Michael Chiavario writes about our county parks department. Michael has lived in Bellingham since 1968. He retired from his job at Whatcom County Parks after 20 years of service in 2015. Note: On [...]
"I am sure that you are right, Dick, that it is a student housing project. Aside from the issue of whether or not a student project should be built [...]
CityView Pre-Application Neighborhood Meeting - Some Hot Moments"Dick and Larry we have a market based system of valuing homes as commodities. Some peope play nice in this flawed system and some play as selfishly as they can. [...]
April Barker Mayor? - An Equity Assessment of the Candidate"April is not one of those multiple rental owning Mega landlords who are profiting from properties they bought up two decades ago. She acquired her properties relatively recently. One of [...]
April Barker Mayor? - An Equity Assessment of the Candidate"Dick, You have some excellent ideas there about a resolution, taxing rentals, pressuring landlords into lowering rents. I have yet to see April or Dan accuse anyone of being racist [...]
Restore The Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Commission (MNAC) To Its Former Role in Planning"Tip it is not correct that April Barker aims to “improving conditions for developers and increasing landlord rental income”. The ADU ordinance (championed by April) prevents houses with ADU’[...]
Restore The Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Commission (MNAC) To Its Former Role in Planning