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So, the Friday press briefing with Eric Anderson didn’t go down this week. No real surprise there. I’ve long since given up on it being a regular thing, and instead just consider it a small blessing when the press briefing does happen â€"which seems to be about once a month.

While Tacoma Public Relations Super Boy Rob McNair-Huff told me Anderson was out of the office today, he didn’t elaborate on what the City Manager might be up to on this fine Friday.

I have my suspicions.

Didn’t Step Brothers come out today? Or maybe he saw the new X-Files flick?

I heard they both suck.

Anyway, without anything of real importance to report, I’m left floundering here as Weekly Volcano World Headquarters starts to empty for the weekend. I feel like I owe you (venerable blogosphere) something, but trouble is I don’t have much to offer.

In case you’re interested, here’s a look at issues the City Council is set to address next week. I know it’s not much, but it’ll just have to do. I’ll buy you a beer sometime if it makes things better.

- Tuesday at noon Baarsma and Co will host a multiparty study session with the Joint Municipal Action Committee (JMAC, yo!). Though the Monday night episode of Gossip Girls is bound to come up at the Tuesday study session, mainly the council and JMAC will be discussing the area of land at 19th and Tyler Street area, near Foss High School, Cheney Stadium and Metro Parks Tacoma headquarters. Specifically, they’ll be trying to determine whether a Tacoma/JMAC tag team effort to improve the parcel is a good idea, and also establish long term plan for the land’s use.

- Also, during the actual Tuesday night City Council meeting, Baarsma and Co (wouldn’t that be a kick ass Saturday morning cartoon?) will be considering a resolution that would sell 15 acres and some change of land currently owned by Tacoma Power to the Port of Tacoma for a cool $2.93million. The land is located at 1300 Taylor Way in the Tacoma Tideflats, and is known to friends as the Hylebos Marsh Project. That’s a habitat restoration site, for those playing at home, and if the Port of Tacoma does end up purchasing the land they’ll have to promise to find a substitute habitat restoration site. Let’s just hope they don’t have their fingers crossed.

That’s all folks. See you on Monday.

Here's a picture of a dog with a beer to hold you over.