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Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. LETTER: SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Letter: Secretary of Department of Corrections. By Letter Writer • Feb 20, 2021. • Topics: Washington State, Law & Justice. , Dear Governor Inslee, I am writing to you today after learning your Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary, Stephen Sinclair is resigning. I’ve watched over the decades as many people have cycledthrough this
CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. WINTER HAVEN TENT COMMUNITY OPENS IN After repeated visits to City Council meetings and discussions with the mayor and City Council, a permit was issued for a temporary tent encampment. Called Winter Haven, the camp behind City Hall at 210 Lottie St. can provide shelter for up to 40 people for 90 days this winter. The permit allows Winter Haven to operate until early April. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of the NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news.NORTHWEST CITIZEN
Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. LETTER: SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Letter: Secretary of Department of Corrections. By Letter Writer • Feb 20, 2021. • Topics: Washington State, Law & Justice. , Dear Governor Inslee, I am writing to you today after learning your Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary, Stephen Sinclair is resigning. I’ve watched over the decades as many people have cycledthrough this
CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. WINTER HAVEN TENT COMMUNITY OPENS IN After repeated visits to City Council meetings and discussions with the mayor and City Council, a permit was issued for a temporary tent encampment. Called Winter Haven, the camp behind City Hall at 210 Lottie St. can provide shelter for up to 40 people for 90 days this winter. The permit allows Winter Haven to operate until early April. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of theCOAL, OIL & TRAINS
The 108-car train from South Dakota carrying highly explosive Bakken crude oil, bound for the Philips 66 oil refinery at Cherry Point in Whatcom County, was one of two trains that usually pass through Bellingham and our county every day of the year. But even today, a week after the accident, the sheriff, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe(BNSF
JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S SLIPPERY SLIDE Last month, the approval rating for Justin Trudeau dropped below 50% for the first time since his Liberal Party’s election in 2015.. 49% of Canadians now disapprove of Trudeau’s performance. 46% still approve. 4% don’t know. WHATCOM CONSERVATION DISTRICT ELECTIONS On July 16, the Washington Conservation Commission finally certified the results of the March 10 election for the Whatcom Conservation District board. It took over four months to open and count 228 contested ballots. Due to the volume of citizen complaints to the commission, the state executive director, Mark Clark, oversaw ourelection results.
BELLINGHAM HERON COLONY THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT Nesting. Taken Friday, Mar 30, by Nancy Downing. The Great Blue Heron colony at Post Point has had some exemplary champions within the City of Bellingham over the years. Now-retired operations supervisor at the Post Point water treatment plant, Larry Bateman, comes to mind. Larry went to bat for the herons when the city needed to expand the UNITY VILLAGE TINY HOME COMMUNITY PROPOSED FOR FAIRHAVEN The current temporary tent community, Safe Haven, is located in the Sunnyland neighborhood at 620 Alabama St. in part of the 911 Call Center parking lot. The Fairhaven Unity Village location is proposed for 210 McKenzie Ave. and will have 20 tiny homes, completed in phases. HomesNOW will start with 12 tiny homes and eight tents, asmore tiny
STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE It is simply in-fill for the sake of increasing density at the expense of the neighborhood and families who live in the area. Two-bedroom apartments in the Puget Neighborhood are currently renting from approximately $1,200/month. A three-bedroom CityView apartment will rent from $2,700 per month. RUD BROWNE AND HIS WANDERLUST Rud Browne and His Wanderlust. Reading Ralph Schwartz’s fine article about the selection process in Mount Vernon on February 5 to appoint Liz Lovelett to the state Senate, Ralph notes the antics of Rud Browne. And it is worth noting how Browne has been acting this past year during his second term on our Whatcom County Council. COUGAR INSIDE BELLINGHAM YARD Cougar Inside Bellingham Yard. This beautiful big cat is a large cougar, also called a mountain lion. It was seen prowling a backyard in the city of Bellingham this past weekend and photographed by the folks who live there. As the photographer wrote, when giving us permission to post this photo, “I hope the article can appreciatethat we’ve
WINTER HAVEN TENT COMMUNITY OPENS IN After repeated visits to City Council meetings and discussions with the mayor and City Council, a permit was issued for a temporary tent encampment. Called Winter Haven, the camp behind City Hall at 210 Lottie St. can provide shelter for up to 40 people for 90 days this winter. The permit allows Winter Haven to operate until early April. BORING, PREDICTABLE TRUMP PLAYS TO CONSERVATIVE LYNDEN An eight-car motorcade of black and silver SUVs and vans received thunderous cheers as it sped onto the dirt field in the center of the arena at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. When Donald Trump's head, topped with his trademark "Make America Great Again" red cap, peeked up from behind one of the vehicles, the crowd roared again. NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE It is simply in-fill for the sake of increasing density at the expense of the neighborhood and families who live in the area. Two-bedroom apartments in the Puget Neighborhood are currently renting from approximately $1,200/month. A three-bedroom CityView apartment will rent from $2,700 per month. NWCITIZEN - HOAG'S POND MAP A colored map of public and privateproperty around Hoag's Pond. Below is a map that illustrates what Tip Johnson writes about. The black border shows the fully enclosed property Mr. Choat endsup with after we vacate Broad Street and 26th Street to him. ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 Eric Hirst Bellingham, WA January 2017 This paper defines Whatcom County water use in greater detail than have past studies.2 It provides month-by-month details on water use by sector. