THIS IS HOW BELLINGHAM KILLS WILDLIFE / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

11722181_10152960183790978_199958796458384265_o16 hrs  July 13, 2015  Wendy Harris

The Cow Beach project is full of manure. The city continues to assert that wildlife, habitat, people, pets and recreation are all compatible uses throughout the waterfront, finding consultants who reach conclusions that contradict Best Available Science. Some of the greatest damage is done through impacts to forage fish, which form the lynchpin of the aquatic food web on the Pacific coast. Continue reading

Kudos to Our Police / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy

Use of Force Model from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 5:38 am  Dick Conoboy

On July 7, two Bellingham police officers confronted a homeless man with a knife outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Bakerview Rd. You can read the Herald article on this incident here. In many communites in the U.S., that man would now be lying in a morgue, a victim of bad police training and a “shoot first” mentality. Continue reading