Monday, August 16, 2010  ADAGE Support Imported  This morning I
sat in on the public hearing before the Port Commissioners. You
know how I am about numbers. So here's my take on the meeting.
Of the 36 who spoke today at the Port public hearing, 16 spoke
in favor of ADAGE. Of these 16 only four, as best I could tell,
actually resided in Mason County. There were 12 people speaking
who said they were from Olympia, Tukwilla, Puyallup, Pierce
County, and Montesano. One who spoke tried to be cagey and not
tell us that he's from Lewis County but we know he's not a
resident of Mason County. The message from the 16 was basically
about the jobs that ADAGE would be bringing to the area. None of
them were speaking directly to the proposed lease as had been
previously given as a condition of this public hearing. One
speaker got Mason County mixed up with Kitsap County. That's
what happens when support for a cause is imported.  Then there
were 20 Mason County residents, mostly Port of Shelton voters,
who cited specific la