Some tents have been blown away, but many tents have remained.

that's it

Rain came just in time and made the air safe for everyone to breathe.

Former home of long waits for cold pizza on paper plates

Empty Building

New Tenant

Here is a picture of the man a

This morning while taking pictures of the filth emanating from the Simpson property, I wandered into the same alley where I took Shelton Blog's header photo. While I was taking pictures of the most recent additions of garbage, two unhoused people asked me what I was doing. I told them I was taking pictures of the garbage piling up. They both immediately set to work cleaning up the garbage. Unfortunately the garbage turned out to be motor oil and one man accidentally spilled motor oil all over his pants and shirt. I think that a hazardous waste cleanup team is needed in the alley to clean up this waste. If this was Shanghai and not Shelton people would be employed to pick up this garbage. But at least, I think, we do have people who are employed to pick up hazardous waste in Shelton. This alley is east of the Dew Drop Inn, if someone wants to alert the fire department or city of this hazardous waste problem.

 

Forest fires make for nice sunsets. For a picture of the fire check out http://sheltonprogressive.blogspot.com  it is a really impressive picture of the smoke as viewed from Port Orchard.

Jack Miles is running for re-election as Port Commissioner for the
Port of Shelton.  He fought with the people to stop the ADAGE biomass
plant from coming to Shelton.  He has been to quite a few biomass
protests in Olympia, Seattle and Shelton.  He has always been the
people's voice at the Port in all matters.  But the other two
commissioners and their friends or business partners want Jack out, so
they or their friends have started a web page and domain with the sole
purpose of trashing Jack Miles.   I don't know if this kind of thing
is even legal, and who ever is running it is hiding behind some sort
of proxy domain server.  The page is here
http://infoaboutjack.com/Home_Page.php 

 Jack Miles own page is here:
http://www.webackjackmiles.com/about.htm .   

Jack Miles Military record and many other things are called into
question.  Jack says he was discharged from the Marines for refusing
to give up the names of gay service members.   It's all very
complicated and Jack is certainly a human being with flaws just like
the rest of us, but this attack is just plain dirty politics. 

I know that Jack Miles is a good person who has done an amazing job of
standing his ground at the Port, but the powers that be are working
hard to grind him down.  What can we do to support Jack?   The
pressure is getting to him and bullies are getting their way.  What
can be done about this?

Continuing with Berd's shopping cart theme.  These are Safeway shopping carts in Shelton's Goldsborough Creek.  A local man named Mark, likes to go around and gather up all the stray shopping carts in town and return them to Safeway.   Five minutes after I saw these carts in the creek I saw Mark standing in line at the food bank, Mark said he might fish the carts out of the creek later.    The line at the food bank was very long but the folks standing in line seemed to be in good spirits. 

Our county fair has been privatised for profit thanks to a bit of cronyism at the Port of Shelton, but here are some pretty pictures...

Submitted to Shelton Blog by Jack Miles: I received this draft letter of censure from Commissioners Hupp and Wallitner that will be presented to me at Tuesday's Port meeting on 7/5/11.