Welcome to Noisy Waters Northwest! Many facts, figures, stories, and perspectives are, sadly, often unheralded in our local media in Whatcom County, Washington. Click on the title of items on our picturesque story board for a refreshing splash of information that won’t be held back. There is a search page to search all information on this blog site. All posts note their categories of commentary or news related content. Continue reading
Calling on Whatcom County officials to protect those exposed to extreme climate impacts/ Letter to Whatcom County Council and Executive Sidhu
September 18, 2022 Dena Jensen
Many of our friends and neighbors are put in a position to feel they have to work, without critical protections under severely smokey or hot conditions. There are currently no sufficiently protective provisions from our local, state, and federal governments for farmworkers and certain groups of people whom we have left to live or work outside during dangerous weather conditions.
I am including below an email I sent to Whatcom County officials today to call on them to take action locally and use their influence to urge state and federal governments to take action, as well.
Whatcom mayors press for new jail ahead of services / Noisy Waters Northwest
September 6, 2022 Dena Jensen
September 9, 2022 is the next meeting of the Justice Project Stakeholder Advisory Committee. They need to know the public wants to participate in decisions about mental and behavioral health services for our community and a potential new jail. This is their email address: sac@co.whatcom.wa.us. Here is a link to the Sept. 9 agenda: https://www.whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/68996/Agenda—SAC-Group-Discussion—Sept-9-2022
Continue readingOh joy, let’s bring Universal Healthcare to the 2023 Washington State election ballot / Noisy Waters Northwest
August 22, 2022 Dena Jensen
Here’s to the opportunity to allow all Washington voters to enroll in non-profit healthcare coverage! Some of our community members are out taking action and organizing right now to ensure that State Initiative 1471 gets enough petition signatures to make it onto the 2023 election ballot so voters can potentially do just that.
Continue readingTranscription of remarks about barriers to homeless sheltering and housing for veterans in Whatcom County / Letter to Whatcom County Council
August 18, 2022 Dena Jensen
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022, 06:32:14 PM PDT
Subject: Transcription of remarks made about barriers to homeless sheltering and housing for veterans in Whatcom County at the August 4, 2022, Whatcom County Coalition To End Homelessness (WCCEH) meeting
Continue readingRegarding Bellingham Police Department officers using text messages to conduct agency business / Letter to Bellingham Mayor Seth Fleetwood
The images above display screenshots from Bellingham Police Department Lieutenant Claudia Murphy’s body cam video recordings in late 2021 related to her work enforcing City of Bellingham parking code for recreational vehicles
August 4, 2022 Dena Jensen
There is an August 1, 2022 post here on Noisy Waters Northwest related to the subject of this email sent today to City of Bellingham Mayor Seth Fleetwood. As of the time of that post, I had not yet received a response from the Mayor or Bellingham City Council President Hannah Stone regarding questions I had about Bellingham Police Department officers being advised, back in January of 2021, to delete their text messages weekly. Here is the link to that post: https://noisywatersnw.com/2022/08/01/waiting-for-answers-regarding-bellingham-police-department-texting-practices-noisy-waters-northwest/
Continue readingWhatcom County Council Members need more education related to homeless services / Noisy Waters Northwest
August 2, 2022 Dena Jensen
Our Whatcom County Council Members continue to need additional education and oversight on their positions regarding homeless services in Whatcom County. You can contact your Council Members with your input regarding the following information with contact information provided at the bottom of this post.
Continue readingWaiting for answers regarding Bellingham Police Department texting practices / Noisy Waters Northwest
August 1, 2022 Dena Jensen
Sometimes the failure of government officials to respond, or the length of time it takes them to respond, provides some of the answer to the questions you are asking.
Continue readingSome relevant perspective regarding Whatcom County concerns related to 22 North / Noisy Waters Northwest
July 13, 2022. Dena Jensen
I was not able to attend the Whatcom County Council meeting last night in order to give public comment, but I did manage to send off an email I’m including in this post, right before the meeting started.
Continue readingBigger bang needed behind Ferndale fireworks safety / Noisy Waters Northwest
July 4, 2022
Last year, as the Fourth of July approached, Ferndale, Washington community member Glenn Stewart put together a 20 page document addressing his concerns over threats and damage that fireworks – especially those identified as illegal within Ferndale city limits – posed to the animals, humans, and property there.
Continue readingSenator Sefzik Proposes Riches for Oil Companies; Democrats Reject It
June 24, 2022 Glenn Stewart
A recent Wharton School study of gas-tax holidays in Maryland, Connecticut, and Georgia found that on average about 70 percent of the tax cuts got passed along to consumers—Refiners and gas-station owners pocketed the biggest chunk of the “savings.”
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