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I hope this explanation is sufficient, and you are welcome to contact me if you have further questions. Thank you in advance for taking the time.
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Some members of the Lacey City Council serve under The Standard of No Standards.
Video evidence showed Councilmember Ed Kunkel, accompanied by Councilmember Lenny Greenstein, illegally removed a campaign sign
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... every library patron must be equally free to select for themselves the library materials that meet their needs and wishes, without regard to the criticism of others.
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The PDC failed to fulfill its mission regarding the complaints filed about Tumwater and Olympia’s regional fire ballot measure flyer. The flyer was transparently propagandistic and …
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On 6/22/23 the Olympia City Council's Land Use Executive Committee (LUEC) met to take up the issue of sidewalk repair. I listened to the meeting and applaud the city for stepping up to the call from …
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Submitted by Melissa Allen
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6/28/23
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The City of Olympia is currently considering an expansion of the 8-year Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) program. This optional program offers developers a pass on paying property taxes for …
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If you owned a parcel of land worth well over $40 million, plus millions more in infrastructure, buildings, equipment and several thousand feet of no-bank waterfront with unimpeded views of an inland …
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Nearly five years after the debut of the Film, Bumblebee, we are witnessing a fresh reboot for the Transformers film franchise. The reboot follows on the heels of the previous installments that had …
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Submitted by Yongma Lee
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6/20/23
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While considering reducing how much off-street parking developers are required to provide the city found that zero would be the right number. It didn’t start off that way.
The …
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Jane Jacobs, the author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” wrote, “You can’t rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there.”
Her …
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A few years ago, I saw the animated movie, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” The movie truly opened my mind to the very thought of animation, each universe with its own animation style …
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Imagine this scene: A neighbor's house is on fire. The first fire truck arrives. But instead of using water on the blaze, the firefighters throw kerosene at it. The fire burns hotter, and the next …
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Submitted by John Gear, first published in the Vancouver Columbian, May 9, 1997.
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6/1/23
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Two Eagle Scouts recently won the 2022 Arthur & Berdena King Scholarship Essay Competition. They, their family members, and officials of the local Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) chapter …
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The recent local election on the Regional Fire Authority was interesting, and eventful, and not because of the electoral result itself. In politics (all history?) the lessons learned, if at all, come …
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Since 1993, Super Mario Bros movies end up failing both financially and through critical reception, along with the first movie being the start of this adaptation curse.
Now, as one of many major …
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By Yongma Lee
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5/5/23
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In a Reader Opinion piece published in The JOLT on Monday, “Questions after a landslide (election),” John Gear raised appropriate questions about what he called the “crushing” …
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A few days ago, ballots showed Olympia and Tumwater voters rejecting, by nearly 2 to 1, the proposal to dissolve the two city fire departments and form a sort-of regional fire authority.
It would …
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Many thanks to the voters of Olympia and Tumwater who saw through the baseless rhetoric of Proposition 1, and voted overwhelmingly to reject the formation of a Regional Fire Authority.
The Cities …
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Proposition 1’s central feature is a new financing mechanism called a Fire Benefit Charge (FBC), a fee to be paid by property owners along with their property tax bills. The FBC is set to …
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The Thurston County Republican Party (TCRP) encourages a vote of "NO" on Proposition 1. The TCRP understands and acknowledges the needs of our communities to support and adequately fund critical …
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