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David Rovics: Power to the Public Benefit at Traditions!

February 17, 2020 Bruce Wilkinson 0

April 1st, Wednesday, 7:30PM. $24/ $12 low income “David Rovics is the musical version of Democracy Now!” -Amy Goodman, host, Democracy Now! David Rovics is a songwriter, musician, blogger and podcaster based in Portland, Oregon. Since the […]

Power to the Public Launch with Dennis Kucinich was a HUGE SUCCESS!

February 11, 2020 Bruce Wilkinson 0

This week has been our launch week for the Thurston Public Power Initiative 2020 with our heavy hitter Dennis Kucinich in town. He has volunteered a huge amount of his time over the past 5 […]

Why is Dennis Kucinich coming to Olympia?

January 26, 2020 Bruce Wilkinson 0

Public Power made him who he is! That’s why! (Dennis Kucinich is coming 7PM February 4th at the Olympia Center.) Dennis J. Kucinich is an independent, iconoclastic thinker who has charted a singular approach through […]

State of the Public Power! Dennis Kucinich and friends!

January 13, 2020 Bruce Wilkinson 0

Dennis Kucinich speaks at the Thurston Public Power Initiative launch on February 4th, 7pm, at the Olympia Community Center! Former US Representative Dennis Kucinich will be pumping up the crowds with his characteristic passion launching […]

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Election Blockade for Democracy

(This is a dangerous thought not an organized campaign.) The US 2020 election is facing crisis that is undermining democracy. This crisis has become acute because of the impact of coronavirus in numerous ways. Therefore [...]
Solidarity

Utility Strike! US!

Right now we are seeing how quickly things can change when there is a crisis. Naomi Klein called it Coronavirus Capitalism and warned us that this can be a time for advancing the courageous goals [...]
Community

Pandemic pause on signature gathering for initiative.

Given the current public health emergency, you may have wondered (for a moment) how it might affect our campaign to electrify Thurston PUD. Well, we’ve been scratching our heads on this one, and if there’s [...]
Research

Why do we want to replace PSE with a public utility district?

LOCAL CONTROL PSE is accountable only to its shareholders and sets rates to maximize profits. Half the members on the Boards of PSE and Puget Holdings represent non-US investment groups that want to ensure adequate profits [...]
Research

Advantages of Public Power

#1: Accountability and Transparency PUDs are governed by an elected Board of Commissioners. Citizens have access to meetings and documents, including planning, budgets, performance and other reports. Customers know how and why decisions are made. [...]