January 2009

by Matthew Green

Great articles about the Olympia City Council and the isthmus! Especially good was Sandy Mayes’ discussion of how The Olympian and some councilmembers try to con-flate certain political disagreement with hate speech and violence, to shut down legitimate debate that displeases them. I can add another example.

In its editorial about the violence directed at Jeff Kingsbury, The Olympian quoted Rhenda Strub as saying that council members have faced “constant abuse and bully-ing.” This implies that such violence is common.