Pioneer Bond of 2013 – Why You Should Vote “Yes” This Time.

voting day in a small town (Photo credit: Muffet)

Hello to all my fellow Sheltonians of Mason County in Washington State!

It’s that time again when the Pioneer School District proposes a new Bond/Levy for us voters. Now the flyers, pamphlets and leaf-lets I’m sure some of you have seen (especially if you live in the Pioneer School District) and I’m not going to tell you anything they haven’t already, well – that’s not entirely true but I’ll try not to beat the dead horse. My job though is to convince you even more so why it is important to vote “Yes” on the Bond this year. I know some people might be worried about a potential “Tax Increase” and I know none of us like that idea, but let’s face it – when it comes to public related programs it is Tax Payer dollars that ultimately help get the job done.

I know with the economy still the way it is it seems bad. A potential tax increase might seem horrible and even scary, but if it’s not all that much – are we still so sure we can’t part with just a little extra? I know I want to see this Bond/Levy pass and I will share why momentarily. Before I do, I want to offer a bit of background on the consistency in which the Bond/Levy has passed. Between 1995 and 2001. During this time frame I remember that the Bond/Levy did not pass. I think it passed once and that was for a maintenance thing they desperately needed. I know it has failed to pass many more times since 2000 as well.

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Shelton Cinemas Needs Your Help!

English: drive-in movies 2008 in brussels with AIRSCREEN Deutsch: Autokino mit AIRSCREEN in Brüssel 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hey everyone, another informal post today. However, this one is very important and I wanted to make sure I got it done before my trip. For those unfamiliar I hail from a small town called Shelton, WA. I sometimes claim Olympia too but that’s because I visit there often (more to do there). Shelton is very much an “Entertain Yourself” kind of town. If you have ever lived in or do live in a small town, you know how this way of life works. It can be rather boring. Shelton used to have a Bowling Ally too. Unfortunately it burned down some years ago. They refuse to rebuild it because of some old ridiculous laws (and if I could find them again I’d be pointing them out in another blog post later).

Since the Bowling Ally burned down though, alternative forms of entertainment have been difficult to find (working out doesn’t exactly count in my book by the way) without having to travel all the way to Olympia to spend money outside the town when Shelton needs just as much money as it can get to survive right now. So, our one sliver of hope, our one last source of entertainment  (aside from the skate park which isn’t exactly for everybody) is the local movie theater which is calling on members of the community (I think outside of the community would be pretty spectacular too by the way) to donate money to help them with “Upgrading” their equipment.

Local Hidden Treasures – Cove Crystals

If you live in Shelton, WA you know that most of the businesses here are “Small Businesses” run, owned and operated by locals who are either 1st generation, 2nd Gen, 3rd Gen or maybe even older. We do also have some of your stereotypical “Chain Businesses” as well in our hometown, one of which in particular helped and killed the local economy (Wal-Mart) to a far extent, along with the Recession (or if you know better “Depression”).