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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, […]
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220 City employees make over $100k?
Someone needs to say it, that’s a lot of money compared to many hard working folks! The top three earners made $188-195k and all of them were police. I took the time to look through […]
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Practical ways to keep housing prices and rents reasonable
(EDIT: A local writer crunched some numbers in response to this post, they called it “The scale of out of town real estate investment in Thurston County is small,” and so I responded with a […]
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On Racial Justice
People have a lot of legitimate questions for me on racial justice and I’m here to answer them. I’m against systemic racism and actively work against it. People can see clearly that it’s true because […]
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Glass recycling, MAKE IT HAPPEN!
The City of Olympia stopped recycling glass and that’s ridiculous. No, “Hey we’re working on it!” Just a, “Put it in the trash or drive it to a spot downtown.” Putting it in the trash […]
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Yes, I’m progressive…
Recently I was endorsed by the Thurston County Progressives. Some people think that can’t be. Of all three candidates the white straight male is the most progressive? It caused a lot of strife and for […]
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The rent is too damn high!
This is now a classic meme at this point, but that’s because the sentiment was right on! In Olympia we’ve seen skyrocketing rent and housing prices especially in the last 5 years. The average home […]