20 hrs August 8, 2015 Sandy Robson
Common Threads Northwest is suing Whatcom County over the proposed “Five Fair and Equal Districts” charter amendment that was approved to be placed on the Nov. ballot by the County Council. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Whatcom County Charter Review Commission
Cooking the County Council, Voters will consider some new recipes in November / Cascadia Weekly
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Bob Simmons
Imagine a giant pie made of Whatcom County blueberries, sliced into three pieces. Delicious, except that each piece of the pie wraps around a fried oyster and a dollop of garlic butter.[…] Continue reading
JUL 21 County Council Public Hearing for Charter Reform / Facebook event, RE Sources
July 16, 2015 Matt Petryni
THIS COMING TUESDAY, THE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER CRITICAL CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REFORM. PLEASE JOIN US TO MAKE SURE VOTERS HAVE THIS OPTION IN NOVEMBER. Continue reading
THE DRIVE FOR FIVE / Cascadia Weekly, Tim Johnson, The Gristle
July 14, 2015 Tim Johnson, The Gristle
Like a stick of dynamite left behind at a construction site, the periodic review of the Whatcom County Charter has probably outlived its original purpose of ensuring the county aligns with the state constitution and statutes and should not be left lying around without controls that limit destructive blowups. […]
Charter amendments approved / NorthwestCitizen, John Servais
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
DOW SAYS IT IS ABOUT GPT: CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AMENDMENTS 1, 3, AND 10 / Coal Stop, Sandy Robson
July 6, 2015 Sandy Robson
Whatcom County Charter Review Commissioner Chet Dow
[Updated October 7, 2015: Since the publication date of this article, proposed Whatcom County Charter Amendments 1, 3, and 10 have been placed on the November 2015 Whatcom County general election ballot as Propositions 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Also, the Whatcom County Charter Review Commission made revisions to amendments 3 and 10 since the publication date of this article. The link to a list of the charter amendment propositions on the November 2015 Whatcom County general election ballot is: http://www.whatcomcounty.us/1553/Proposed-Amendments]
Show up for the Tuesday, July 7 County Council meeting / Facebook post, Sj Robson
26 mins July 4, 2015 Sandy Robson
Matt Petryni had pointed out (to me) that the address listed on this Charter Review Commission propaganda piece emailed by Gateway Pacific Terminal (SSA/PIT), using the stage name “Concerned Whatcom Citizens,”
might be associated with Craig Cole.
That address is 1730 Labounty Rd.
Ferndale, WA 98248. Continue reading
FOUR PROMOTING FIVE / Cascadia Weekly, The Gristle
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
20 proposed amendments by Charter Review Commission/ Facebook post, Sj Robson
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
The Import of a Local Election in the Coal Export Scheme / Coal Stop, Sandy Robson
April 26, 2015 Sandy Robson
[Updated October 7, 2015: Since the publication date of this article, proposed Whatcom County Charter Amendments 1, 3, and 10 have been placed on the November 2015 Whatcom County general election ballot as Propositions 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Also, the Whatcom County Charter Review Commission made revisions to amendments 3 and 10 since the publication date of this article. The link to a list of the charter amendment propositions on the November 2015 Whatcom County general election ballot is: http://www.whatcomcounty.us/1553/Proposed-Amendments]
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