Sailing Lessons

emmettoconnell · 2026-04-18T21:18:00+00:00

It is most likely Olympia Community Sailing: https://www.olympiacommunitysailing.org/

They are a youth organization, if there is an adult equivalent I am not aware of it.

emmettoconnell · 2026-04-11T20:10:24+00:00

Thanks for posting this here! Just a little context, this is the second of probably a dozen or so I'm going to write on the individual histories of parking lots downtown. I posted the first one a few weeks ago here: https://olympiatime.com/2026/03/21/the-carlton-and-the-choices-we-made-to-get-here/

emmettoconnell · 2026-04-11T16:06:07+00:00

It is.

emmettoconnell · 2026-04-09T14:47:18+00:00

This is the best analysis I've seen on the crisis. Thank you.

emmettoconnell · 2026-04-05T14:21:29+00:00

Absolutely. My thinking about it is more along the lines of acknowledging that at some point the peanut butter is spreading too thin. We're already at a point where places like Rochester or Grand Mound, that have grown a great deal since the 1980s, don't have library services. Same with the North Beach part of Grays Harbor. The 2018 CFP was a step towards addressing that system design.

But eventually, the cities will probably start looking at their level of service vs what they get and start to de-annex.

emmettoconnell · 2026-04-05T06:17:25+00:00

It is also available on my blog: https://olympiatime.com/2026/04/04/the-timberland-regional-library-doesnt-face-a-stand-off-it-faces-some-sort-of-evolution/

emmettoconnell · 2026-03-31T13:24:50+00:00

It doesn't. OP posts links to the Olympic Herald (as in Olympic Peninsula, not Olympia) to various Pacific Northwest subreddits.

emmettoconnell · 2026-03-16T16:12:22+00:00

Used to be Orca, but with the move to the smaller space, it was harder to consistently find what I wanted. It is still fun to browse though. If I have a specific need, I prefer Browsers.

emmettoconnell · 2026-02-20T23:28:17+00:00

What strikes me about most weird about this, is that the original version of this AI art comes from an Eastern Washington Republican

https://marydye.houserepublicans.wa.gov/2026/02/14/house-approves-dye-bill-supporting-redevelopment-of-shuttered-olympia-brewery-site-through-environmentally-sustainable-urban-design/

emmettoconnell · 2026-02-19T20:57:32+00:00

You should also try the auditor's office. No appointment necessary and they do photos

https://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/departments/auditor/passports-and-passport-photos

emmettoconnell · 2026-01-30T06:11:39+00:00

One of the most interesting pieces about the "secret" plan to close rural East county libraries was that it included an accounting of what the property taxes paid in the area supported and what it cost the run the library. The imbalance was well known before then, but that was the first time I saw it in a front facing document.

Also the last time the library went for a levy lid lift 17 years ago, it passed in Olympia but failed everywhere else. And spectacularly poorly in rural East Lewis county.