What I Discovered at the Philadelphia Democratic Convention / Facebook post, Whatcom Watch Original, Rebecca Meloy

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July 31, 2016  Rebecca Meloy

What I Discovered at the Philadelphia Democrat Convention :

*. Suppression of Delegate Votes:
1) On Sunday 7/24 over 200 Bernie delegates were locked out of the Rules Committee Hearing held at the Philadelphia Convention Center (PCC). The convention used a room that would seat 70, not 300-400 people. Continue reading →

The Two Party System – Gack! / NorthwestCitizen, Editor’s Blog, Tip Johnson

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Sat, Jul 23, 2016, 8:31 pm  Tip Johnson

An astute political observer just brought this to my attention.

Clinton’s selection of unknown Kaine as running mate signals that Democrats are willing to throw the election to Republicans and Trump will likely be our next president – absent a resurgence of Sanders in a contested convention.  Why would they do that?

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“Oil wasted on the ocean and upon Our seas, fish full of mercury ” – M. Gaye / Letter to the Whatcom County Council, Mike Sennett

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July 25, 2016  Mike Sennett

Letter to the Whatcom County Council:

Now that the Council has handed off the Chapter 2 ball to the Planning Commission, you will have more time to look around and see what else is going on in our state.  Continue reading →

January 26, 2016: the date citizens were stopped from participating at an acceptable level in the Whatcom County Comp Plan Update regarding the Cherry Point UGA / Facebook post, Sj Robson

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23 mins  July 25, 2016  Sandy Robson

January 26, 2016. Remember that date because that is the day that the general public, the Lummi Nation, the Suquamish Indian Tribe, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Tulalip Tribes (which submitted Comp Plan Update comments on Cherry Point UGA), and our County Council, were stopped from fully participating, or even participating at any acceptable level, in the County Comp Plan Update process as it relates to Cherry Point UGA.  Continue reading →

Obstruction of council members’s abiltiy to carry out their obligations to the public / Letter to the Whatcom County Council, Dena Jensen

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July 22, 2016  Dena Jensen

Dear Whatcom County Council:

I have been involved for 5 years in working in opposition to projects at Cherry Point that do or will adversely affect the air, lands, waters, life forms, and/or cultural and spiritual resources located there or the treaty rights of affected tribes, which in turn have or will have an adverse effect on the rest of our region.  The only question has ever been, whether those adverse effects can be lightened to some degree acceptable to either the Lummi and Nooksack Nations or the majority of people in our community. Continue reading →