It's been about a month since I originally began challenging people to photograph Doug Mah in the wild. So far: zero, zilch, nada. Our friend Ehver Green may have spotted him somewhere, but I've yet to confirm that with him.

So I'm going to put it out there again. If you see Doug Mah in public, not in an official or campaign capacity, let us know. So little is known about Doug Mah, the person. Many people have opinions about him as a politician, or, as Crenshaw would say: "slave to his conservative overlords", but who is Doug Mah really?

Whatever your political leanings, don't you want a leader who is of the people? I know I don't want a mayor who lives in a tower, I want a mayor who is my neighbor and an active member of the community.

Now let's get out there and find Doug Mah!!!

btw- I have to mention the above photo, which I found on the LOTT website (Doug is on the board of directors of the wastwater treatment plant). This is clearly supposed to be the classic faraway look that many politicians use to appear stoic or thoughtful, but Doug Mah doesn't really pull it off. To me, he looks like maybe he has a tack in his shoe, or he's got a tummy ache.

I have two extra tickets in Mezz 24, Row O, Seat 8 and 9.  Face value + Fees = $42 each.  I'll sell both for $80...

Call my cell if interested and we'll figure out the transaction details.  (360) 888-0576

Prosecutors alleged four friends – Pillatos, Butters, Kurtis Monschke and Pillatos’ girlfriend, Tristain Frye – ran into Townsend shortly before 1 a.m. March 23, 2003, on the railroad tracks under the East 26th Street bridge, not far from Townsend’s makeshift camp.
 

Townsend, a likeable, patient man who suffered from mental issues that led him to the streets, chatted with the four. After the conversation, prosecutors alleged, the group stomped and kicked Townsend with steel-toed boots as part of a initiation into the white supremacy movement.

During the assault, prosecutors said, Butters hit Townsend over the head with a baseball bat, breaking it into two.

The attack left Townsend in a coma. He never regained consciousness and died of his injuries more than two weeks later at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

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Some old timers recall that May Day was celebrated in many of the nearby timber camps and picket lines throughout the Olympia and Puget Sound area, but accounts of any downtown labor parades are missing. As early as May 1st, 1919 though, Olympia sponsored a May Day festival that had less to do with labor and more to do with nature. Most certainly connected to the pagan roots, Olympia High School hosted the festival boasting that over 250 pupils would participate in a theme of "Voices of the Wood".

photo by enpen