• Generate about 38 jobs and an additional 17 longshore positions, according to Kari Qvigstad, the Port of Olympia’s marketing and business development director. Twenty-three longshore members, plus added casual workers, now work at the port.
• Bring in an estimated $1.47 million in revenue a year.
• Provide the port with some tenant stability. The port and Weyerhaeuser will sign a five-year lease, with options to extend it after that, Qvigstad said.

The Port of Olympia plans to do $4 million worth of improvements to the site before Weyerhaeuser moves in. The port commission was scheduled to approve the lease at its meeting Monday night.

First-run features include "The Cave," "The Brothers Grimm," "The Constant Gardener" and "Undiscovered."

Community Values Ordinance: Through the Community Values Ordinance, we as citizens can have some authority by dictating values to business in our community. This ordinance would keep profits within the local community, promote fair competition, provide for living wages, maintain free-speech rights for the employees and citizens (human citizens), and promote ecological sustainability. Under the community values ordinance, large business entities, including big box stores, would get a report card score based on the community values listed above. Corporations that score below the minimum standard would be unable to locate in or remain in our community.

Over at Olympia Time there has been a discussion on whether Michael Normoyle, candidate for Olympia City Council is a Republican or not. Through the miracle of the internet, I have decided "not." Nor is he a Democrat, he is seemingly a raging non-partisan, which is nice because the city council races are totally non-partisan.

Since the discussion on city council races has been slow so far, we should start talking about it.

I know we don't have the classic Oly Progressives vs. Shadow Republicans type races this year that usually get people out. But, these races are still important, even if no one wants to talk about them.