What a weekend to go to the coast. You’ll be pleased to hear I played two golf courses, one called Quail Valley, and one called Alderbrook, and ate a whopping great crab at Nehalem. My golf game is improving immeasurably, actually. Meanwhile all hell breaks loose with the homeless protest outside city hall.

Thanks so much to Amy Ruiz for covering the protest with such gusto in my absence. Honestly, this is one of the reasons I love being on the Mercury’s news team…the pair of us are genuinely fired up about this city and what’s going on here. At my old paper, something would happen on a weekend and nobody would pick it up. It’s good to know that Amy is there and willing to jump on the story for your benefit. Go Mercury news team! Yay!

Plus, newsworthy: The Homeless Liberation Front has a website! You’ll notice much of the coverage on there is from the Mercury. Just saying. Who works hardest to bring you round the clock coverage of the issues that matter? Amy Ruiz. That’s who. Did I mention my golf game is improving immeasurably? Good.