MATT DRISCOLL: WHAT A WEEK >>>

To battle a $4.3 million deficit in 2009, Thurston County announced earlier this week that the county might be forced to lay off and/or not fill vacancies for 50 jobs â€" and raise sales tax. Perhaps the most startling aspect of the announcement, however, was the list of additional proposed cutbacks, including doing away with all jail treatment and education programs.

Good thing the fundamentals of our economy are strong, eh bubba? Otherwise a sane person might start to think we’re all headed to hell in a penniless and hungry hand basket.

If our meter we run in the Weekly Volcano rag every week rated Thurston County instead of Pierce County, I'd give this a minus 2.