I read an opinion in the Tacoma News Tribune a couple weeks ago titled “The Staggering Cost of Delay“. It was about how a group led by Jim Ellis in 1968 tried to get an initiative passed to build light rail in the Puget Sound. Making the decision then would have cost the residents here [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics'
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
August 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Make Your Vote Count: Wait for the Facts
August 4th, 2009 · No Comments
In Washington State, except for Pierce County, voters are forced to vote by mail. I don’t have a problem with people using absentee ballots if they are unable to get to the polls to vote.
But I am, and have been, a proponent of voting at a polling place. Here’s why:
Sense of community: standing in [...]
Campaign Blight
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Campaign season seems to last, well, forever. Not just the current presidential campaign, but local campaigns also.
As far as I can determine, there are 2 reasons for campaign yard signs:
Create name recognition
Demonstrate support of the candidate by the property owner
Shortly after last year’s fall elections I noticed dozens of campaign signs for Calvin Goings showing [...]
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