay Yards, not the right spot.
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 […]
Month: July 2021
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Hearing Examiner conflict of interests?
(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 […]
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Lying attacks and calls for my death.
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 […]
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Where did the benches go?
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 […]
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That’s not a small increase… it’s the steepest jump!
(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 […]
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Money out of local politics!
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 […]
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Did I win the debate?
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 […]
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Olympia takes over electric utility
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 […]
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Climate chaos, it’s an emergency right?
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, […]