Below, is my public comment on proposed ordinance AB2016-191 that I gave last night during Open Session, at the June 28 County Council meeting. Continue reading
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Consider supporting changes by Council Member Weimer to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 2 Land Use / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Please consider supporting the below changes [to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 2 Land Use] drafted by council member Carl Weimer through public comments and testimony. They are intended to protect the environment and Lummi cultural values at Cherry Point. Continue reading
A progressive local news hub: Whatcom Watch Original / Facebook post, Whatcom Watch Original, Rebecca Meloy
Issue 1, May 1992. Truly a grassroots endeavor: Rebecca even hand drew the title and wetland heron that appeared on the early Whatcom Watch home-based newsletter. Click the graphic to read some of the original content in the first edition.
June 28, 2016 Rebecca Meloy
Note: Rebecca Meloy and Barbara Perry have created the new Facebook group, Whatcom Watch Original, that this Facebook post of Rebecca’s describes.
(There is no peace at a Fairhaven brewery/on stolen land, there is only coping.) / Facebook post, Neah Monteiro
June 25, 2016 Neah Monteiro
Last night I confronted a British-born, Canandian-bred, self-admitted “little-bit-racist,” white Bellingham resident extolling England’s proud history of colonialism, telling stories about his admiration of black and brown colonial subjects and refugees “improving their lot” as they served him in the UK and Canada. Andy Ingram broke down white privilege when the guy bragged about making $40-50 an hour in Wash., and how he’d have to start at $10 if he moved to Oregon, but would “work his way up.” Continue reading
Should Louws Have Greater Independent Spending Power? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
One item that is back on the county council agenda (and is not related to the comp. plan) is the attempt by the executive to increase the amount of money he can spent on a contract project, or on hiring consultants, without council approval. Continue reading
Cows Create Dangerous Air Pollution For Nearby Residents / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
“Summer evenings, when the air’s real still, every one of those cows is kicking up dust with every step, manure dust,” Mr. Frantz said. “That cloud of dust can float right into your home, right over it, through the cracks. It’s manure that you’re breathing, not even dirt.” – From the NY Times article (above) by Beth Gardiner Continue reading
Comprehensive Plan process, City of Bellingham: revised schedule of work sessions / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Dick Conoboy
Click on the graphic to access COB Special Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda on the COB website.
For those of you who are following the Comprehensive Plan process for the City of Bellingham, there is a revised schedule of work sessions as the city council moves the sessions to the Committee of the Whole which meets in the afternoon. Continue reading
County PC Does Not Find Draft CAO Compliant With GMA (Yes, you read that correctly) / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
June 19, 2016 Wendy Harris
I just reviewed the [Whatcom] county planning commission’s final Critical Area Ordinance Findings of Fact, after the planning commission refused to sign off on one of the findings drafted by the planning department.. a very unusual occurrence. Continue reading
The Train Is Leaving The Track / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
June 16, 2016 Wendy Harris ACTION
I could not help the bad pun so please forgive me. But everyone should know that the county council is holding a special committee meeting of the whole next Tuesday, the 21st [of June 2016], only one week after their last meeting, for the purpose of going over more of the comp. plan chapters and apppendix. Continue reading
What’s Riddled With More Holes Than Cheese? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Excerpt from Whatcom County, WWC 16.16 Critical Areas Regulations, Draft Adopted by Whatcom County Planning Commission 06-09-2016. Click on graphic to access document.
What’s Riddled With More Holes Than Cheese?
All the exemptions, exceptions, conditional and allowed activities inside critical area habitat conservation areas (The CAO [Critical Areas Ordinance]).
You may not realize all the activities that are allowed when we are protecting biodiversity because they are found in two locations, the specific Article provisions for that type of critical area, and in Article 2, which applies generally to all critical areas. Continue reading
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