October 26, 2015 Dena Jensen
Today, there is a great, fresh musical YouTube video by Bellingham songwriter Tracy Spring that is being shared about on Facebook. Continue reading
Category Archives: Commentary
The coal wizard behind the curtain has been revealed! / Facebook post, Coal Stop
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” – From the movie, The Wizard of Oz
October 25, 2015 Dena Jensen
There is a newly discovered, fully blackened Political Action Committee: Clear Ballot Choices (Pacific International Terminals LLC). Continue reading
Effort to Stop Bakken Oil Trains / NorthwestCitizen, John Servais
Large Great Blue Heron colony near March Point is threatened by oil train expansions. Photo with permission of Lance Ekhart Photography.
Sat, Oct 24, 2015, 2:26 pm John Servais
Some Whatcom County environmental folks want to help our neighbors in Skagit County fight the expansion of rail traffic to the Shell refinery near Anacortes. Continue reading
More reasons NOT to vote for Gary Jensen for Port of Bellingham Commissioner / Facebook post, Sj Robson
3 hrs October 24, 2015 Sandy Robson
Port of Bellingham candidate Gary Jensen finally got around to filing his campaign contributions (late). In reviewing those Public Disclosure Commission C3 reports, I can see why he waited. Continue reading
Things might have gotten a little too hot for the Whatcom Tea Party / Facebook post, Sj Robson
15 hrs October 24, 2015 Sandy Robson
Tonight DOVE Whatcom PAC Facebook deleted a comment I made and blocked my ability to comment, and deleted everyone’s comments on that thread. I had replied to a comment (shown in the screenshot photo) by Sandra Belzer Brendale from Yakima, on an Oct. 21 Facebook post on DOVE. Continue reading
Don’t be snookered! Vote NO on the Jail Tax! / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Joy Gilfilen
14 hrs Just on the surface, it is unsustainable. It has not been adequately justified, it has not had public hearings on this current plan, and it is simply bad business. Continue reading
Jail-roaded / Cascadia Weekly, The Gristle, Tim Johnson
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Tim Johnson
‘Jail-roaded’: Did the county bend election law in service to the jail?
Last week, on the day voters expected to receive their ballot and voters pamphlet they received instead a large, expensive glossy four-color multifold mailer.[…] Continue reading
Cloud Hangs Over Bellingham Bay Hazardous Dredging Site / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
And in news that no one seems to be talking about, the Port is working 24/7 excavating sediment from the Whatcom Waterway, removing dangerous levels of mercury, PCBs, dioxin, etc as part of the waterfront cleanup. That is the good news. Continue reading
Election Blues / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
9 hrs October 22, 2015 Wendy Harris“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum….”
― Noam Chomsky, The Common Good Continue reading
Bellingham Faces An Expensive Reality / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
October 21, 2015 Wendy Harris ACTION
“Affordable housing is a new, and growing reality.”
Kelli Linville, Candidate Statement, Voter’s Pamplet.
Oh goodie. Guess that means we can now forgo all those developer incentives and subsidies that are driving our property taxes up? Continue reading
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