12 hrs June 27, 2025 Wendy Harris
While I was on the DOE site, they had an announcement about a government shut down if they are not funded by July 1, 2015, and a non-exclusive list of services that will be suspended, which included oil or hazardous spill response and dam safety problem inspections, except in critical situations. Continue reading
5:20pm June 24, 2015 Wendy Harris
My comment to the county council requesting that the citizen science provisions be retained in the proposed wildlife advisory committee is attached. This committee was always intended (by me, at least) as something that would supplement that normal land use planning process. Continue reading
3 hrs June 24, 2015 Sj Robson
**Connecting some dots between advocacy groups, individuals, and coal interests relating to the June 22 pro-GPT panel forum hosted by Whatcom Business Alliance, and sponsored by Northwest Jobs Alliance and Keep Washington Competitive**
This post was first intended to be in response to a comment made by Wendy Harris [on Whatcom Hawk Facebook] about Washington Farm Bureau President John Stuhlmiller who was one of the panelists at the June 22 pro-GPT panel forum. Continue reading
1 hr / June 23, 2015 Joy Gilfilen
Fascinating the way that Executive branch versions of Fast Tracking works. I just realized that the jail sales tax initiative is no longer in any discussion phase. It has totally moved to the consent agenda for tonight after a new presentation by a new commitee will happen this afternoon. Continue reading
June 18 at 9:43pm Sj Robson
Jon Mutchler wrote: “And I will stand up to those who don’t have our city’s best interests at heart.”
So far, City Council member Mutchler has not stood up to SSA Marine/PIT and its proposed Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal. Most people would argue that SSA Marine/PIT does not have the “city’s best interests at heart,” in proposing a 48 million ton coal export terminal that among other adverse impacts, would use a capacity of up to 5.33 million gallons of Nooksack River water per year. SSA Marine/PIT has its own best interests at heart, not the city of Ferndale. I’d like to see Mr. Mutchler stand up to that proposal. Continue reading
June 15 at 9:17pm Sj Robson
Charter Review Commissioner Ken Bell wrote this in a March 19 email to his fellow commissioners: “I have cast a couple of votes with trepidation and uncertainty and am not comfortable doing that any longer.”
At the time he wrote that, there had been 5 amendments voted on by the commission. I am curious as to which votes he was referring to. Continue reading
Whatcom County planning and development continues to be asleep at the wheel on the BP crude by rail facility. When is a “rail loop” not a rail loop/track? When BP’s project plans describe it only in linear feet instead of describing it as a “third loop” but then show the “third loop” in a diagram of the facility. Continue reading
June 12 at 5:23pm by Sj Robson on FacebookWhy isn’t The Bellingham Herald reporting on this important issue that other news media is reporting on?
The farmworkers/Sakuma Farms issue is not simply a Skagit issue, especially because many wholesale farmers in Whatcom County are customers of Sakuma Farms. Continue reading
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