{"id":3226,"date":"2011-08-09T14:40:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2011-08-23T05:15:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T12:15:03","slug":"senator-cantwell-hobnobs-wsheltons-swells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/senator-cantwell-hobnobs-wsheltons-swells\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Cantwell hobnobs w\/Shelton&#8217;s Swells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Cantwell came to Shelton last night to meet the town&#8217;s money more than its residents. At $100\/plate, the privileged in our struggling economy were given easy access, the press and ordinary residents were not.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3227\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2504crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3227\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3227\" title=\"Maria's Greeting Card\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2504crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2504crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2504crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2504crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pay (here) to Play<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A small crowd of residents hoping for her Grace&#8217;s notice held signs protesting the Biomassacre of our forests and decimation of our children&#8217;s health. Senator Cantwell appeared to take no notice or to be indifferent, having taken a resolute position supporting aviation biofuels including the forest destruction needed to enable this profligate boondoggle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3228\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2507crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3228\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3228\" title=\"Out of Touch, Out of Range\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2507crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2507crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2507crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2507crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Does Maria know how much a dozen eggs and a gallon of milk cost?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Citizens wished to express their concern after learning Senator Cantwell (along with other senators including our own Senator Patty Murray) had signed a letter directing the federal EPA to suspend\/stop enforcing elements of its clean air regulations protecting the nation&#8217;s health and environment. The Senator&#8217;s reasoning in the letter appeared to urge trading protecting the health of the nation and our environment for &#8216;jobs, jobs, jobs&#8217;&#8230;i.e. selling our children, if you will.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 Shelton biomassacre protest seeking Senator Cantwell&#8217;s support<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xkgnmw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xkgnmw_8-8-11-shelton-biomassacre-protest-seeking-senator-cantwell-s-support_news\" target=\"_blank\">8-8-11 Shelton Biomassacre Protest seeking&#8230;<\/a> <em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/pinbalwyz\" target=\"_blank\">pinbalwyz<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><strong>8-8-11 Representative Kathy Haigh interview<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lTmm43AZOQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 No Paparazzi interview @ Senator Cantwell&#8217;s $100\/plate dinner<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xkgm0x\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xkgm0x_8-8-11-no-paparrazi-interview-senator-cantwell-s-100-plate-dinner_news\" target=\"_blank\">8-8-11 No Paparrazi interview @ Senator&#8230;<\/a> <em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/pinbalwyz\" target=\"_blank\">pinbalwyz<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As constant as the sun, Commissioner Miles was the only elected official there standing shoulder to shoulder with the community to protect it from the likes of Simpson and other dirty filthy anachronisms intent on receiving corporate welfare as their permit applications move with slight impediment through regulatory agencies such as ORCAA and Washington State&#8217;s Dept. of Ecology, given the support for these robber barons at the the local to the highest levels of government extending all the way to the White House itself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3242\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2525crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3242\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3242\" title=\"Jack Stands by his Constituents\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2525crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2525crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2525crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2525crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commissioner Miles Participates in the Struggle to Preserve the Community, Environment<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3243\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2513crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3243\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3243\" title=\"Civil Unrest Seeks Elected Officials who care for our environment, future, health, quality of life\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2513crp-1024x629.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2513crp-1024x629.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2513crp-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#39;ll rally round the flag boys, we&#39;ll rally once again--shouting out the battle cry for clean air<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shelton&#8217;s Journal newspaper admits it knew nothing of Cantwell&#8217;s arrival at the $100\/plate fundraising dinner until the same day, incorrectly assuming they learned of it at the same time as this reporter. Had they read local community blogs such as John Cox&#8217;s, they&#8217;d have known better as early as the previous Friday&#8230;enough time to have asked the Cantwell staff for permission to cover the event. Once again, the evolution of news gathering in the 21st century has proven today, WE ARE THE MEDIA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 Shelton Journal Late to Cantwell party<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7si_kcBS_nk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3246\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3246\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3246\" title=\"Outside Looking In\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2517-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2517-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2517-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Cantwell selects H&#39;ors Deurves at the exclusive Xinh&#39;s soiree.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shelton residents shout out against Senator Maria Cantwell&#8217;s support of biomassacre during their protest across the street from her Xinh&#8217;s $100\/plate soiree after learning she&#8217;d slipped inside unnoticed without acknowledging the community&#8217;s concern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 Shelton&#8217;s Citizens rally against biomassacre near Cantwell soiree<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/irnbAPCJUsE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Representative Kathy Haigh may be forgiven for expressing some confusion about exactly what the issue was citizens were protesting since Adage had pulled up stakes. Nothing visible indicated residents were opposed to the bio-fuel flavor of biomassacre and corporate welfare being promoted by Senator Cantwell and DNR&#8217;s Peter Goldmark as passionately as they&#8217;d hated Adage.<\/p>\n<p>The Cantwell staff displayed considerable indifference as well in that after being contacted the previous Friday for permission to cover the soiree from the INSIDE, Jessica Boad (Senator Cantwell&#8217;s aide residing in Olympia) never responded to the e-mail request for an exception to their policy of excluding the press which she, herself, had urged be sent. The Monday evening of the event itself yielded a male staff member promising to relay the same, but verbal request, and return with a response. He never did.