Commentary

Election Blockade for Democracy

I wrote the following in August of 2020 and have thought about it for longer. I obviously consider the US electoral system totally broken. That comes from my experience of working for the Green Party […]

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Ukraine: what you don’t know may kill us all.

I’ve been paying attention daily to the Ukraine war. I spend most of my time examining the history, geopolitics, economics, governmental responses, legal issues and the myriad of numbers in all these realms that feed […]

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The debate: Developers vs Homeowners

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 […]

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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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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 […]