Additional evidence, in case you needed any, that Gov. Chris Gregoire is taking Pierce County seriously this election: Two more Tacoma visits are planned over a three-day span.

Gregoire will visit with supporters and field questions Saturday morning at the Pierce County Democratic Campaign office, inside the IBEW Hall at 3049 South 36th Street.

The event begins at 10 a.m. and Gregoire is expected to arrive about 10:15 a.m.

U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Belfair) and Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma are scheduled to make opening remarks.

Everyone is invited to attend. RSVP Jason Watkins at jwatson@chrisgregoire.com or by phone at 253-272-2429.

Gregoire will be back in town Monday, touring a Tacoma General Hospital construction site at 8:30 a.m.

That visit was announced today by the Washington State Labor Council, which touted Gregoire's "strong record of creating good family wage jobs and a better workplace for members of the building trades."

And Gregoire was just here Tuesday, congratulating the Washington State Patrol.

For those of you keeping score at home, the upcoming events will make three Pierce County stops in a week. That I know about.

I met today with Nathe Lawver, Pierce County Democratic Party chairman. He supplied me with a list of Pierce County's Democratic delegates. I'm hoping to stay in touch with at least a few of them while they're in Denver later this month for the Democratic National Convention.

I realize that talking with a reporter back home -- or texting or IM'ing -- may not be the top priority of a busy delegate. (What exactly is the top priority of a busy delegate?)

But I told Nathe that I was hoping the more tech-savvy of the bunch could at least squeeze off a quick e-mail via cell phone if they have a little down time.

And then Lawver mentioned "microtargeting."

I missed this story while I was on vacation. But it seems the Obama camp doesn't want anyone twiddling their thumbs while they wait for the next speaker to take the stage during the final night of the convention.

They want all 75,000 people at Invesco Field using their cell phones to call unregistered people back home. I suppose they figure recipients will be impressed by a call that begins with, "Hey, guess where I am?"

From the AP story:

As they settle in their seats, campaign aides will be on stage asking them to text message their friends and use call sheets to get people to register. "There will be a lot of idle time. We put idle people to work," (Obama adviser Steve) Hildebrand said.

I'm still hoping at least one or two members of Pierce County's contingent will make a little time for me.

Click ahead to see the list of Pierce County Democratic delegates. I'll post a list of the Pierce County Republican delegates when I track it down.

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The Washington Coalition for Open Government sent a survey to candidates for local offices, the Legislature and statewide elected offices. The point was to get them on the record in support of a batch of open government issues ranging from recording executive sessions as a way of enforcing the open meetings act to creating an independent open government advocate.

The survey, with results available here, also asked candidates to take the pledge to support the coalition's positive on its priority issues.

Among those taking the pledge were Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg who is running for state Attorney General and three of the candidates for Pierce County Executive – Calvin Goings, Mike Lonergan and Shawn Bunney.

Missing are both Chris Gregoire and Dino Rossi and current Attorney General Rob McKenna. None returned the survey to the council.