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 Jessica Boad (Senator Cantwell&#8217;s aide) after soiree interview<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yTvXs8X5g8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>John Cox and his wife, Christine Armand, collected signatures on a petition directly appealing to Senator Cantwell to reconsider her position supporting bio-fuel bisomassacre while hamstringing the federal EPA from enforcing regulations protecting the nation&#8217;s environment and air quality. As the hour grew late, they nervously approached and entered the &#8216;closed&#8217; restaurant to hand deliver the signatures to the Senator, but were met immediately by staff blocking their path. Senator Cantwell intervened, accepting the document and briefly uttered political banalities while never once waving to or acknowledging the little people of Shelton who&#8217;d come to acknowledge\/petition her!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3250\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2529crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3250\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3250\" title=\"Nervously approaching Her Grace's court\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2529crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2529crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2529crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2529crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Cox &amp; Christine approach the castle gate<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3251\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2530crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3251\" title=\"The Inner Sanctum Yawns\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2530crp-695x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2530crp-695x1024.jpg 695w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2530crp-203x300.jpg 203w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2530crp.jpg 1627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John &amp; Christine disappear into the maw of privileged access<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3252\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2531crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3252\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3252\" title=\"One side makes you larger...and the other side makes you small\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2531crp-1024x862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2531crp-1024x862.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2531crp-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Through The Looking Glass<\/p><\/div>\n<p>John Cox and wife, Christine Armand, succeed in hand delivering local signatures petitioning Senator Cantwell&#8217;s support in opposing all forms of biomassacre including the bio-fuel for jet aircraft flavor promoted by the Senator and DNR&#8217;s Peter Goldmark. John denied any conversation of substance passed between them as Maria accepted the document.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 John Cox &amp; Christine recount reception from Senator Cantwell<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idV1yAU4258\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3259\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2523crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3259\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3259\" title=\"Shelton Greeting Card\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2523crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2523crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2523crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2523crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Typical Downtown Shelton Welcome mat<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3260\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2519crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3260\" title=\"Urinal in the Alley - Rubbish Wanted\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2519crp-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2519crp-1024x594.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2519crp-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keep Off The Grass, Eat Dioxin, Breathe Shit!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Shelton Senior, having just enjoyed a seafood dinner w\/Senator Maria Cantwell, expresses surprise upon learning the shellfish from nearby Oakland Bay are tainted by some of the worst levels of Dioxin contamination in the Puget Sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 Shelton Senior surprised Oakland Bay Shellfish Tainted by Dioxin<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/srKpLUKo6rM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Shelton family expresses dismay at learning of $100\/plate event and Dioxin Tainted local Shellfish, thanks reporter for the information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 Shelton family dismayed at $100\/plate, Dioxin Tainted local Shellfish<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ajqbKJ7GJU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A couple leaving Senator Maria Cantwell&#8217;s $100\/plate soiree avoid camera while admitting Dioxin contamination in Oakland Bay discussion in her Grace&#8217;s court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-8-11 Swells avoid camera, acknowledge Dioxin in Oakland Bay discussed<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xjq0xjcJrcI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3272\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2521crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3272\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3272\" title=\"Out On The Town\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2521crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2521crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2521crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2521crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portal to Privilege<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3273\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2526crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3273\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3273\" title=\"The Peerage\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2526crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2526crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2526crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2526crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Camelot, it only rains at night<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3274\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3274\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3274\" title=\"Foreign Influence\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2533-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2533-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2533-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They Took All the Trees and Put &#39;em in a Tree Museum.... -Joni Mitchell-<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3275\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2535crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3275\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3275\" title=\"Accessories \" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2535crp-1024x929.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2535crp-1024x929.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2535crp-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crossing Over to the Dark Side<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3276\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2544crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3276\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3276\" title=\"Lost Child's Shoe\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2544crp-1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2544crp-1024x821.