Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Vote for Oly City Council
A number of city positions are up for election, including seats on the city council (the seats of Jeff Kingsbury and Joan Machlis). The primary deadline is Aug 18th.
Although our government is fucked and totally non-democratic, which can make voting pointless and discourage one from wanting to, I encourage anyone to vote in the local primary and upcoming election. As many of you already know, the current city council is working on gutting the culture of our city and gentrifying the shit out of it. They're bought out and working in the interest of corporate developers. They passed the noise ordinance, repealed the nuke-free ordinance, and passed the 'get homeless people off the sidewalk in downtown' ordinance so that when Triway Enterprise builds big condos right downtown, all the rich people that move into town won't be scared away by our music, the fact that there are homeless people everywhere, and Olympia's political activeness. SO, by voting in the primary you can try and ensure there are different candidates in the upcoming election so that we might get some better representation, if any (we're getting none at all at the moment).
If you care: Karen Veldheer, Janine Gates, and Stephen Buxbaum are running against the current city council regime. They have been endorsed by a number of community groups such as Friends of the Waterfront, and Citizens for a Responsive Local Government. They claim they are against condos downtown on the isthmus and that they will be more representative of city residents.
-James
here is the voter's pamphlet: http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/auditor/Elections/2009elections/aug/vp/voters_pamphlet_pdf.htm
Here's the general website about thurston county elections: http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/auditor/Elections/electns.htm
Although our government is fucked and totally non-democratic, which can make voting pointless and discourage one from wanting to, I encourage anyone to vote in the local primary and upcoming election. As many of you already know, the current city council is working on gutting the culture of our city and gentrifying the shit out of it. They're bought out and working in the interest of corporate developers. They passed the noise ordinance, repealed the nuke-free ordinance, and passed the 'get homeless people off the sidewalk in downtown' ordinance so that when Triway Enterprise builds big condos right downtown, all the rich people that move into town won't be scared away by our music, the fact that there are homeless people everywhere, and Olympia's political activeness. SO, by voting in the primary you can try and ensure there are different candidates in the upcoming election so that we might get some better representation, if any (we're getting none at all at the moment).
If you care: Karen Veldheer, Janine Gates, and Stephen Buxbaum are running against the current city council regime. They have been endorsed by a number of community groups such as Friends of the Waterfront, and Citizens for a Responsive Local Government. They claim they are against condos downtown on the isthmus and that they will be more representative of city residents.
-James
here is the voter's pamphlet: http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/auditor/Elections/2009elections/aug/vp/voters_pamphlet_pdf.htm
Here's the general website about thurston county elections: http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/auditor/Elections/electns.htm
Friday, July 24, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Awesome NW shows coming up soon!
July 6th (Monday) at Old School Pizza in Olympia
HATRED SURGE (TX)
IRON LUNG
SEX VID
MAMMOTH GRINDER (TX)
$5, 10PM
Monday July 13th
6pm $3-5
Bully (Enumclaw) http://www.myspace.com/nwbully
White Wards (Olympia) http://www.oursound.net/whitewards/index.html
The Separation (Redding, CA) http://www.myspace.com/theseparationca
maybe +1 TBA
Chester's House
513 Milroy St Nw
Olympia, WA
^this show is in Olympia
july 14th
8pm
the separation
cowardice
media mind
warren avenue
+1 more tba
@ Coffee Strong
(15109 Union Ave. SW Lakewood, WA)
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