A few weeks ago this rainbow was painted on this power pole downtown, near State & Columbia. Since then, the tagging stopped on the pole, and it made the corner look nice and bright.

Today when I came home I saw that it had been painted over, back to grey, a fresh canvas for more tags and junk.

I can understand painting over tagging, since it asserts 'ownership' over a certain area, but this was a rainbow.

I wonder why it was painted over back to grey, and who did it- PSE, City of Oly? The nearby Les Schwab?

Today the Evergreen Police Services Community Review Board, which is made up of students, staff, and faculty at Evergreen released its report on the incident on Feb 14.

It is attached in PDF format on this thread.

Basically, these were the major findings of the Board:

• that the Evergreen police followed protocol, but the officer should have attempted to leave sooner and park her vehicle so it could have a quicker exit route, and
  
• the initial arrest was justified and was not based on racial profiling, given the evidence and witness statements the officer gathered at the scene, and that the officer went beyond what was necessary to attempt to gather more statements, even when the crowd was growing more hostile
  
• their should not have been only one officer on campus, and back-up should have been called sooner
  
• that event staff were not trained and/or did not follow protocol, an
  
• their was little to no communication prior to the event, between the police on campus and the event staff/student activities people responsible for planning the event
  
  

It should be noted that this report is only for the campus police, and the scope can not include Olympia police actions.

Greetings Friends! The new 'Nightline' transit schedule is now available. The Nightline starts this Friday!

Go to www.evergreen.edu/commute and click on 'Late-Night Transit Schedule.'

We need all of you to keep the pressure on! Please attend!

Even if the port of Olympia terminates support for the Logistics Center, the Port of Tacoma as discussed selling to private investors that they can better control to still develop it!

Tell the County Commissioners "no" to the SSLC and "yes" to the rezone.

Weds. March 26th at 6:00 pm at the Expo Center at the Thurston County fairgrounds

THANKS!
Friends of Rocky Prairie

Starting April 4, The Evergreen State College, in contract with Intercity Transit, will begin a pilot project to provide late-night transit between the campus and downtown.

The Nightline will run on Fridays and Saturdays between Midnight and 3AM; on Sundays between 9PM and Midnight. The service will serve along the existing Route 41, with an extension through downtown up to Puget Street, then looping back down State to the Olympia Transit Center.

The late-night Nightline will be open to the public, when they pay the regular fare. Students with Evergreen ID can ride for free. The service is provided by Intercity Transit through a contract with the College, which is financed through a student transit fee enhancement, approved by over 25% of the student body at Evergreen last spring.

The Port of Tacoma has bought a 745 acre parcel of Rocky Prairie land located right in the middle of a sensitive area with Millersylvania State Park less than half a mile to the north and a state fish and wildlife reserve bordering it on the south. For 15 years, the state park and the wildlife dept have had their eye on this property, which, in combination with the neighboring McIntosh forest reserve, would create an amazing wildlife corridor and preserve several threatened native species. But the Port of Tacoma outbid them and wants to build a huge truck and train freight transfer station and possibly a solid waste transfer site (hauling garbage from all over the region) right in the middle of this precious swatch of undeveloped land.

If you have further questions please check out www.FriendsOfRockyPrairie.com or email forprairie@hotmail.com.

Please, if you can make it show up and show your support. For info on how to help check out this site or email alex.bertolucci -- at -- gmail -- dot -- com.

With that said, have a great week and keep your smiles on:)