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

How The Waterfront Is Really Being Sold / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk

waterfront toursYesterday at 7:58pm  July 12, 2015  Wendy Harris

Well, the city and port propaganda machine is in full swing selling the public on the waterfront deal and how everything about it is going to be so great, great, great..from the sale to Harcourt, to the clean-ups, the demolition of historic structures, and of course, public access, which in Bellingham somehow increases habitat function. (Hooray for the Camelot that is Bellingham.) Continue reading

What Is An “Intensity of Use” Impact? And Why Should I Care? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk

11741194_10152956899635978_7495579539570191703_o19 hrs  July 12, 2015  Wendy Harris

An intensity of use impact is generally used to refer to disruption of wildlife from human presence, activities and land use. The greater the intensity of use, the more humans present, the more disruption to normal wildlife behavior, and the more likely there will be loss of biodiversity because many animals will naturally avoid areas with humans and pets. Continue reading

it’s your choice… / The Boynton Blog, community creativity from Whatcom County, Washington…and beyond

Whatcom Writes!July 1, 2015

Once again, it’s time to start thinking about your submission to Whatcom WRITES!

Each year, Whatcom County, Washington, selects a book for Whatcom READS! that will be read and discussed at libraries and in book groups throughout the region, culminating with local appearances by the author. The 2016 title is A Tale for the Time Being: Continue reading

Bellingham to Seattle (Days 29-35) / Breaking Clean Tour, Nick Mullins

Resilience at the Crossroads of Racial and Climate Justice at the Daybreak Indian Cultural Center, Seattle, WA

Saturday, July 11, 2015  Nick Mullins

We are so often amazed at the way our journeys intersect with events and organizations. Finding that our initial schedule just happened to coincide with the Tongue River Railroad EIS hearings in Eastern Montana, the Miner’s Memorial Weekend in Cumberland, BC, the Sustainability Festival on Denman Island, and most recently, an event titled “Resilience at the Crossroads of Racial and Climate Justice” in Seattle, all seems to strain the concept of coincidence. Continue reading

Lois Garlick was our hero / NorthwestCitizen, John Servais

Lois Garlick, 1920 – 2015

Thu, Jul 09, 2015, 8:27 am  John Servais

Lois Garlick died peacefully in her sleep on June 28 at age 95.  She and her husband George, who died several years ago, were awarded the first Environmental Heros award by Re-Sources.  It was obvious and symbolic.  Their environmental stewardship predated by decades the beginning of the modern enviro movement in the early 1970s. Continue reading

Do you want your Bellingham Port Commissioners to be listening to you? / Facebook Post, Sj Robson

want to come watch1 hr July 10, 2015  Sandy Robson

Do you want your Bellingham Port Commissioners to be focused on listening to you, or to be offering corporations and developers the upper hand?

As we head into the primary elections, I decided to re-visit some of my older articles and comment posts to remind people why Gary Jensen should not be elected for Bellingham Port Commissioner. . .or for any other elected office. Today’s reason: Continue reading