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Sobering News about Whatcom Falls Hatchery / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dena
fish die off whatcom falls14 hrs  August 8, 2015  Wendy Harris

I am not sure what concerns me more.. this massive fish die-off, or the fact that we put the fish, when they live, in area lakes, knowing they are unhealthy and carry bacteria, parasites and other disease. Continue reading →

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WHAT DO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS & COAL HAVE IN COMMON / Evergreen State Journal, Bill Walker

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dena

     Orange Sunset

August 8, 2015  Bill Walker

I have a disease it’s called Multiple Sclerosis which is a neurodegenerative disorder that is slowly and silently destroying my central nervous system. Continue reading →

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The Hansen’s Giant Rental Megaplex – Part 2 / Northwest Citizen, Dick Conoboy

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dena
Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon!

Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 10:14 am  Dick Conoboy

The saga continues.

Local lawyers Belcher and Swanson threw the legal equivalent of a hissy fit while representing Cottonwood Units LLC – otherwise known as David and Jon Hansen of Lakeway Realty. Continue reading →

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BAS Does Not Support Eliminating Small Wetland Buffers. Why Does City? / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dena
connectivity streams

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=296414#Download

8 hrs  August 5, 2015  Wendy Harris

Under the GMA, the city is required to consider Best Available Science in its CAO regulations. The BAS does not support elimination of buffers for small wetlands. Continue reading →

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Potential New Software For Bellingham Police Department / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Dick Conoboy

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dena
cob police predictive

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1264/2576090/

21 mins August 5, 2015  Dick Conoboy

Over the past several days I have had an exchange of emails with Chief Cook regarding this grant and the software it will purchase. Continue reading →

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Montana Mischief – U.S. Senate applies pressure to Cherry Point review / Cascadia Weekly, Tim Johnson

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Dena

Wednesday, August 5, 2015  Tim Johnson

Steve Daines is not happy with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and that agency’s decisions about the handling of the review process for the Gateway Pacific Terminal coal pier proposed for Cherry Point.[…] Continue reading →

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How’s the Nooksack Doing? / Get Whatcom Planning, Jean Melious

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Dena

Tropical+fish

Tropical salmon, photographed in the South Fork of the Nooksack. Salmon are very adaptable.

Thursday, July 30, 2015  Jean Melious

I’ve been out of town for most of July.  From afar, I see that low water levels and high temperatures are killing off fish in the Columbia River, the Snake River in Idaho, and some rivers in Oregon. Continue reading →

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Whatcom County Jail: Another reason to examine costs / Facebook post, Joy Gilfilen

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Dena

criminal justic reformJuly 30 2015  Joy Gilfilen

Another reason to examine costs – check this article out. This is why many of our fully informed taxpayers will vote down the sales tax…and then we have to start figuring out how to downsize our punishment system. Continue reading →

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An Analysis of Whatcom County Jail Press Releases: Word Counts, Word Clouds, Relational Graphs, Criminogenic Cycles / Bellingham Politics and Economics, Ryan Matthew Ferris

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Dena

whatcom jail word cloudSunday, August 2, 2015  Ryan Matthew Ferris

The data below in this first part of this post comes front the collected booking records of the Whatcom County Inmate Database: Press Releases. Continue reading →

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GPT submitting “policy guidance” to Whatcom County on the Comprehensive Plan / Facebook Post, Sj Robson

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Dena

Northwest Jobs Planning Commission3 hrs  August 1, 2015  Sandy Robson

An example of the attempted manipulation of our Whatcom County land use policies by Gateway Pacific Terminal proponents and their advocacy groups is this July 24, 2015 letter from Northwest Jobs Alliance (AKA Gateway Pacific Terminal) to the Whatcom County Planning Commission. Continue reading →

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