April 3, 2023 Dena Jensen
In the email and graphic in this post there is a little more info related to Bellingham elected officials moving forward an ordinance to make public drug use illegal and considering related services. I sent the email to make sure elected officials had this information and to address some items from a response that one official had sent to a previous email about the ordinance which I had sent.
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It’s time we get the apology that Taylor Shellfish failed to offer when charges were originally brought against their company in September of 2016 for racial discrimination.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found that former Taylor Shellfish employee Jeremy Daniels was called various racial slurs (noted in the EEOC press release linked to in the post) by his supervisor at Taylor Shellfish (based in Shelton and one of the largest producers of shellfish in the country) and was directed by management to ignore this discrimination. Continue reading
Thursday, February 25, 2016 Ryan Matthew Ferris
After you have made sure you are a registered voter at myvote.wa.gov, you can fill out, print and sign your *DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT CAUCUS SIGN IN* at https://www.demcaucus.com/register . Doing this will give you your precinct and caucus location. Continue reading
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Ryan Matthew Ferris
Three PDF based snapshots from the Whatcom County Sample Ballot are at the end fo this post. Here’s a rundown on how I voted:
Monday, October 19, 2015 Ryan Matthew Ferris
Whatcom County Annual Incarceration Costs – per projection #2.Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 11:48 am David Camp
Key data to help you make your decision on the county’s proposal to borrow $97 million to build a new jail:
Amount borrowed: $ 97,000,000 Continue reading
Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 6:52 pm Tip Johnson
The Restorative Community Coalition, led by Irene Morgan & county executive candidate Joy Gilfilen, has identified 15 ways the County has stuffed the jail in their Report to Taxpayers (p. 10-11) Continue reading
Cumulative mass balance for several north Cascades glaciers (Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin, 2013 2013_gmbb12.pdf)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 Dan McShane
The Seattle Times ran an article on the ongoing glacial research is the North Cascades: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/disastrous-low-snow-heat-eat-away-at-northwest-glaciers . Continue reading
16 hrs August 25, 2015 Wendy Harris
According to the City of Bellingham’s 2014 Stream Monitoring Report:
“The status of Bellingham’s urban streams for the period ending in 2014 is mixed. Only Hanna Creek was able to meet all Department of Ecology standards ensuring the highest water quality. Continue reading
29,637 Bookings for Whatcom County Jail covering the 4.5 year period from 1/1/2011 to 7/1/2015. Continue reading
noisy waters northwest 
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