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Submitted by Rick on Sun, 09/25/2005 - 7:52am.

The Olympian reports that the port commissioners will be holding a hearing to generate ideas about what to do with the 17 acre plot on the west side of East Bay Drive. It seems the commissioners are at a loss:

Trouble is, commissioners have no better idea of the type of development to allow on East Bay than they did two years ago.

And they don't agree that Monday's hearing is necessary, at least at this point.

Regardless, at the urging of Commissioner Paul Telford, the hearing is the main order of business at Monday's commission meeting.

"I need to know what the citizens think," Telford said. "We need people to come out who did not come out before."

The only ideas that they seem to be able to come with include sports teams. Can we generate some other ideas here? What about an artist's market (on the model of the farmer's market)? What about an extension campus for a local college? What about a prompt care health clinic? What about a public exercise facility?
What: Port of Olympia Board of Commissioners public hearing on East Bay development ideas.

When: 6:30 p.m. Monday

Where: LOTT boardroom, second floor of the Market Centre Building, 111 Market St., Olympia

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Submitted by Rick on Sun, 09/25/2005 - 6:50am.
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Here is a flickr slide show of pictures from protest marches around the country. This one is my favorite (so far).

If anyone has pictures from last night's event at the Capitol Theater, please post them here (or send a link).

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