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of the NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE It is simply in-fill for the sake of increasing density at the expense of the neighborhood and families who live in the area. Two-bedroom apartments in the Puget Neighborhood are currently renting from approximately $1,200/month. A three-bedroom CityView apartment will rent from $2,700 per month. NWCITIZEN - HOAG'S POND MAP A colored map of public and privateproperty around Hoag's Pond. Below is a map that illustrates what Tip Johnson writes about. The black border shows the fully enclosed property Mr. Choat endsup with after we vacate Broad Street and 26th Street to him. ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 Eric Hirst Bellingham, WA January 2017 This paper defines Whatcom County water use in greater detail than have past studies.2 It provides month-by-month details on water use by sector. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of the BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. MISSION | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Mission. Our mission is to inform local citizens about our local governments and public issues. We promote intelligent participation in governance and voting. We provide an online venue for local independent citizen journalists who write about local news and provide their perspectives on local issues. Columnists write what they want and post when they want. AN ANNIVERSARY…OR AN END DATE? About Guest Writer. Citizen Journalist • Member since Jun 15, 2008. Since 2008, this moniker has been used over 130 times on articles written by guest writers who may write once or very occasionally for Northwest Citizen, but not regularly. UNITY VILLAGE TINY HOME COMMUNITY PROPOSED FOR FAIRHAVEN The current temporary tent community, Safe Haven, is located in the Sunnyland neighborhood at 620 Alabama St. in part of the 911 Call Center parking lot. The Fairhaven Unity Village location is proposed for 210 McKenzie Ave. and will have 20 tiny homes, completed in phases. HomesNOW will start with 12 tiny homes and eight tents, asmore tiny
BELLINGHAM BANK OF AMERICA HIRES SECURITY GUARD The Occupy Bellingham movement participants can claim the first instance of job creation as a result of their protests.The Bank of America at Holly and Cornwall has hired a private armed guard to protect its share of the 1%. It appears the guard is only there during business hours, however, his presence raises several issues, the first of which is the problem of the "rules of engagement" under STATE DEFINES “FAMILY,” BELLINGHAM’S GOT IT WRONG State Defines “Family,” Bellingham’s Got It Wrong. There has been a constant “discussion” for at least the last two decades over the legality, constitutionality, advisability, morality, etc. of the Bellingham city code that limits the number of unrelated peoplewho can share a
CITYVIEW PRIVATE DORMITORY SLOGGING FORWARDIt is now one year
since developer Morgan Bartlett presented his plans for a large (408 bed) private dormitory complex in the Puget Neighborhood (bordering the Samish Neighborhood) at the corner of Nevada St. and Consolidation Ave. His initial submission to the city for a permit to RUD BROWNE AND HIS WANDERLUST Rud Browne and His Wanderlust. Reading Ralph Schwartz’s fine article about the selection process in Mount Vernon on February 5 to appoint Liz Lovelett to the state Senate, Ralph notes the antics of Rud Browne. And it is worth noting how Browne has been acting this past year during his second term on our Whatcom County Council. BORING, PREDICTABLE TRUMP PLAYS TO CONSERVATIVE LYNDEN An eight-car motorcade of black and silver SUVs and vans received thunderous cheers as it sped onto the dirt field in the center of the arena at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. When Donald Trump's head, topped with his trademark "Make America Great Again" red cap, peeked up from behind one of the vehicles, the crowd roared again. NWCITIZEN - DRAWING THE LINE AT CHOAT'S CROSS 1920s -- The City of Bellingham acquires a piece of abandoned property near Hoag's pond through a tax foreclosure. This property is enclosed within Choat's property. The City property include rights ofway on 26th and Kellogg Streets. 1930s -- Hoag digs a 3.5 acre pond in the City right of way onBroad Street between 25th and 26th. NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE It is simply in-fill for the sake of increasing density at the expense of the neighborhood and families who live in the area. Two-bedroom apartments in the Puget Neighborhood are currently renting from approximately $1,200/month. A three-bedroom CityView apartment will rent from $2,700 per month. NWCITIZEN - HOAG'S POND MAP A colored map of public and privateproperty around Hoag's Pond. Below is a map that illustrates what Tip Johnson writes about. The black border shows the fully enclosed property Mr. Choat endsup with after we vacate Broad Street and 26th Street to him. ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 Eric Hirst Bellingham, WA January 2017 This paper defines Whatcom County water use in greater detail than have past studies.2 It provides month-by-month details on water use by sector. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of the NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE It is simply in-fill for the sake of increasing density at the expense of the neighborhood and families who live in the area. Two-bedroom apartments in the Puget Neighborhood are currently renting from approximately $1,200/month. A three-bedroom CityView apartment will rent from $2,700 per month. NWCITIZEN - HOAG'S POND MAP A colored map of public and privateproperty around Hoag's Pond. Below is a map that illustrates what Tip Johnson writes about. The black border shows the fully enclosed property Mr. Choat endsup with after we vacate Broad Street and 26th Street to him. ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 Eric Hirst Bellingham, WA January 2017 This paper defines Whatcom County water use in greater detail than have past studies.2 It provides month-by-month details on water use by sector. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of the WESTERN TO GO ALL ONLINE IN SEPTEMBER A memo from the Provost of WWU to the teaching staff announced today that classes for the fall session will be “predominantly online or remote” except for “face-to-face delivery for experiential and research teaching/learning” that cannot be done otherwise. BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. MISSION | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Mission. Our mission is to inform local citizens about our local governments and public issues. We promote intelligent participation in governance and voting. We provide an online venue for local independent citizen journalists who write about local news and provide their perspectives on local issues. Columnists write what they want and post when they want. A VARIANT VIRUS OUTBREAK IN WHATCOM COUNTY? According to recent data from the Washington state Department of Health, a serious outbreak of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus strain occurred in Whatcom County during February, about a month earlier than it was expected to become the dominant strain statewide.. Fourteen cases of this variant strain, which afflicted Great Britain late last year, were detected in RNA specimens from confirmedCOAL, OIL & TRAINS
