I’m more proud than ever to be a Democrat/ Glenn Stewart

November 30, 2024 Glenn Stewart

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat” — Will Rogers

I said in my post on election day that “I’m out.”  To be clear, I meant I have no intention of spending any portion of the next 4 years shouting into the darkness about how awful it is that that abomination is president.

This post isn’t about his Party, but rather mine.

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Still no movement from Bellingham toward dignity for Immigration Advisory Board members / Noisy Waters Northwest

March 27, 2024 Dena Jensen

During her Mayor’s Report at the March 11, 2024 Bellingham City Council meeting, Bellingham Mayor Kim Lund had announced that at the next City Council meeting the Administration was going to bring forward a Boards and Commissions Expectations document “to establish clear expectations about the important work that these groups do.” At Bellingham’s City Council meeting this week on March 25, that did not happen.

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Thoughts and Recommendations Regarding Public Records Requests / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

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6 hrs  March 16, 2016  Wendy Harris

There are few laws as important for Washington residents as the Public Records Act and the Open Public Meetings Act and yet, they are under constant pressure from cities and counties who wish to minimize the public’s access to information.You do not respond to a few alleged abusers by reducing access to information for everyone. Continue reading