September 17, 2018 Sandy Robson
Recently, one of the Whatcom County Council members said our County receives Operation Stonegarden grant funding which is the type of grant funding referenced in the Sept. 7, 2018 “Daily Kos” article.
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Click the graphic to access the Sightline article, “Which Washington Legislators Take the Most Coal, Oil, and Gas Money?”
September 16, 2018 Dena Jensen
Here is the 22nd Doug’s Got to Go post after a long weekend of faithful doorbelling in the rain by many of those dedicated to firing Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen this year. Continue reading
Click the graphic to access the OregonLive article, “Oil-backed climate skeptic could get key EPA job in Pacific Northwest”
September 15, 2018 Dena Jensen
Our Doug’s Got to Go posts are reaching a mature 21 days and it is a good time to share OregonLive’s excellent summary of Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen’s status as he was beginning to juggle his state senator responsibilities with a new job with Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency in early February of 2017.
Click on the graphic to access The Bellingham Herald article, “Concerned about climate change, WWU students seek to revoke ‘climate agnostic’ Ericksen’s degree”
September 14, 2018 Dena Jensen
20 days have gone by with 20 posts containing more than 20 reasons that Doug’s Got to Go. It is a little over 3 years ago now that three proactive and creative students at Western Washington University sought to have Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen’s 1995 WWU master’s degree in political science and environmental policy revoked. Continue reading
Click the graphic to access The Bellingham Herald article, “PDC: Doug Ericksen’s campaign cash coming mostly from special interests, corporations
September 13, 2018 Dena Jensen
Doug’s Got to Go post #19 is going to focus on the prominent display of corporate and business campaign contributions to Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen’s campaign. In the Public Disclosure Commission charts shown in this post we can see that in 2014 Senator Ericksen’s contributions were composed of $118,073 in contributions from businesses, compared to his opponent Seth Fleetwood’s business contributions being composed of $5775 for that year. Continue reading
Click the graphic to access The Searchlight Review article, “Following up on Senator Ericksen’s ‘grandstanding media event’ at Meridian High School
September 12, 2018 Dena Jensen
For the day 18 post of Doug’s Got to Go, and in this year of so many tragic instances of gun violence, let’s all recall that Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen has a lifetime A rating from the National Rifle Association and has received the third largest amount in campaign contributions from the NRA out of all Washington State Senators. This information is courtesy of a May 7, 2018 article in The Stranger, “As Gun Control Stalls, a List of WA State Senators Who’ve Taken NRA Money.” Continue reading
Click the graphic to access the seattlepi blog post, “Lobbyists keep picking up the bill for state Sen. Doug Ericksen
September 11, 2018 Dena Jensen
Today, as we mark 15 days worth of Doug’s Got to Go posts, we remember that back in October of 2014, Joel Connelly for seattlepi reported that Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen, “gained unwanted recognition last year when the Associated Press and public radio stations found he had accepted $2,029 worth of free meals, drinks and golf games on 62 occasions during the first four months of 2013.” Continue reading
September 10, 2018 Dena Jensen
16 posts and what do you get? Another powerful reason that Doug’s Got to Go. Back in February of 2011 Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen wrote this letter, cheerily supporting the Gateway Pacific Terminal, to the those who were then members of the Whatcom County Council. Continue reading
Click the graphic to access the Noisy Waters Northwest press release, “Formal PDC complaint filed regarding Republican Senator Douglas Ericksen Surplus Account spending
September 9, 2018 Dena Jensen
On the 15th day of Doug’s Got to Go posts it is important to recall that a PDC complaint (which is still being assessed by the PDC) was filed on Republican Senator Doug Ericksen at the beginning of this year for potential violations of campaign spending laws related to his extra job with the EPA at which the senator worked in 2017. Continue reading
September 8, 2018 Dena Jensen
Yesterday, I received my first response to a September 6, 2018 email I sent to the Whatcom County Council requesting an update on renovations to our Whatcom County Jail. So far, other Council Members have yet to reply. Continue reading
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