I would never participate in such an ironic display of civil disobedience but if I did I would go about it in the following way... I would first go to a website called zazzle.com and do a search for driving bumper stickers or just go -> here.

Then I would get with a friend and pool up some money to order these bumper stickers in bulk for a discount. Lastly, I would wait until dark and ride my bike around town placing the stickers at high traffic stop signs.

I would also check them periodically to note when they are taken down so I can sticker them again.

Olympia hasn't always been how it is today, and not even the Capitol Campus has changed a bunch in the last 100 years.

Olytimeling.org chronicles the changing arrangement of the Capitol Campus (and hopefully more of Olympia in the future). Their article on the Old St. Pete's is pretty illustrative of their work:

Built in 1887, St. Peter Hospital was torn down in 1919 to make room for more Capitol Buildings. Google Earth overlayed with a 1908 Olympia Sanborn map shows that St. Peter Hospital faced 11th Avenue between Water and Columbia Streets. This would face what is now the General Administration building.

The Sisters of Providence raised money to build the hospital by soliciting donations from surrounding logging camps. They would sell hospital insurance as tickets of admission for use in times of need. Because of the dangerous nature of logging taking place in Puget Sound, these insurances proved useful. A Native American story pole, built by Chief William Shelton, stands in its place.

Their overlay of 1908 Olympia and the campus shows not only the old city street grid on what is now the green capitol lawn, but an old ravine that used to cut through much of the campus.

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Interesting stuff over there, head over and explore.

Huh:

To the businessmen who rot behind desks at the Wells Fargo Financial office in Olympia,

Last night we attacked your storefront and spray painted a letter of hatred on your wall as an assault on your participation in the prison-industrial complex. The company you work for is a major stockholder in the GEO Group, owners of private concentration camps around the globe, including a rather infamous one in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The GEO Group also owns the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Northwest Detention Center, located in Tacoma, WA, an institution which imprisons hundreds of human beings each year for indefinite periods of time, rips families apart, and ruins lives. This cannot continue.

Just heard over the scanner of a plane crash somewhere near the Thurston/Mason County border. They requested some Olympia fire units to assist.

Hey Olybloggers,

Just wanting to put another shout out there about this weekends event.

Starting tomorrow (fri) the Olympia Village Building Convergence will happening at Grub with earthen plasters and Oly Salvage with a cob couch.

Throughout the weekend there will be other projects such as installing a hydrogen unit in 97 VW passat, seed saving as an activist practice, solar ovans, composting toilets and more.

In the evenings (sat) Dana Lyons will be playing at the unitarian church on the west side at 7 pm and (sun) there will be a potluck and live music as part of the Veggie Cross roads community garden grand opening 7-9pm.

For more information contact ecocityolympia@gmail.com or visit www.ecocityolympia.blogspot.com for the complete calender of events.

 See you there!

~treeboy 

"I've decided to end the experiment."

Rob, what experiment? Why did you end it? How? What is happening with Olyblog now?

I would like to understand what's going on, and I think the entire community deserve to understand.

Thanks in advance.

Matthew

There's a very interesting piece up at the Center for Citizen Media about how advocates can sometimes be the best reporters in certain situations:

What famous journalism organization has done the best reporting (remember, that’s the gathering process) about the United States government’s Guantanamo Bay prison? That’s the place where the United States holds the people the government has declared to be terrorists, a prison where prisoners have been in many cases tortured and, until recently, held without access to the legal system.

The people who’ve done the best reporting on this scandal have not, for the most part, been working for major media outfits. They’ve been working for that famous journalism organization called the American Civil Liberties Union.

When I think about this at a local level, it makes sense. The local orgs have the expertise and experience that makes them the best source of news. Thus, I would trust Bread & Roses to have the most current information about homelessness in Olympia, and I would expect SafePlace to have the best information about DV. All that's required is to provide a channel for these organizations to report that information to the community.

[ganked from the comments by Rick]

...As of 11:00 am all that is left is a pile of gravel.

This morning a rather rude individual representing our fine city came to my office to let me know I was responsible for a code violation. RUTH SNYDER I have found your spine. His name is CHRIS GRABOWSKI. Mr. Grabowski is very proud of the badge he earned when becoming a code enforcement officer for the city of Olympia. He showed it to me when he handed me his business car.

Mr. Grabowski entered my building stating that he was my "prize" for having violated the sidewalk ordinance. He stated that the " sarcophagus" on the sidewalk was in violation of code. Even though his co-worker approved it and measured it twice.

He presented the facts. The one sided facts as presented to him by--------? I informed that facts are only facts when both sides have been addressed as this is the logic behind fact.

Mr. Grabowski, this is your prize. Know everyone knows who you are! I bet that code enforcement badge is just glowing under your coat. You should be proud.

Here is the best part. KAREN MESSMER was your council person that INSISTED that this be removed. Ok Karen, thats cool. Be ready to be very busy moving a whole bunch of items from sidewalks all over your fair town.

The reason things take forever and get lost in process are due to individuals like this council member that make little things like Meta Hogan planter a personal issue. Why don't you do something with substance and back, like say the Griswolds building, or the Cunnigham's Jewelery building. Easy targets are well, easy. Please show the citizens of this community what you can really dowhat you can really do.

Just read Rick's post about ending the docent model:

"After more than a year of working with a group of docents who have helped to run the blog, I've decided to end the experiment. The docent model was not entirely successful, in no small part due to an overall lack of organization and commitment, but lately due to some specific personality conflicts. I'm not sure what will take its place, but I'm hopeful that we can develop some sort of community-governed system. Stay tuned."

...and it appears it has happened.  Sounds like something the Olyblog comunity might what to talk about.  So here's a place to do it.  Please keep it constructive and civil so it doesn't get pulled.

Added: There are two threads on this topic. This one and this one.

After more than a year of working with a group of docents who have helped to run the blog, I've decided to end the experiment. The docent model was not entirely successful, in no small part due to an overall lack of organization and commitment, but lately due to some specific personality conflicts. I'm not sure what will take its place, but I'm hopeful that we can develop some sort of community-governed system. Stay tuned.