So the Public Disclosure Commission is investigating Foster without any complaint. Yet they pretend to not know of flagrant violations of the PDC laws being committed by Mark Asmundson as Mayor - to wit, the use of the City of Bellingham website to promote the passage of the Levy for EMS. The PDC has been written to about this and they are choosing to ignore it, citing a court ruling they say ties their hands. We will hear more about this issue after the election - when it is too late. It stinks. And no one in a position of responsibility will touch it.

The Herald continues to print stories only after I break them on this website - and has never extended the common courtesy of a credit to NwCitizen for breaking a story. A courtesy common between newspapers. Indeed, Herald reporters have frequently told me they check this website daily for story ideas. So do other news organizations - yet only KGMI (and Whatcom Watch - added 11/5/03) have given credit where credit is due. The question that you, gentle reader, should ask yourself is: would the Herald report some stories if they had not been reported here first?

One of the writers of the commentaries being posted has written me to say they had no idea so many people read this website. That writer has gotten a lot of feedback on their commentary. I am pleased that these people have written for NwCitizen. Their independent commentaries are very credible and are written from a deep involvement in our local politics.