Apparently there is a dude in a red truck with a Nazi sticker road raging around my hometown #olympiawa #OlyWa #olympiawashington #pnw

Olympia's Megan Matthews is new director of Washington Office of Equity!
http://rssfeeds.king5.com/~/788549936/0/king5/local~After-organization-disruptions-new-director-of-Washington-Office-of-Equity-is-named

We talked to her back in episode 73 "A Future of Economic Justice"

https://theolympiastandard.com/2020/09/14/os-73/

#olywa #olympiawa #olympiawashington

@theolystandard #homeless #olympiawa #pnw
Great discussion about the advances being made in #Olympiawa for housing all residents. Not an easy silver bullet solution type to challenge. Appreciate the preface to the pod about Olympia’s Little Hollywood and early efforts by Olympia leaders to criminalize homelessness. https://tomdyerandthetrueolympians.bandcamp.com/track/little-hollywood

In the primary part of this episode, we visit with Darian Lightfoot, who is leading the City of Olympia’s response to the homelessness crisis. Before we get to Darian, though, I talk about Mayor Dick Abram and how we’ve been here before.

https://theolympiastandard.com/2023/08/23/100-what-is-olympia-doing-about-homelessness/

#olympiawa #olympiawashington #olywa

The air quality is good now in Olympia (and everywhere nearby) but the air ay least in my part of town is faintly smoky.

It feels like a ghost or maybe my body is just warning me.

#olympiawashington #OlyWa #olympiawa #pnw #SmokeSeason

Vic’s Pizza is creating an Eastside Olympia location in old Roxy Radio station site. Vic’s Co-owner Joe doing some of the foundation work. Designed by Carve: https://carvearch.com/
Brings equitable distribution of great pizza to all three corners of Olytown…Westside Oly Original Vic’s, Capitol Blvd/Wildwood Vic’s and now the Eastside! And we have Old School Downtown! #olympiawa #OlyWa #pizza

This is *my* library

“Timberland Regional Library promotes and defends the principle of intellectual freedom based on the First Amendment of the Constitution,” she said. “And as your library administration, we do not condone the prejudicial labeling of the collection. We believe that the ability to freely chose what to read is a cornerstone of Democracy and a free society.”

https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article277696408.html

#pnw #librarylove #librarydon #olympiawa

I was told my letter to the editor on the history of the Deschutes Estuary had strong "get off my lawn" energy. My lawn is the TRUTH 🤣

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/capitol-lake-debunk-myth/

#olywa #olympiawa #pugetsound #history #pnw #olympiawashington @histodons

In the last month or so, a new "First Amendement Auditor" has been active around Olympia.

#olywa #olympiawa #olympiawashington

Most basically, first amendment auditors are people that test their ability to record in public spaces without being stopped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_audits

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Biggest night of the year on the capitol campus for the Lakefair fireworks and Department of Enterprise Services turns on the sprinklers

#OlyWa #olympiawa #olympiawashington

Hey Oly

Sunset at the capitol campus in Olympia Washington

#OlyWa #olympiawashington #olympiawa

07-08-2023 - #Portland #PDX - United Revival "Jesus March"

In Mid-June United Revival held a "Jesus March" in #Seattle which didn't seem to get much attention from counter-protesters as it wasn't clear if it was necessary. This weekend the same group held a march in #PortlandOR

Many Portland and local #Washington MAGA #fascists were in attendance, including ones who recently attended the May 20th "World Wide Rally for Freedom" protest in #OlympiaWA - where MAGAs blocked streets chanting about "commies, pedophiles" and "child sacrifice".

Prior to this march we'd come across Portland social media posts questioning whether counter-protesting a #Jesus march would be necessary. While this is up to each individual to decide, we can assure you this cross-section is clearly reality.

The last light

#pnw #OlyWa #olympiawa #olympiawashington #pugetsound

Air Quality improvements in #OlympiaWA

Hey, the Olympia Standard is now (more officially) on the #Fediverse

I just turned on the ActivityPub plugin on our WordPress install and it seems pretty slick

You can follow the podcast on any Fediverse/AP connected service

@admin

https://theolympiastandard.com/author/admin/

If you have a WordPress powered website, try out this plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/

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Additional Photos from #Pride 2023 #OlympiaWA - Make sure to check out our other photos from this event!

07-01-2023 - #OlympiaWA #Pride 2023

The court of appeals dismisses a case challenging the City of Olympia's original Missing Middle Ordinance.

The decision is based on HP 1923, which prohibited appeals of ordinances increasing housing densities, which was passed as this case was being considered.

The original missing middle ordinance included much more aggressive steps, including single room occupancies.

https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/?fa=opinions.disp&filename=850482MAJ

#olympiawa #olywa #olympiawashington #urbanism #waleg

06-24-2023 - Love Oly SummerFest #OlympiaWA #OlyWA #LoveOly

#99 Where are all the state offices going?

In the first half of this episode, we sit down with Yvonne Knutson (Office of Financial Management) and Maurice Perigo (Department of Enterprise Services) to talk about how state offices are contracting all around Olympia and our region. Second, we visit with official Friend of the Podcast Mike Reid to go over how these office contractions will impact Olympia going into the future.

https://theolympiastandard.com/2023/06/21/99-where-are-all-the-state-offices-going/

#olywa #olympiawa #olympiawashington