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"The Friendliest Bar in Town"

King 5 is reporting that Christine Gregoire and her staff went to Hannah's last week, after volunteering at Lakefair, where the "bouncer" refused admittance to the Governor because she didn't have her I.D.

Her husband and the rest of the staff went in and Governor Gregoire went home.

What the...? Did the bouncer not know who she was? Did he think it was some kind of Liquor Control Board trick?

At least the Governor was cool and didn't get all "Cynthia McKinney" on that guy.

Updated: Pic added. Compliments to www.olympiaeats.com

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The first day of each Lakefair is dedicated to the children of Thurston County, and to the men and women of the county juvenile probation department. For the P.O's, it's a great time to catch up with some of my clients, either right there on the midway or (sometimes after a short chase) afterward in detention.

Some very close friends of mine are unable to perform at the 2008 Olympia Lakefair due to a bullshit reason. Just because a couple members of the group have had issues with the law in their PAST, Lakefair is refusing to allow them to perform.

I refuse to support Olympia's Lakefair!

Forget that Lakefair was coming up because we weren't arguing about the USS Olympia coming to town?

It looks like the Lakefair folks changed their minds since last September when they were asking for the US and Canadian navies to send some ships to Lakefair. This year they invited the Old Man IV, a Navy Cutter. Formerly an official admiral vessel, the barge is now used to show folks "what the navy used to be like."

Certainly not as impressive as a hospital ship, but certainly not as divisive as a sub.

From CYA Members' Gallery.

The 50 foot vessel will be open for visitors pretty much all week.

From the Northwest Navigator during the boat's last refurbishment:

Built by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1957, the barge has served 30 Admirals and has been toured by hundreds of thousands of people. So after almost 50 years of use she is in Tacoma for a facelift and overhaul.

“We’re in a restricted overhaul period where the capabilities of the barge will be upgraded as well as the exterior esthetics. Once they are done she will be in a very presentable condition and ready to represent Navy Region Northwest for years to come,” said Quarter Master Senior Chief(SW) Bradley Riegel, operations chief.