The Values Ordinance

I've consolidated the video clips that I've posted so far on to one page. I'll continue to post more video to that page, and I'll alert folks when I do. I've also added a link on the sidebar.
latest video clips
9/9/05 -- The values ordinance
9/9/05 -- State gov't in Olympia
9/10/05 -- Parking garage downtown?
9/12/05 -- Homelessness in Olympia

Lois Maffeo in the Olympian:

All local artists and groups -- including those involved in everything from performing to visual to literary arts -- will have a chance to network and discuss the arts at the Yashiro Japanese Garden for what city arts staff and commission volunteers hope will be the first of many casual monthly meetings.

It's an effort to strengthen and unify Olympia's growing and diverse arts scene, said arts commissioner, musician and writer Lois Maffeo.

"It's going to be an opportunity for artists and organizations. It could be someone representing the Olympia Film Society or Harlequin or another arts group -- writers and poets, filmmaking. Anybody is welcome to come," Maffeo said. "We are deliberately casting our net very wide. It's going to really be an idea summit."

From the Olympian:

The LOTT Alliance permit, written by the state Department of Ecology, sharply restricts the amount of organic material in the effluent during the summer.

But at the same time, LOTT will be allowed to increase the flow of wastewater into Budd Inlet during the winter. The sewer partnership serves more than 85,000 customers in Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater.

Sleater–Kinney is one of those rare bands that has never released a duff album, even if some long– term fans may grumble about the loss of the energy and rawness that drove its first recordings. Then a few months ago Sleater–Kinney gave listeners The Woods, a gloriously rock—in the scorching riffs, thunder–and–lightning drums (courtesy of long–time drummer and rock goddess Janet Weiss) and speaker– blowing sound sense—record that scared some people off, but made others sit up and take notice. If you’d never paid attention to Sleater–Kinney before or brushed them off as a girl band, The Woods confirms that three women rock hard, while maintaining a stellar level of songwriting.