June 2008

by Janet Blanding

Two local activist organizations have launched websites in the last few weeks, “Friends of the Waterfront,” a group which is working to preserve Olympia’s waterfront views as a public resource, and OlyPMR, which mobilizes citizens to actively resist port militarization.

The Friends of the Waterfront website (http://www.friendsofthewaterfront.org ) has been pulled together quickly in anticipation of the upcoming public hearing on June 24 regarding the proposed rezone of the isthmus area between Capitol Lake and Budd Inlet. Nevertheless, it is polished, persuasive, and replete . . .