August 9, 2015 Barbara Perry
Are all 47 Washington Conservation District elections full of fraud?
These conservation districts, mostly bound by county lines, “help citizens protect renewable resources through the use of voluntary, incentive-based practices.” They are funded by federal, state, and grant money. Continue reading
Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon!Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 10:14 am Dick Conoboy
The saga continues.
Local lawyers Belcher and Swanson threw the legal equivalent of a hissy fit while representing Cottonwood Units LLC – otherwise known as David and Jon Hansen of Lakeway Realty. Continue reading
Steve Daines is not happy with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and that agency’s decisions about the handling of the review process for the Gateway Pacific Terminal coal pier proposed for Cherry Point.[…] Continue reading
Three candidates have stepped up to replace Jim Jorgensen, retiring from the Port of Bellingham’s board of commissioners at the end of this year.[…] Continue reading
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Bob Simmons
Use of Force Model from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 5:38 am Dick Conoboy
On July 7, two Bellingham police officers confronted a homeless man with a knife outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Bakerview Rd. You can read the Herald article on this incident here. In many communites in the U.S., that man would now be lying in a morgue, a victim of bad police training and a “shoot first” mentality. Continue reading
Lois Garlick, 1920 – 2015Thu, Jul 09, 2015, 8:27 am John Servais
Lois Garlick died peacefully in her sleep on June 28 at age 95. She and her husband George, who died several years ago, were awarded the first Environmental Heros award by Re-Sources. It was obvious and symbolic. Their environmental stewardship predated by decades the beginning of the modern enviro movement in the early 1970s. Continue reading
Tue, Jul 07, 2015, 9:13 am John Servais
A quick short post here for the basic facts.
The Charter Review Commission met last night, Monday evening, and passed all eight of their proposed amendments and have sent them on to the county council for consideration. Continue reading
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Tim Johnson, The Gristle
Despite the long and pretentious, preening moment of silence and quiet reflection the conservative caucus of the Whatcom Charter Review Commission invokes at the start of their meetings, caucus members nevertheless failed to gain divine insight on several key realities: […] Continue reading
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