Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Fred King, a retired architect who is the Chair of the Capitol Campus Design Advisory Committee regarding the proposed rezone of the Fourth Avenue isthmus, for the upcoming issue of Works In Progress. Here is a sneak preview:

Works In Progress: I understand that there were two presentations regarding the rezone proposal made by City of Olympia staff to the Capitol Campus Design Advisory Committee (CCDAC)?

Fred King: The first time we were just told there was a rezone proposal, and CCDAC members said we don’t know what the effect of this will be, give us some graphic illustrations of how this will affect views. The second time, the city staff came back with some building block type illustrations that purported to show how it would affect views from several locations on campus, although it wasn’t entirely clear at which locations. At that meeting, CCDAC expressed some concerns. We still felt that we didn’t have adequate evidence that the views on campus wouldn’t be adversely affected, especially by the taller buildings. From the beginning we have been opposed to any buildings in the fountain block. The reason for that is that during the several years when we were planning Heritage Park, there were discussions between the city and state about the overall park grouping, with Heritage Park on state land and the city park on city land, and there were agreements about how this would proceed, which included that block being entirely park.

Yesterday, Tuesday the fifth of February, was the Washington for Impeachment Lobby Day. Fifteen or twenty citizens gathered at the Capitol Campus and spent a good portion of the day lobbying and talking to legislators and legislative aids about the importance of impeachment.

It started raining as soon as I left my house. It was windy. It was cold. I almost turned around and returned home. By the time I got to the Capitol Campus, I was considerably wet (though definitely not soaking, which was good.) I went into the cafeteria where I found my fellow impeachment advocates.

[Jan 22, '08: for more information about impeachment in WA State, please see Washington for Impeachment]

I received this via e-mail:

Impeachment Hearing in WA State Senate!

Thursday, January 17, 3:30 p.m.

Please come to the public hearing for SJM 8016, which calls for a full investigation of Bush and Cheney.

Thurs. Jan. 17, 3:30 p.m.
Room 2 of the Cherberg Bldg.,
426-14th Ave. SW, Olympia WA
immediately SE of the State Capitol bldg.

State Senator Eric Oemig has introduced Substitute Senate Joint Memorial 8016, petitioning Congress to investigate impeachable offenses allegedly committed by President George Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. It will be heard in the Senate Government Operations and Elections Committee on Thursday, January 17th.

Senator Oemig revised 2007’s Senate Joint Memorial 8016 for 2008 (now SJM 8016 2007-08). The bill cites serious allegations of crimes by the Office of the Executive. A long list of violations to the US Constitution and federal law includes warrantless searches, manipulating intelligence to mislead Congress about the reasons for attacking Iraq, condoning torture, and subverting the rule of law.

As spelled out in the U.S. Constitution, the bill calls on the U.S. House of Representatives to conduct full a full investigation of Bush and Cheney’s impeachable offenses, and it calls for the U.S. Senate to conduct the trial. You can read revised bill at www.washingtonforimpeachment.org...

More than 500 impeachment supporters attended the 2007 hearing. Let’s increase the number of supporters attending in 2008!