The 108-car train from South Dakota carrying highly explosive Bakken crude oil, bound for the Philips 66 oil refinery at Cherry Point in Whatcom County, was one of two trains that usually pass through Bellingham and our county every day of the year. But even today, a week after the accident, the sheriff, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe(BNSF
JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S SLIPPERY SLIDE Last month, the approval rating for Justin Trudeau dropped below 50% for the first time since his Liberal Party’s election in 2015.. 49% of Canadians now disapprove of Trudeau’s performance. 46% still approve. 4% don’t know. REVISITING THE ESTIMATION OF UNCONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 In terms of active cases, the ten-fold multiplier yields an estimate of 2,570 “active” cases as of April 24 th for Whatcom County, Washington, which is well within the 95% confidence interval, 1,832 to 3,559 and, as found earlier for total cases, only 6.37 percent higher than our estimate of 2,416. The less-refined method we described in HERON COLONY STILL VULNERABLE TO DEVELOPMENT Heron Colony Still Vulnerable to Development. For months we have heard from city hall sources that the mayor is working to provide additional protection to Fairhaven's Post Point heron colony, the only Great Blue Heron colony in or near Bellingham. The city's own consultant, heron expert Ann Eissinger, has recommended in reports and management AN ANNIVERSARY…OR AN END DATE? About Guest Writer. Citizen Journalist • Member since Jun 15, 2008. Since 2008, this moniker has been used over 130 times on articles written by guest writers who may write once or very occasionally for Northwest Citizen, but not regularly. UNITY VILLAGE TINY HOME COMMUNITY PROPOSED FOR FAIRHAVEN The current temporary tent community, Safe Haven, is located in the Sunnyland neighborhood at 620 Alabama St. in part of the 911 Call Center parking lot. The Fairhaven Unity Village location is proposed for 210 McKenzie Ave. and will have 20 tiny homes, completed in phases. HomesNOW will start with 12 tiny homes and eight tents, asmore tiny
NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE It is simply in-fill for the sake of increasing density at the expense of the neighborhood and families who live in the area. Two-bedroom apartments in the Puget Neighborhood are currently renting from approximately $1,200/month. A three-bedroom CityView apartment will rent from $2,700 per month. NWCITIZEN - HOAG'S POND MAP A colored map of public and privateproperty around Hoag's Pond. Below is a map that illustrates what Tip Johnson writes about. The black border shows the fully enclosed property Mr. Choat endsup with after we vacate Broad Street and 26th Street to him. ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 Eric Hirst Bellingham, WA January 2017 This paper defines Whatcom County water use in greater detail than have past studies.2 It provides month-by-month details on water use by sector. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of the NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT WESTERN About Tip Johnson. Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 11, 2008. Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and theenvironment.
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE It is simply in-fill for the sake of increasing density at the expense of the neighborhood and families who live in the area. Two-bedroom apartments in the Puget Neighborhood are currently renting from approximately $1,200/month. A three-bedroom CityView apartment will rent from $2,700 per month. NWCITIZEN - HOAG'S POND MAP A colored map of public and privateproperty around Hoag's Pond. Below is a map that illustrates what Tip Johnson writes about. The black border shows the fully enclosed property Mr. Choat endsup with after we vacate Broad Street and 26th Street to him. ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 ANALYSIS OF WHATCOM COUNTY WATER USE 1 Eric Hirst Bellingham, WA January 2017 This paper defines Whatcom County water use in greater detail than have past studies.2 It provides month-by-month details on water use by sector. ROLLING ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES Rolling Rolling In Their Graves - What happened to WWU? Interim Editor's Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence. Most of the writers, like me, are producing very little work, presumably taking advantage of the WESTERN TO GO ALL ONLINE IN SEPTEMBER A memo from the Provost of WWU to the teaching staff announced today that classes for the fall session will be “predominantly online or remote” except for “face-to-face delivery for experiential and research teaching/learning” that cannot be done otherwise. BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. MISSION | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Mission. Our mission is to inform local citizens about our local governments and public issues. We promote intelligent participation in governance and voting. We provide an online venue for local independent citizen journalists who write about local news and provide their perspectives on local issues. Columnists write what they want and post when they want. A VARIANT VIRUS OUTBREAK IN WHATCOM COUNTY? According to recent data from the Washington state Department of Health, a serious outbreak of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus strain occurred in Whatcom County during February, about a month earlier than it was expected to become the dominant strain statewide.. Fourteen cases of this variant strain, which afflicted Great Britain late last year, were detected in RNA specimens from confirmedCOAL, OIL & TRAINS
The 108-car train from South Dakota carrying highly explosive Bakken crude oil, bound for the Philips 66 oil refinery at Cherry Point in Whatcom County, was one of two trains that usually pass through Bellingham and our county every day of the year. But even today, a week after the accident, the sheriff, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe(BNSF
JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S SLIPPERY SLIDE Last month, the approval rating for Justin Trudeau dropped below 50% for the first time since his Liberal Party’s election in 2015.. 49% of Canadians now disapprove of Trudeau’s performance. 46% still approve. 4% don’t know. REVISITING THE ESTIMATION OF UNCONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 In terms of active cases, the ten-fold multiplier yields an estimate of 2,570 “active” cases as of April 24 th for Whatcom County, Washington, which is well within the 95% confidence interval, 1,832 to 3,559 and, as found earlier for total cases, only 6.37 percent higher than our estimate of 2,416. The less-refined method we described in HERON COLONY STILL VULNERABLE TO DEVELOPMENT Heron Colony Still Vulnerable to Development. For months we have heard from city hall sources that the mayor is working to provide additional protection to Fairhaven's Post Point heron colony, the only Great Blue Heron colony in or near Bellingham. The city's own consultant, heron expert Ann Eissinger, has recommended in reports and management AN ANNIVERSARY…OR AN END DATE? About Guest Writer. Citizen Journalist • Member since Jun 15, 2008. Since 2008, this moniker has been used over 130 times on articles written by guest writers who may write once or very occasionally for Northwest Citizen, but not regularly. UNITY VILLAGE TINY HOME COMMUNITY PROPOSED FOR FAIRHAVEN The current temporary tent community, Safe Haven, is located in the Sunnyland neighborhood at 620 Alabama St. in part of the 911 Call Center parking lot. The Fairhaven Unity Village location is proposed for 210 McKenzie Ave. and will have 20 tiny homes, completed in phases. HomesNOW will start with 12 tiny homes and eight tents, asmore tiny
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Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. LETTER: SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Letter: Secretary of Department of Corrections. By Letter Writer • Feb 20, 2021. • Topics: Washington State, Law & Justice. , Dear Governor Inslee, I am writing to you today after learning your Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary, Stephen Sinclair is resigning. I’ve watched over the decades as many people have cycledthrough this
CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. BELLINGHAM HERON COLONY THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT Nesting. Taken Friday, Mar 30, by Nancy Downing. The Great Blue Heron colony at Post Point has had some exemplary champions within the City of Bellingham over the years. Now-retired operations supervisor at the Post Point water treatment plant, Larry Bateman, comes to mind. Larry went to bat for the herons when the city needed to expand the UNITY VILLAGE TINY HOME COMMUNITY PROPOSED FOR FAIRHAVEN The current temporary tent community, Safe Haven, is located in the Sunnyland neighborhood at 620 Alabama St. in part of the 911 Call Center parking lot. The Fairhaven Unity Village location is proposed for 210 McKenzie Ave. and will have 20 tiny homes, completed in phases. HomesNOW will start with 12 tiny homes and eight tents, asmore tiny
WINTER HAVEN TENT COMMUNITY OPENS IN After repeated visits to City Council meetings and discussions with the mayor and City Council, a permit was issued for a temporary tent encampment. Called Winter Haven, the camp behind City Hall at 210 Lottie St. can provide shelter for up to 40 people for 90 days this winter. The permit allows Winter Haven to operate until early April. NORTHWEST CITIZENMARIAN BEDDILLSTONEY BIRDELISABETH BRITTMICHAEL CHIAVARIODICK CONOBOYJULIETTE DANIELS Northwest Citizen. NWCitizen is a local news website written and run by volunteers. We do have costs associated with platform fees and site maintenance. Your donation will help us continue to provide local news you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you! BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news.NORTHWEST CITIZEN
Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. LETTER: SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Letter: Secretary of Department of Corrections. By Letter Writer • Feb 20, 2021. • Topics: Washington State, Law & Justice. , Dear Governor Inslee, I am writing to you today after learning your Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary, Stephen Sinclair is resigning. I’ve watched over the decades as many people have cycledthrough this
CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - An Update. Madrona Bay Real Estate Investments of Bellingham submitted a full development package to the city on July 19th for a 136 unit, 408-bed dormitory type apartment building called CityView at the NE corner of Consolidation Ave and Nevada St. An artist rendering of the building appears above. CITYVIEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CityView Apartment Development - Update II. What the citizens did on Monday evening, 19 August, before the Bellingham City Council was that which people do when their government does not provide them with a way to voice their objections. They took the only route possible to either draw attention to theirplight
B’HAM PLANNING SET TO ALLOW STEBNER TO BUILD VIRTUALLY IN Update, Wed, April 25 noon. The comment time for this development will be restarted next Tuesday, May 1 and continue through Tuesday, May 15. This is according to an email from the planning department this morning. New legal notices will be posted showing the legal address that had been omitted from the notices that expired yesterday. BELLINGHAM HERON COLONY THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT Nesting. Taken Friday, Mar 30, by Nancy Downing. The Great Blue Heron colony at Post Point has had some exemplary champions within the City of Bellingham over the years. Now-retired operations supervisor at the Post Point water treatment plant, Larry Bateman, comes to mind. Larry went to bat for the herons when the city needed to expand the UNITY VILLAGE TINY HOME COMMUNITY PROPOSED FOR FAIRHAVEN The current temporary tent community, Safe Haven, is located in the Sunnyland neighborhood at 620 Alabama St. in part of the 911 Call Center parking lot. The Fairhaven Unity Village location is proposed for 210 McKenzie Ave. and will have 20 tiny homes, completed in phases. HomesNOW will start with 12 tiny homes and eight tents, asmore tiny
WINTER HAVEN TENT COMMUNITY OPENS IN After repeated visits to City Council meetings and discussions with the mayor and City Council, a permit was issued for a temporary tent encampment. Called Winter Haven, the camp behind City Hall at 210 Lottie St. can provide shelter for up to 40 people for 90 days this winter. The permit allows Winter Haven to operate until early April.MEMORIAL DAY 2021
The “missing man” formation is used by all branches of the US military to mark the passing of a service member. Memorial Day was established to remember fallen military members and should not be conflated with Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day) on November 11th that was created to recognize the service of all soldiers, living ordead.