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2544crp-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From One of the Little People outside the Soiree<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3277\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2546crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3277\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3277\" title=\"Requiem For Little People\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2546crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2546crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2546crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2546crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to Little People<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3278\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2547crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3278\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3278 \" title=\"Dancing w\/the Stars\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2547crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2547crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2547crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2547crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a Stately Pleasure-Dome Decree<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3279\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2548crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3279\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3279\" title=\"Finger Licking Good\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2548crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2548crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2548crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2548crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Cantwell Savors the Dioxin Tainted Seafood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3280\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2549crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3280\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3280\" title=\"5 Star Meal Raised in Hotbed of Dioxin Contamination\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2549crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2549crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2549crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2549crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It Must Have Been Something I Ate<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3281\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3281\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3281\" title=\"Full House, Full Stomachs\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2552-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2552-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2552-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pass The Dioxin, Please<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3282\" style=\"width: 994px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2554crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3282\" title=\"Too Hot\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2554crp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2554crp.jpg 984w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2554crp-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What&#39;s the half-life for Dioxin?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3284\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2584crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3284\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3284\" title=\"Bon Appetit\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2584crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2584crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2584crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2584crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Whom The Bell Tolls<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After witnessing such fine dining and an after dessert speech, it was time to visit where the little folk eat. It was only a block away on S. 2nd St.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3285\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2598crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3285\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3285\" title=\"Extreme Discounts Found Here\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2598crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2598crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2598crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2598crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hunger Makes the Best Sauce<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3286\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2599crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3286\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3286\" title=\"Free But Unavailable\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2599crp-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2599crp-1024x725.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2599crp-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perhaps It&#39;s Free because it&#39;s Empty?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, as luck would have it, the place was closed&#8230;there weren&#8217;t even any stragglers around. Perhaps it was that &#8216;no loitering&#8217; sign?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3288\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3288\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3288\" title=\"Mystery Kitchen\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2600-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2600-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bistro of My Heart--the Price is Right, but the Service is Terrible<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Perhaps they serve dinner fashionably late, ala European style? Note to Self: Encourage the proprietors to post hours and a menu. The place could become a tourist mecca&#8230;for the homeless. Shelton needs all the boosters it can get.<\/p>\n<p>But wait!&#8230;there was another subtle clue for the peaceful repose:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3289\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2602crp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3289\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3289\" title=\"Smoking Lamp is Out\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2602crp-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2602crp-1024x758.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2602crp-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2602crp.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clean Air Freaks<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That was IT! These folks were hard core environmentalists, unlike the Swells. And they were going to get Clean Air even if it meant hiking 25+ feet to the next enclave\/city-state. Further investigation was called for.<\/p>\n<p>OR&#8230;or, had they all rushed to sell their gold &amp; silver to buy stocks, taking advantage of the recent crash and buying opportunities for investors?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3290\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3290\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3290\" title=\"On Golden Pond\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2603-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2603-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2603-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After The Gold Rush<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yeah&#8230;that was it. It had to be! Unlike the Swells, these homeless geezers were damn clever. After all, you had to be smart to live on the streets&#8230;and live to tell about it. A quick turn to the right confirmed this suspicion&#8211;the Streets of Shelton, or at least the alleys, were PAVED with Gold!&#8211;Old Gold, Marlboro, Lucky Strike, Virginia Slims, and Chesterfield Lights. While the Swells had been gorging themselves on Dioxin, the little people had been preparing for the coming hyper-inflation by investing heavily.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3291\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3291\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3291\" title=\"City Sidewalks &amp; Holiday Cheer\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2605-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2605-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMGP2605-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brought to You by your City&#39;s Administration and Dawn Pannell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It looked like the Red Army had been on maneuvers and bivouacked there for a month! Many of the Swells and the Senator herself must have overlooked this goldmine in the heart of our fair city while squeezing in\/out of the back entrance to Xinhs. Arguably, perhaps a discerning eye more accustomed to street life was needed because it looked like a town that had crawled out from under a rock and never had a bath. After all, this alley that is Xinhs&#8217; backdoor passes right by Treasures only a block away. Maria, eat your heart out for not being a Shelton native growing up with the best City government money can buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Cantwell came to Shelton last night to meet the town&#8217;s money more than its residents. At $100\/plate, the privileged in our struggling economy were given easy access, the press and ordinary residents were not. 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