The commencement event for Totem Pole Journey 2016 was held at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship on Thursday, August 18 at 7 pm. Shasta Cano-Martin, Secretary of the Lummi Indian Business Council, Roxanne Murphy, Bellingham City Council member, and Carl Weimer, Whatcom County Council member spoke, as did RE Sources for Sustainable Communities manager Matt Petryni, Lummi Nation Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office staff member, Dr. Kurt Russo, and Lummi Nation Tribal members Fred Lane and Jewell James.
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Obamacare is Better – But than what? / NorthwestCitizen, Editor’s Blog, Tip Johnson
Thu, Aug 25, 2016, 5:00 am Tip Johnson
In the theory of market economics, government involvement should be limited to providing services the private sector can’t profitably or reliably provide.
A refutaton of your message RE Important Research results on the Lyden Tribune / Email to Lynden Tribune Editor Calvin Bratt from Bill Warner, Ph.D.
Excerpt of Letter to the Editor, week of August 10, 2016 from the Lynden Tribune
August 20, 2016
NWNW Administrator’s note: The following email was sent by Dr. Bill Warner to Lynden Tribune Editor Calvin Bratt in response to Mr. Bratt’s August 15, 2016 email allegations, (The text of Mr. Bratt’s email is included in Bill Warner’s refutation email). Mr. Bratt’s charges included this one: “What is truly shameful is this continual attack against me, Mike Lewis and the reputation of the Lynden Tribune. I am astonished that you keep this up.” In addition to the emails included in this post, you can read Noisy Waters Northwest’s August 15, 2016 post of Dr. Warner’s email thread presenting his continued research on what he has found to be Lynden Tribune’s Tea Party oriented editorial proclivities.
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A “Proclamation of Emergency” was considered for May 2016 Trump rally in Lynden / Facebook post, Sj Robson
Remember the May, 7, 2016 Donald Trump rally at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden, that so far, has cost Whatcom County taxpayers approximately $130,000 in terms of law enforcement and agency response expenses?
Did you know that a “Proclamation of Emergency” (dated May 6, 2016) was prepared by Whatcom County’s Division of Emergency Management for County Executive Jack Louws to sign regarding the Trump rally? Continue reading
Temper Tantrum Taints City Council / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy and Anne Mackie
After three minutes at city council you are cooked – or else!.[Note: This article was written by NWCitizen regular contributor, Dick Conoboy and by Anne Mackie, a community activist for 50 years. Her first encounter with authoritarianism was in 1966 when a bucket of mop water was thrown out the window of the Federal Court House building on Magnolia St. at a group of anti-war protesters that she was part of.]
Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:13 am // Dick Conoboy
The August 8 evening meeting of the Bellingham City Council must be viewed (video here) if you want to see the direction the city is taking on stifling citizen involvement in planning for our future.
Lynden “Tea Party” Tribune continues its long-standing policy of exclusively promoting Republican and Tea Party views / Research and commentary, Bill Warner, Ph.D.
August 15, 2016 Bill Warner, Ph.D.
Dear Neighbors,
As a long-time subscriber to the Lynden Tribune and a concerned citizen, I continue to research the Tribune’s editorial/forum pages and “news” pages and the clear conclusion is that: Lynden “Tea Party” Tribune continues its long-standing policy of exclusively promoting Republican and Tea Party views. Calvin Bratt and Michael Lewis have no interest in publishing any Community Forum columns or letters to the editor that favor Democrats or progressives. Continue reading
Watch out for Republican candidate for Public Lands Commissioner Steve McLaughlin’s position on the GPT project / Facebook post, Sj Robson
August 14, 2016 Sandy Robson
If you are like the majority of Whatcom County residents who are opposed to the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT), AKA– “the coal terminal,” then you should care about who wins the 2016 election for Washington State Public Lands Commissioner. Continue reading
BNSF does not have the authority to determine what is enforceable or unenforceable under federal law / Letter to the Blaine City Council, Paula Rotundi
August 14, 2016 Paula Rotundi
August 12, 2016
Dear City Council Members,
It is my understanding from reading The Northern Light that you received a letter from BNSF Railway urging you to refrain from voting to outlaw shipments of oil and coal by rail because such a measure is “unenforceable under federal law and costly for taxpayers”. Before deciding that you must do as BNSF says, I ask that you please consider the following information: Continue reading
Anti-Nuclear Weapons ship ‘Golden Rule’ to Visit / NorthwestCitizen, Guest writer, Ellen Murphy
The ‘Golden Rule’ today. Again drawing attention to U.S. nuclear weapons program.Ellen Murphy writes about efforts to bring attention to present day unnoticed trillion dollar upgrade of nuclear weapons.
Sat, Aug 13, 2016, 11:19 am Guest writer, Ellen Murphy
Did you go to the harbor in July to see the colonial-era tall ships and hear the cannons boom?
noisy waters northwest 
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