Citizens: BPD dismissive of people of color / NorthwestCitizen, Ralph Schwartz

Junga Subedar of the Whatcom Civil Rights Project, left, hands crime reports to Detective Caryn Queen, center, and Detective Sgt. Claudia Murphy, right, Tuesday, April 26, inside the Bellingham Police Department lobby.

 

Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 7:04 pm  Ralph Schwartz

Saying the police failed to investigate assaults against protesters who marched in downtown Bellingham two months earlier, a group of citizens turned in their own crime reports on Tuesday, April 26, to the Bellingham Police Department.

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An Open Letter to U.S. Representative Rick Larsen / NorthwestCitizen, David Camp


The Fugio Penny, our first coin issued in 1787 and designed by Benjamin Franklin. Time flees and we should mind our business – if our government will allow us to do that.

Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 3:46 pm  David Camp

In Washington state we have pioneered, thanks to vigorous and politically-active citizens and a robust citizen initiative process, the re-legalization of cannabis. Continue reading

Western students boycott outside Costco / The Western Front, Nic Ulmer

 
Western junior Pollete Trana protests against Driscoll's Berries at a boycott outside of the Bellingham Costco on Sunday, April 12. // Photo by Nic Ulmer

Western junior Pollete Trana protests against Driscoll’s Berries at a boycott outside of the Bellingham Costco on Sunday, April 12. // Photo by Nic Ulmer

APRIL 19, 2016 Nic Ulmer

Western students and community members held a protest outside Costco on Monday, April 17, urging shoppers and the store to boycott Driscoll’s Berries and Sakuma Brothers for their reputation of mistreatment toward farmworkers. Continue reading

Additional Ferndale Schools donkey basketball records info: Junk Mail / Noisy Waters Northwest

April 24, 2016  Dena Jensen

Here’s a little additional information gained from Ferndale School District records regarding the controversial February 13 Donkey Basketball event that was held at Ferndale High School this year.  This info did not make it into Sandy Robson’s recent report that is also posted here on Noisy Waters NW, “Was more diligence due for students and donkeys? Following up on the February 13, 2016 Ferndale Donkey Basketball Event.”   Continue reading

Was more diligence due for students and donkeys? Following up on the February 13, 2016 Ferndale Donkey Basketball Event / Sandy Robson

 

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2016 Ferndale donkey basketball event poster and screen shots of video taken at the 2012 Ferndale event.

April 22, 2016  Sandy Robson

Author’s Note:  I sent an email letter to the Ferndale School District on February 8, 2016, voicing my opposition to the February 13, 2016 donkey basketball fundraiser. After receiving Ferndale School District Superintendent Linda Quinn’s reply that afternoon to my email, and reading her statements in various news articles, I was curious about a number of things. Continue reading