A VARIANT VIRUS OUTBREAK IN WHATCOM COUNTY? According to recent data from the Washington state Department of Health, a serious outbreak of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus strain occurred in Whatcom County during February, about a month earlier than it was expected to become the dominant strain statewide.. Fourteen cases of this variant strain, which afflicted Great Britain late last year, were detected in RNA specimens from confirmed BELLINGHAM | NORTHWEST CITIZEN Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. WAVEING AT PROBLEMS ON THE BAG WAVEing at Problems on the BAG. By Jon Humphrey • May 11, 2021. • Topics: Bellingham, Open Government. , I have written about the many conflicts of interest on the COB Broadband Advisory Group, the most disturbing being the extreme over-representation of WAVE on the group. WAVE has two ex-officio members: David Brinn of WAVE and Allen MeeksCOAL, OIL & TRAINS
The 108-car train from South Dakota carrying highly explosive Bakken crude oil, bound for the Philips 66 oil refinery at Cherry Point in Whatcom County, was one of two trains that usually pass through Bellingham and our county every day of the year. But even today, a week after the accident, the sheriff, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe(BNSF
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Bellingham and Whatcom County's for citizen journalism since 1995. NWCitizen is an independant resource for local news. LETTER: SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Letter: Secretary of Department of Corrections. By Letter Writer • Feb 20, 2021. • Topics: Washington State, Law & Justice. , Dear Governor Inslee, I am writing to you today after learning your Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary, Stephen Sinclair is resigning. I’ve watched over the decades as many people have cycledthrough this
STILL A DORMITORY, STILL IN NON-COMPLIANCE “Densification”, a city objective espoused by both Bellingham mayoral finalists in our last election, may require reexamination as immunity to covid19 remains in question, mutation is being further documented, functionality is unknown and possibly evolving, and the single best correlation with contagion is urban density. WHATCOM CONSERVATION DISTRICT ELECTIONS On July 16, the Washington Conservation Commission finally certified the results of the March 10 election for the Whatcom Conservation District board. It took over four months to open and count 228 contested ballots. Due to the volume of citizen complaints to the commission, the state executive director, Mark Clark, oversaw ourelection results.
COUGAR INSIDE BELLINGHAM YARD Cougar Inside Bellingham Yard. This beautiful big cat is a large cougar, also called a mountain lion. It was seen prowling a backyard in the city of Bellingham this past weekend and photographed by the folks who live there. As the photographer wrote, when giving us permission to post this photo, “I hope the article can appreciatethat we’ve
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DISTRICT JUDGE DAVID GRANT RESIGNS By John Servais • Jun 03, 2021 • Topics: Whatcom County , Law &Justice ,
9:27am — JUDGE DAVID GRANT, the presiding judge of Whatcom County District Court, yesterday submitted his letter of resignation effective July 1st. I am still trying to get a response from the District Court administrator and a copy of the letter, but I understand from a courthouse source that Judge Grant gives as his reason family matters. Judge Grant has another year and a half of service in his elective office. This resignation is totally unexpected. He is one of our two District Court judges, Matthew Elich being the other. District court hears all the lesser court cases in the county and towns, and is not to be confused with Superior Court for major crimes and issues. The timing of this, when Bellingham Municipal Court is shut down and with city hall aggressively trying to take control of the staff of the Municipal Court, immediately raises the question of coincidence or whether something else is going on that we the public do not knowabout.
With this vacancy, the County Council will have the responsibility to appoint a judge to serve until the 2022 November election. This is - especially given the turmoil in Municplal Court - an emergency appointment. Under the normal procedure of courts, the District Court would handle all the small cases that the Bellingham Municipal Courtinstead handles.
UPDATE 7 PM:
We have posted the resignation letter of Judge Grant, with the link just below at the end of this article. The District Court administration provided the letter this afternoon. In it, Judge Grant explains how this resignation is simply because it is “… time to close this chapter of my life…”. The further explanation all points to this being for personal reasons and not related to the Municipal Court legal mess.ATTACHED FILES
* Resignation letter of District Judge David GrantCOMMENTS BY READERS
RAY KAMADA
Jun 03, 2021
Dunno what’s going on, but it’s a heckuva coincidence.Read More...
