May 31, 2016 Wendy Harris ACTION
[Wendy originally made this post on Whatcom Hawk, but added the following additional text when she reposted it in the Bellingham Racial Justice Coalition Facebook group: Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Joe Rogoff sounds off: Whole Foods talks, but will they listen? / Noisy Waters Northwest, Sandy Robson
Familias Unidas por la Justicia President Ramon Torres, shown on left, Whole Foods Market Pacific Northwest Regional President Joe Rogoff, center, and Andrew Eckels, boycott organizer, right, at the May 11, 2016 Whole Foods Market store opening ceremony in Bellingham, WA. Photo credit James Leder
May 30, 2016 Sandy Robson
On May 19, 2016, I called Whole Foods Pacific Northwest Regional office and asked to speak to Joe Rogoff, President of the Pacific Northwest Region. I wanted to speak to him about the new Whole Foods Market store that opened in Bellingham, Washington, on May 11, 2016, and the protest by a delegation of farm workers and their supporters from the local community, that occurred during the store’s grand opening ceremony. Continue reading
Singing the Comp Plan Blues / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy
Photo by Dick Conoboy
Mon, May 23, 2016, 5:21 am Dick Conoboy
As the city slides down the razor blade of the comprehensive plan process, the Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission took up the discussion in a lively session on 18 May. Continue reading
An Eye for Herons, Lance Ekhart’s magnificent obsession / Cascadia Weekly, John D’Onofrio
Story and photo by John D’Onofrio · Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Everything is covered in shit. Everything.
The ground, ferns, nettles, fallen logs and every leaf on every tree is coated with a patina of white heron droppings. […] Continue reading
Latte Republic: gas pipelines by schools / NorthwestCitizen, John Servais
Fri, May 20, 2016, 1:25 pm John Servais
Elisabeth Britt has posted a good article on her Latte Republic website. It concerns the safe locating of our public schools.
Executive and Sheriff Explain County Position On Trump Visit / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
I emailed the Executive with regard to the Trump visit and received a prompt response, which included an email that Sheriff Elfo had prepared when responding to another citizen on this issue. Continue reading
Water quality and quantity problems are destined to fail for this reason: incentives / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
County Council, please take note. Despite all the positive changes you have made to the county comp. plan [Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan], your efforts to address water quality and quantity problems are destined to fail for this reason: incentives. Continue reading
Things to know about Driscoll’s at Whole Foods Market in Bellingham / Noisy Waters Northwest
Facebook event banner for May 28, 2016, 1 p.m., informational picket at Whole Foods Market, Lakeway Center location in Bellingham. Click on the graphic to go the the event page.
May 19, 2016 Dena Jensen (Updated May 19, 2016 at 5:15 p.m.)
In mid-March 2016 Familias Unidas por la Jusiticia launched a 28 day tour of the West Coast to “energize a major offensive on the boycott of Driscoll’s berries.” The second stop on their tour was at at Whole Foods Market in Portland, Oregon. I wanted to put together a few pieces of information about this month’s opening of Whole Foods Market here in Bellingham as it relates to the boycott of Driscoll’s Continue reading
Options High – what is going on? / NorthwestCitizen, Editor’s Blog, John Servais
Tue, May 17, 2016, 8:32 pm John Servais
Just posted [on NorthwestCitizen] is an article by Pat McKee on the need for a traffic study before building the new Options High. The Bellingham School District basically cheated on filling out their non dertermination form for city planning. Continue reading
Missing Options High School traffic study / NorthwestCitizen, Guest Writer, Patrick McKee
Plan is to replace the 110 student temporary buildings with a 400 student school. With two schools there now, traffic and parking are a mess.Tue, May 17, 2016, 7:45 pm Guest writer
Patrick McKee, a leader in the Sunnyland Neighborhood, guest writes.
Bellingham School District did not accurately answer questions contained in the Environmental Checklist submitted as part of their application to build a new Options High School. I refer specifically to the Transportation Chapter of the Checklist, page 36, questions F and H.
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