Bellingham Planning Commission last night. The PC went over the housing chapter of the Comp Plan. Continue reading
Category Archives: Information
County Council Agenda for Tuesday Has Important Items for Review / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Look at the bottom of the agenda to review the introduction items, and you will see a “Resolution adopting a Statement of Incarceration Prevention, Criminal Justice, and Jail Planning Principles for Whatcom County’s criminal justice and behavioral health systems (AB2016-072).” Any comments on that will need to be made at open session in the evening. Continue reading
Northwest Jobs Alliance’s Smear Continues / Facebook post, Sandy Robson
In its February 2, 2016 ad, Northwest Jobs Alliance (NWJA), led by SSA Marine’s Gateway Pacific Terminal consultant Craig Cole, along with John Huntley and Brad Owens, continues to misrepresent Lummi Nation’s comments submitted on the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Update. Continue reading
Fictions in Collision / Cascadia Weekly, The Gristle, Tim Johnson
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Tim Johnson
FICTIONS IN COLLISION: Whatcom County Council held a long and crowded, rancorous session on the update of the county’s Comprehensive Plan last week.[…] Continue reading
Harriet Spanel has passed on / NorthwestCitizen, John Servais
Official state senate photo.
Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 4:49 pm John Servais
Harriett Spanel died yesterday. She was only 77 but had been dealing with some health issues the past few years. She still had the energy and desire for politics.
The Bellingham Herald’s Dean Kahn is on the story and will not doubt expand what is so far posted. Dean knew her and that is when he does best. […]
Say Nein to Uber / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy
Uber Logo.
Sun, Jan 31, 2016, 11:04 am Dick Conoboy
Last September during focus groups on the Comp Plan update the notion of the use of Uber (among other options) in our transportation plans was brought up by the Planning Director, Rick Sepler. […] Continue reading
On prohibiting the shipment of coal, or crude oil, from any new shipping terminal or pier/ Comment to Whatcom County Council, Sandy Robson
February 1, 2016 Sandy Robson
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:23 p.m.
To: Council
CC: Jack Louws, PDS
Subject: Public comment on the 2016 Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Update
Wendy Harris’ Research on Wood Smoke/ Noisy Waters Northwest
February 1, 2016 Dena Jensen
As most folks who visit the Whatcom Hawk Facebook group are aware, Wendy Harris, who manages that Facebook group has done a great deal of research on wood smoke and wood burning over the course of the last couple months. Continue reading
The Science Is Clear. Manure Contaminates Drinking Wells. / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
6 hrsFebruary 1, 2016 Wendy Harris
While the farmers continue to deny any responsibility for the dangerous nitrate contamination in county ground water and drinking wells, more studies continue to document the connection between manure management and ground water quality, explain how and why this occurs and offer solutions that could reduce the amount of nitrogen loading. Continue reading
Now posted: County Comprehensive Plan Comments sent to Council / Noisy Waters Northwest
Update, February 19, 2016: In an effort to make information more easily accessible to the public, Whatcom County staff has been working on adjusting their method of posting “2016 County Council Comp Plan and UGA Comments.” The information below is in reference to the comments as they were posted on the county website from January 29, 2016 to February 18, 2016. I am leaving this posted since the excerpts from the material of people who submitted comments may still be useful to people. And perhaps some record of how the comments were originally presented will be of some importance in the future. I will do another post about the current way the comments are posted very soon.
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