SHAWN ALEXANDER
Jun 03, 2021
I for one will miss Judge Grant on the bench. His wit and intellect made a joy to try a case in his court, which is very rare.Read More...
JOHN SERVAIS
Jun 03, 2021
Now 3 pm and still the Bellingham Herald has nothing on this news. I have word that the county court system was - and still is - trying to keep this resignation quiet. The Herald often cooperates with local government agencies to not post news, so this seems to fit into that mode. But Google News has picked up on this NWCitizen article and has a link to it. The question is - why does our court system want this kept confidential? The Herald does have a new article posted about McDonald’s hiring summer help.Read More...
DIANNE FOSTER
Jun 03, 2021
So far, reading only the extensive Herald articles, I am inclined to side with the mayor, (though I"m not happy with his allowing our historic homes in Sehome to be bulldozed for real estate vulture Hammer Properties, but that’s another subject.). I have worked in jobs with abusive managers, and sympathize with the workers and union that are protesting this abuse, and it appears that Judge Lev is at least an enabler, if not a perpetrator of this treatment. So the workers have no one to appeal to, other than the City. What else could they do? Sometimes you have to go outside the system to whistleblow.Read More...
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Auto-login on future visits Forgot your password? Not a member? Register now. DISTRICT JUDGE DAVID GRANT RESIGNS By John Servais • On Jun 03, 2021 Judge David Grant, the presiding judge of Whatcom County District Court, yesterday submitted his letter of resignation effective July 1st. I am still trying to get a response from 5 comments, most recent 2 days ago AN ANNIVERSARY…OR AN END DATE? By Guest Writer • On May 23, 2021 [Douglas Gustafson guest writes. Doug is the Chair of HomesNOW! Not Later, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization operating in Bellingham and Whatcom County. HomesNOW operates Unity Village, the first tinyhome
2 comments, most recent 1 week ago HERON COLONY STILL VULNERABLE TO DEVELOPMENT By John Servais • On May 19, 2021 For months we have heard from city hall sources that the mayor is working to provide additional protection to Fairhaven's Post Point heron colony, the only Great Blue Heron colony 4 comments, most recent 2 days agoWHY PARTICIPATE?
By Jon Humphrey • On May 17, 2021 I was struggling with how to make this a local article when it dawned on me: my kids. Like most kids in school these days, my kids have beengiven
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By Dick Conoboy • On May 30, 2021 The “missing man” formation is used by all branches of the US military to mark the passing of a service member. Memorial Day was established to remember fallen military 6 comments, most recent 5 days ago BELLINGHAM MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE LEV SUES THE CITY By John Servais • On May 28, 2021 Yesterday afternoon, Thursday, May 27, Debra Lev, the elected municipal judge for Bellingham, filed a lawsuit in Whatcom County Superior Court against Bellingham Mayor Seth Fleetwood and the City ofBellingham.
7 comments, most recent 6 days ago YOUR CHANCE NOW TO WEIGH IN ON THE CITYVIEW PRIVATE DORMITORYDEVELOPMENT
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By Dick Conoboy • On May 10, 2021 The CityView apartment complex at the corner of Nevada St. and Consolidation Ave was proposed almost 2 years ago. It now has been reborn as the developer met an April 2 2 comments, most recent 1 week ago VARIANT VIRUS STRAINS HIT THE COUNTY By Michael Riordan • On May 08, 2021 Across the northern tier of Whatcom County, there were substantially higher rates of coronavirus infections than in Bellingham during April, according to recent data from the county health department.From
10 comments, most recent 2 weeks ago MAYOR IS ASKED TO PRESERVE TRAIL By John Servais • On Apr 30, 2021 Update Thur, May 6: There were administrative mistakes at city hall that prevented the mayor from phoning Daniel back. Today Seth phoned Daniel. ------This letter is posted with 9 comments, most recent 1 week ago AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARRIVES AT BELLINGHAM’S WATERFRONT? By Dick Conoboy • On Apr 27, 2021 After years of anticipation, Bellingham's prayers have been answered: affordable housing at the Waterfront. Not.I was drawn to the “good news” site by an advertisement in a local newspaper. 10 comments, most recent 1 month ago DEAD OR ALIVE? SCHRÖDINGER’S PUBLIC BANKING BILL By Dick Conoboy • On Apr 18, 2021 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger devised a thought experiment described here:Schrödinger's cat: a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If BOULEVARD PARK AND INFRASTRUCTURE: ANOTHER COB MISSED OPPORTUNITY By Jon Humphrey • On Apr 05, 2021 [The following article is a modification of a piece by Jon Humphrey that appeared in change.org on March 30, 2021 entitled “Boulevard Park And Infrastructure (131 years and the COB still refuses 4 comments, most recent 1 month ago STATE PUBLIC BANKING (COOPERATIVE) BILL - UPDATE ON HOUSE ACTIONS By Dick Conoboy • On Mar 28, 2021 { Udpate 4/10/2021: E2SSB 5188 the public cooperative (banking bill), now in the Rules Committee, can use a push by a legislator by requesting that it be brought out of Rules and 8 comments, most recent 1 month ago COB: GO AHEAD, DISCUSS ALL YOU WANT… By Jon Humphrey • On Mar 23, 2021 3/26/2021 Update: Thanks to public pressure the COB has finally started to post the BAG meeting recordings. While it takes them an uncommonly long time to post the videos, they date 3 comments, most recent 2 months ago THE BATTLE FOR BELLINGHAM’S TINY HOMES By Guest Writer • On Mar 20, 2021 [Douglas Gustafson guest writes. Doug is Chairman of HomesNOW! Not Later, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization operating in Bellingham and Whatcom County. HomesNOW operates Unity Village, the first tinyhome community
27 comments, most recent 1 month ago A VARIANT VIRUS OUTBREAK IN WHATCOM COUNTY? By Michael Riordan • On Mar 12, 2021 According to recent data from the Washington state Department of Health, a serious outbreak of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus strain occurred in Whatcom County during February, about a month earlier than 10 comments, most recent 2 months ago 1 of 121 pages 1 2 3> Last ›
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2 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoCITYVIEW LIVES!
