Category Archives: Blog Post
Making Money on the Plight of Veterans / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy
Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 6:44 pm Dick Conoboy
As a veteran, I am a more than a bit sensitive about those who would profit over the condition of veterans in the US especially since those who send those soldiers into combat have little regard for their plight once they return. Continue reading
Important links and info to help get ready for the Comp Plan Public Hearing / Noisy Waters Northwest
The notice image above is linked to Whatcom County’s document center where the Notice of Upcoming Hearing for the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Urban Growth Area Review is posted. Continue reading
The Ugly Underbelly of Corporations’ Pursuit of a Coal Terminal / Coal Stop, Sandy Robson
January 9, 2016 by Sandy Robson
The Lynden Tribune newspaper made the decision to publish a December 23, 2015 opinion piece submitted by Chair John Huntley and President Brad Owens of the Northwest Jobs Alliance (NWJA). Continue reading
Quake Wake Up in Northwest Washington: Short Update / Reading the Washington Landscape, Dan McShane

From the PNSN site
This woke a few people up in northwest Washington. Continue reading
PDC findings released on Jail Mailer complaints / Noisy Waters Northwest
Findings have been released by the Public Disclosure Commission on the investigation into the “Whatcom County Community Report” (otherwise known as the Jail Mailer) that was sent out during the height of the 2015 Whatcom County election. County Executive Jack Louws and jail project consultant, DLR Group worked together with others on the mailer. Continue reading
Climate Marchers: Listen with Your Heart / Cheryl Crooks Photography, Cheryl Crooks
I had planned to write something else for my blog post today, but decided after participating in today’s Climate March that I needed to write about this instead.
It’s Not About The Mascot / Fish & Bicycles, Howard Muhlberg
November 25, 2015 Howard Muhlberg
When I began writing this post Monday, it was a VERY different post.
I’d read the news that some students and a professor at Western Washington University (WWU, Western), my place of employment for the past 15 years, were calling for a change of the university’s mascot, the Vikings, claiming it conflicts with Western’s commitment to diversity.
Post Election Notes: The Green Line in Whatcom County, Coal and a Jail
Local elections are over with most of the ballots counted.
In Whatcom County coal was the big looser. Continue reading
Next Whatcom County Planning Commission meeting is November 12 / Noisy Waters Northwest
Whatcom County Planning Commission meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. Continue reading







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