August 24, 2015 jik
Now in its 30th year, Write on the Sound (WOTS) Writers’ Conference will take place October 2, 3, and 4, 2015, at the Frances Anderson Center in Edmonds, Washington. Continue reading
Category Archives: Information
Bellingham Herald Article Regarding Bikes… Interesting Comments / Politics Whatcom, James Gibson
August 20, 2105 James Gibson
Since I don’t have Facebook account and therefore can’t comment on Bellingham Herald articles, I decided to make a blog post addressing some of the comments on one specific article, where I found many false and inflammatory comments as a bicyclist (the article is about bicycle projects/ safety). Continue reading
2015 Totem Pole Journey to Otter Creek begins / Facebook post, Coal Stop
2 hrs August 21, 2015 Dena Jensen ACTION
For over a decade Lummi Elder and House of Tears Carver Jewell James has been creating totem poles and taking journeys to deliver them, which have allowed people to meet together over those totem poles and heal. Continue reading
$15/hr Minimum Wage – Seriously? / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy
And therein lies the problem. Up ahead. Like Zeno’s arrow, you never get there.Wed, Aug 19, 2015, 5:00 am Dick Conoboy
This week in Iowa, Bernie Sanders said in a stump speech, “We’ve got to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, $15 an hour.” Continue reading
King Kong or Curious George? / Bellingham Muse, Pete Johnson
August 7, 2015 Pete Johnson
Albert Einstein once said “The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.” Continue reading
My message to Montana Congressman Zinke / Facebook post, Sj Robson
54 mins August 20, 2015 Sandy Robson ACTION
The recent Herald article (advertisement is more like it) about the Montana delegation coming to town to tour the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal site at Cherry Point really irritated me—for many reasons. Continue reading
Fatal Flaw In City/County Critical Area Ordinance Must Be Fixed / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
14 hrs August 20, 2015 Wendy Harris ACTIONPlease mark your calendars for next Thursday for the COB planning commission hearing on the Critical Area Ordinance. Continue reading
Whatcomcentric, Political, and Wonky Charter Stuff / Reading the Washington Landscape, Dan McShane
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Dan McShane
I previously posted about the obscure Charter Commission (charter-review-whatcomcentric). This post is a modified version updating where things are at. Continue reading
Are Trail Users Conservation Minded? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
11 mins August 18, 2015 Wendy Harris
Are Trail Users Conservation Minded?
If they are it does not show. Here is the annual agenda for the Washington State Trails Coalition meeting in Lacey later this year. Continue reading
Ballew to Daines: ‘That day is no more’ / Coal Stop, Sandy Robson
Coal train near Coal Strip power plants in Colstrip, Montana. Photo by Nick Mullins, summer 2015
August 15, 2015 Sandy Robson
United States Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is on a mission. His mission is to do whatever it takes to get the Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT), a 48 million metric-ton-per-year coal export terminal, permitted and built. The GPT project is proposed in Whatcom County, Washington, and would be sited at Xwe’chi’eXen (Cherry Point), along the shoreline, which is part of the Lummi Nation’s traditional fishing area. The company proposing GPT is Pacific International Terminals (PIT), a subsidiary created for the project by SSA Marine. Continue reading
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