By Dick Conoboy • On May 10, 2021 CityView, the project that will not die, will soon be subject to scrutiny during an extraordinary meeting of the Planning Commission. 2 comments, most recent 1 week ago VARIANT VIRUS STRAINS HIT THE COUNTY By Michael Riordan • On May 08, 2021 The more contagious and possibly more deadly B.1.1.7 and P.1 coronavirus strains appear to be leaking down into Whatcom County fromBritish Columbia.
10 comments, most recent 2 weeks ago MAYOR IS ASKED TO PRESERVE TRAIL By John Servais • On Apr 30, 2021 Daniel Kirkpatrick writes Mayor Fleetwood requesting he veto the council vacation of a street with a walking trail. 9 comments, most recent 1 week ago AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARRIVES AT BELLINGHAM’S WATERFRONT? By Dick Conoboy • On Apr 27, 2021 Ugly and expensive. That is what we have brought to the Waterfront. 10 comments, most recent 1 month ago DEAD OR ALIVE? SCHRÖDINGER’S PUBLIC BANKING BILL By Dick Conoboy • On Apr 18, 2021 SB 5188 to establish a Washington state Financial Cooperative is in an uncertain state in the legislature BOULEVARD PARK AND INFRASTRUCTURE: ANOTHER COB MISSED OPPORTUNITY By Jon Humphrey • On Apr 05, 2021 Broken promises, bad administration, and still NO access to our publicly-owned resources 4 comments, most recent 1 month ago STATE PUBLIC BANKING (COOPERATIVE) BILL - UPDATE ON HOUSE ACTIONS By Dick Conoboy • On Mar 28, 2021 Washington moves ever closer to public banking for the good of its citizens and the fiscal health of the state. 8 comments, most recent 1 month ago COB: GO AHEAD, DISCUSS ALL YOU WANT… By Jon Humphrey • On Mar 23, 2021 The advantage of an “advisory” group, (as in Broadband Advisory Group,) is that you don’t have to listen to them. 3 comments, most recent 2 months ago THE BATTLE FOR BELLINGHAM’S TINY HOMES By Guest Writer • On Mar 20, 2021 Doug Gustafson offers a point/counterpoint account of opposing strategies for tiny homes 27 comments, most recent 1 month ago A VARIANT VIRUS OUTBREAK IN WHATCOM COUNTY? By Michael Riordan • On Mar 12, 2021 Fourteen February cases of the B.1.1.7 variant coronavirus strain suggest that it is beginning to surge in the county. 10 comments, most recent 2 months ago STATE PUBLIC BANKING (COOPERATIVE) BILL MOVES TO THE HOUSE By Dick Conoboy • On Mar 07, 2021 After clearing the Senate, Washington’s bill to create a public banking cooperative advances to the Democratically controlled House. 4 comments, most recent 2 months agoMASKED RESISTANCE
By Riley Sweeney • On Mar 05, 2021 Riley shares some thoughts, concerns, and observations on the uncommon phenomenon of mask-wearing during this pandemic. 7 comments, most recent 2 months ago THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR PUBLIC FIBER OPTIC INFRASTRUCTURE By Guest Writer • On Mar 03, 2021 Atul Deshmane guest writes and provides us with a resume of the internet infrastructure issues now being discussed in Bellingham 7 comments, most recent 1 month ago ‘PUBLIC BANKING BILL’ VOTED OUT OF WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE By Dick Conoboy • On Mar 02, 2021 Part of a series of articles on the progress of a public banking cooperative in Washington. 1 comment, most recent 3 months ago AFTER WORKER VICTORIES, THE BELLINGHAM HERALD’S UNION IS IN PLACE By Ralph Schwartz • On Mar 02, 2021 With a recent dispute between the newspaper’s reporters and management over, the real work can begin. 3 comments, most recent 3 months ago EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT By Guest Writer • On Feb 27, 2021 Bellingham can learn from successful programs for the homeless elsewhere and would do well to abandon ineffectual approaches. 5 comments, most recent 2 months ago THE REALITY OF ZOOM AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION By Dick Conoboy • On Feb 21, 2021 City council and planning commission meetings were poor arrangements to begin with, and with Zoom it is very much worse. 4 comments, most recent 2 weeks ago LETTER: SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS By Letter Writer • On Feb 20, 2021 Irene Morgan writes a public letter to Governor Inslee about a newdirector of prisons
