I won't even pretend to have played a hand in it, but it looks like my request to provide wifi access to those serving jury duty is a few short months from becoming reality.

That's according to Bruce Moran, Deputy Court Administrator, who I met today. Turns out he's been looking for a way to provide the service since he came to Pierce County six months ago. His former stomping grounds in Okanagon County provided it, so he was surprised when he arrived in Tacoma and didn't see a sea of laptops in the jury waiting room.

To pay for it, Moran says the county might tap into the donation pool for the $10 pay that jurors receive per day for serving.
(King County uses its jury donation pool to fund a daycare - another good option that might help improve the turnout for jury duty.)
For folks like me, that's easy. I'm on salary so I get paid by the TNT while I'm here. But I still have to get my work done, so I'd gladly give up the $10/day to be given Internet access.