The Park Foundation recently turned in around 5,000 signatures on their initiative to the City; the required number is something just over 3,800, so I thought this was definitely done. But the Auditor's supposed to finish counting today, and apparently they're going to be around 175 signatures short. They've now got 10 days to get the rest - and that's it, no third round.

The people running the signature gathering think the big problem with the 1,200 signatures they didn't accept was ones from people who have Olympia street addresses on their mail, but aren't really in the city proper. (This is apparently mostly a problem with the signatures people got at the Farmer's Market and places like Harbor Days; the ones from doorbelling are a lot more reliable. The Auditor's Office does a number of things to try to be sure they find the person if they are registered, including updating their address if they sign with a different one than the one on the records, so it doesn't sound as if it's a matter of a lot of signatures being thrown out over picky technicalities.)

Best,
Thad