PUBLIC BANKING FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON INCHING ALONG By Dick Conoboy • On Feb 13, 2021 A substitute bill for the original SB 5188 was accepted and moved to the Ways and Means Committee for further consideration. 2 comments, most recent 3 months ago RANKED-CHOICE VOTING – LET’S KEEP IT MOVING By Stoney Bird • On Feb 12, 2021 Current legislation, moving forward in Olympia, would permit localities to adopt ranked-choice voting as an upgrade to their currently mandated top-two system. 1 comment, most recent 3 months ago CRUISING AND TOURISM: WRETCHED EXCESS By Dick Conoboy • On Feb 10, 2021 The monumental, pre-COVID levels of cruise ships and world tourism were not sustainable. 4 comments, most recent 3 months ago POLITICAL PRETZEL LOGIC WITHOUT COGNITIVE DISSONANCE By Guest Writer • On Feb 09, 2021 Ray Kamada guest writes on how to have your cake and eat it too. 5 comments, most recent 3 months ago COB PUTS THE BAG IN A BOX By Jon Humphrey • On Feb 07, 2021 The city has instituted unnecessary restrictions on the Broadband Advisory Group’s discussion and outside input. 3 comments, most recent 3 months ago LETTER: INTERNET HOME SERVICE AND OLYMPIA LAWMAKERS By Letter Writer • On Feb 01, 2021 Brian Martel on the issue of Internet broadband service to our homes and pending bills in Olympia. TASK FORCE SLAMS BELLINGHAM CITY HALL By John Servais • On Jan 31, 2021 The Whatcom Human Rights Task Force has sent an open letter to the Community regarding the sweep of Camp 210. LETTER: BELLINGHAM SWEEP OF HOMELESS CAMP By Letter Writer • On Jan 30, 2021 Marii Herlinger writes on this past Thursday’s clearing of the homeless camp by city hall. PUBLIC BANKING BILL GETS A WARMER RECEPTION IN OLYMPIA By Dick Conoboy • On Jan 30, 2021 For the first time in a decade a hearing on a public banking bill found more supporters than detractors. CITY HALL HOMELESS CAMP CLEARED OUT A DAY EARLY By John Servais • On Jan 28, 2021 Bellingham started clearing 24 hours earlier than announced days ago. Antifa has showed up in numbers to provoke. Heavy police presence 2 comments, most recent 4 months ago STATE’S TELECOM STANDARDS FULL OF LOOPHOLES By Jon Humphrey • On Jan 27, 2021 Regulatory standards in SB-5511 offer nothing but give the appearanceof doing something.
PLANNED ROBERTS BANK TERMINAL THREATENS ORCAS By Michael Riordan • On Jan 26, 2021 New Roberts Bank container-ship terminal proposed by the Port of Vancouver would generate additional vessel traffic that will impact endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. 3 comments, most recent 2 months ago CITY HALL CLUTCHES ITS PEARLS By John Servais • On Jan 26, 2021 Mayor Fleetwood and outgoing council members could not handle the truth at last night’s Bellingham City Council meeting. Homeless people and their advocates spoke truth to power. 25 comments, most recent 4 months ago WILL CITY DOUBLE-DOWN TO KILL PUBLIC TRAIL? By Tip Johnson • On Jan 24, 2021 Tip Johnson makes the case that the City’s cozy relations with developers and its neighborhoods-be-damned attitude is costing us all. 3 comments, most recent 4 months ago NEW PUBLIC BANKING BILL INTRODUCED IN OLYMPIA - HEARING ON JANUARY28TH
By Dick Conoboy • On Jan 21, 2021 A public bank in Washington is sorely needed for infrastructure projects and more especially with COVID-19 and the resultant severeeconomic downturn.
5 comments, most recent 4 months ago SATPAL ON INSURRECTION By Guest Writer • On Jan 14, 2021 Statement by County Executive Satpal Sidhu in response to attack onCapitol
2 comments, most recent 4 months ago GENE KNUTSON TO RETIRE FROM BELLINGHAM COUNCIL By John Servais • On Jan 12, 2021 Gene Knutson today announced he will not run for reelection this year and is retiring from the Bellingham City Council. 5 comments, most recent 3 months ago MCCLATCHY SEEKS TO BREAK UP UNION THAT INCLUDES BELLINGHAM HERALDSTAFF
By Ralph Schwartz • On Jan 11, 2021 While McClatchy appears ready to accept unionization among the Herald’s content creators, it would be on their terms. 5 comments, most recent 4 months ago LETTER: CULTURE WARS By Letter Writer • On Jan 10, 2021 Mark Ashworth writes about Trump and our current national situation. YES, NOW YOU KNOW - AN OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESS By Dick Conoboy • On Jan 08, 2021 There are no excuses remaining. 13 comments, most recent 4 months ago THE SAME DOOR - SIX HOURS APART By John Servais • On Jan 07, 2021 Two photos of the same door, one taken about 2 p.m., the other six hours later at about 8 p.m., on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. 10 comments, most recent 4 months ago THE FIX IS IN THE BAG By Jon Humphrey • On Jan 07, 2021 Public Works Director, Eric Johnston and Council Member Michael Lilliquist hand-picked their “perfect members” to determine ourinternet future.
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