November 24, 2015 Joy Gilfilen
NOTICE: Packed agenda for the Whatcom County Council tonight at 7 PM. (and in committe events during the day). Continue reading
Tag Archives: Whatcom County Council
Post Election Notes: The Green Line in Whatcom County, Coal and a Jail
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Local elections are over with most of the ballots counted.
In Whatcom County coal was the big looser. Continue reading
County Council Meeting On Tuesday (November 10) / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Whatcom County Council agenda for next Tuesday, November 10. Borrowing a page from the city, the county is providing no information other than a cover sheet that fails to explain the subject matter. Continue reading
PDC Complaint Filed against Clear Ballot Choices (Pacific International Terminals LLC) / Noisy Waters Northwest
October 30, 2015 Dena Jensen
As if you didn’t know it in your heart of hearts! Here’s an inside look by way of this Public Disclosure Commission complaint at how things went down when and where we, the public, couldn’t see it, with the last minute emergence of the Clear Ballot Choices political action committee formed by Gateway Pacific coal terminal project co-owner (with Cloud Peak Energy) and SSA Marine subsidiary, Pacific International Terminals. Continue reading
Kershner willing to put county water quality at risk when she last served on County Council / Facebook post, Sj Robson
6 hrs October 29, 2015 Sandy Robson
I voted for Satpal Sidhu for County Council. I recommend that you do too. Not only do I believe he makes a very good County Council member, but I believe his opponent, Kathy Kershner would seriously imperil our water quality and environment if she were to be elected. Continue reading
Tilting at Windmills in the Watershed / Facbook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Lots of interesting things on the county council agenda for Tuesday, but this, a $137,000 contract for evaluation of the Lake Whatcom storm water capital facilities plan, caught my eye for several reasons. Continue reading
Don’t be snookered! Vote NO on the Jail Tax! / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Joy Gilfilen
14 hrs Just on the surface, it is unsustainable. It has not been adequately justified, it has not had public hearings on this current plan, and it is simply bad business. Continue reading
Here’s Mayor Korthuis spreading propaganda again / Noisy Waters Northwest
October 21, 2015
A sponsored post from Whatcom Republicans just jarred its way before me in my Facebook newsfeed. It was urging folks to “read this opinion piece by the Whatcom County small city Mayors.” Continue reading
The Jail Tax mailer from Whatcom County is an extreme abuse of power / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Joy Gilfilen
Unless the Council stands up, and the people take back this election aggressively right now, the jail industry just did a zinger. Continue reading
The Bellingham Herald omits important context from Charter Commissioner Dow’s email quote / Facebook post, Sj Robson
The quote from Commissioner Chet Dow’s April 18, 2015 email, cited by Ralph Schwartz in an October 14 Bellingham Herald article is missing what I believe to be the most critical part of the entire email. Continue reading
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