October 2008

by Mike Coday

In the aftermath and investigation of the civil disturbance at the Dead Prez concert at The Evergreen State College (TESC) in Feb. 2008, TESC Registrar Andrea Coker-Anderson was served with a subpoena to turn over student records to law enforcement (as previously reported in Works in Progress). The subpoena included a non-disclosure clause that ordered the college not to disclose the subpoena and information request for 90 days. TESC complied with the subpoena and released information on 13 students that included photo identification.

October 2008

By Mike Coday

Are you a member of one of the faith communities who would like to see the City of Olympia commit to be a sanctuary city? Bad news, this is not your City Council.

Are you part of the large group of folks in Olympia who would like to remember Rachel Corrie, a favorite daughter of our community, through a Sister City relationship with Rafah? Bad news, this is not your City Council.

Are you a member of any of the groups who were pleased to have an ordinance declaring the City of Olympia to be a nuclear-free zone? Bad news, this is not your City Council.

July 2008

by Mike Coday

In the days immediately following the destruction of a police cruiser at The Evergreen State College on February 14, 2008 the Evergreen State College released student information to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office in compliance with a February 26, 2008 subpoena for student records.

July 2008

by Mike Coday

Olympia City Manager Steve Hall and Public Works Director Mike Mucha were interviewed by Christopher Swope for an article title "A Rising Tide" that was published in the US GSA magazine Governing.com in December 2007.

http://www.governing.com/articles/0712warmqa1.htm

In the interview Steve Hall says the Olympia community is "pretty engaged around the whole climate change issue" and says that Olympia has met the Kyoto protocol standards.

June 2008

by Mike Coday

The top law enforcement officers in Thurston County came out on May 9th with their “guiding principles” on riot control. Thurston County Sheriff Dan Kimball was quoted in the Olympian newspaper, “People expect us to show leadership, and I think this is a statement of leadership.”

These guiding principles pay lip service to civil liberties, but the only element of these principles that is powerfully stated and unequivocal is that there will be zero tolerance for property damage. These guiding principles suggest that the exercise of our most important civil liberties must be balanced . . .