by Janet Blanding

Jerry Reilly is the temporary chair of the Olympia Capitol Park Foundation. This newly organized group has begun to gather signatures on an Initiative Petition that may eventually lead to the creation of a new park on the isthmus between Capitol Lake and Budd Inlet. If established, this park would require the demolition of the Capitol Center building, sometimes referred to as the “mistake by the lake.” The Initiative petition requires the City Council to undertake a feasibility analysis to investigate the acquisition and development of a part of the Capitol Lake-Budd Inlet . . .

by wip

Olympia Movement for Justic & Peace (OMJP) Yard Sale

Saturday, August 30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 902 Division Street NW, Olympia (Right on the #41 busline)

Support OMJP and get some great stuff at great prices at the same time. Last minute donations are fine, but NO JUNK!

Raindate: Saturday, August 6

POWER Outage: Labor Day Picnic at Kennydell Park

On the first Monday of each month enjoy a night out with Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights

Monday, September 1st, Labor Day, Beach Picnic at Kennydell Park at Black Lake

by Patty Imani

As the U.S. occupation of Iraq continues into its sixth year, the USS Brittin, carrying war machinery with the 4th Stryker Combat Brigade, landed at the Port of Tacoma on July 29th. Emergency meetings were called in Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia. Activists from the region soon converged in Tacoma to strategically resist the movement of the equipment as it rolled from the Port to Fort Lewis. This war machinery is destined for repair, where needed, and will then be used in training exercises before it deploys back to Iraq.

by WIP News Service

1. The community doesn't want it. Written comments submitted to the Planning Commission and City Council have been running approximately 4 to 1 against the rezone.

2. Most of the supporters of the rezone seem to be financially motivated: About one-third of written comments to the Council and Planning Commission in favor of the rezone were from people in the construction business and another third were from downtown merchants and business owners.

by Molly Gibbs

Olympia activists are bringing together a remarkable cadre of experts to address the demise of democracy and rise of corporate power, and the role of the military in our lives. We are responsible for what is being done with our tax dollars and our power. We are outraged.

This October, a can-do, positive series entitled The Cost of War allows us to explore in-depth the messages behind “Stop the War.” We spell out, in detail, precisely why we are opposed to today’s wars over oil, water, privatization, imperialism, international war crimes, multinational monopolies, mercenaries, . . .

by WIP

Local activists Jeff Berryhill, Shyam Khanna, Wally Cuddeford and Lillia Lassiter were arrested in a sweep during the first day of the DNC protests in Denver. They were among 100 people falsly arrested after Denver police swept up protesters at the anti-capitalist/anti-imperialist Everything for Everyone demonstration on Monday, August 25th. Riot police used chemical weapons, crowd division and mass false arrest as tactics to put an end to the demonstration. At arraignments the next day all four pled not guilty. Bail was quickly raised for all by Tuesday night. Shyam and Jeff were . . .