Entries from July 2006

July 7, 2006

We need more Sam Garsts (fewer Michaels and Martins)

While conservatives lean on big money sugar daddies like Michael Dunsmire and Martin Selig to bank roll their initiatives, progressives go to a different sort.
Meet Sam Garst of Olympia, the most prolific signature gatherer for I-937.
While conservatives can pay low wages to get feet on the streets collecting signatures at high traffic locations (Mariner games, [...]

July 2, 2006

Why aren’t progressive campaigns posting their initiatives online

There is something going on that I can’t figure out. On the local level, in Seattle and Bellingham, there are handful of progressive municipal initiative campaigns up and running. And, none of them are posting their initiative petitions online.
This is even more troubling because both Bellingham and Seattle (along with Spokane) allow printer sized (8.5 [...]