Posting Citizen Journalist • Member since Mar 23, 2009
Before becoming a citizen journalist, Elisabeth Britt worked in Olympia as a legislative aide. Locally, she served on the WRIA 1 Planning Unit, the Coordinated Water System Plan and as a state team member for the Federal Lummi Nation Water Rights Negotiations.
In other roles, Britt served as chair of the Public Safety Committee for WDOT Whitewater Amphitheater Blue Ribbon Traffic Safety Commission and sat on the WA State Department of Ecology Citizen’s Advisory Committee.
The American Disabilities Act (ADA) was adopted in 1990. Since its adoption, it has been the target of numerous administrative complaints and court actions. Despite all the legal wrangling and hand [...]
State Senator Ericksen with Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen. On May 14th the Seattle Times published an editorial titled “Senator Doug Ericksen should break his Cambodia deal or step down.” [...]
Michael Riordan jointly researched and wrote this article with Elisabeth Britt. They have collaborated on several articles and their joint articles can be found in searches under the name of [...]
"Thank you, Carol, for sharing this information with us. I agree, urban community green settings lower stress, anxiety and depression for those individuals who frequent them.
"The right-of-way vacation was approved by the city council in a 5-2 vote with Councilman Gene Knutson and Councilwoman Lisa Anderson voting against the ordinance. Before writing the article [...]
"Thank you, Tip, for covering this story. This trail may be subject to ADA regulations. For the purposes of this discussion, an ADA trail “is a route that is designed, [...]
"State Senator Doug Ericksen was recently quoted by Danny Westneat in the Seattle Times calling Congressman Dan Newhouse and Congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler “Vichy republicans” because they cast [...]
"Sadly, the lies are designed to motivate Trump supporters into contributing large sums of money to a massive fundraising effort currently being conducted by the Trump re-election campaign. The [...]
Under Eric Johnston, they’ve been stalling, dragging it out, and protecting big telecom.
The first iteration of public comments, separated from City Council meetings, went off in relative calm.
5 comments, most recent 2 days agoDespite ADA requirements, proposed trail has no provisions for people with disabilities.
3 comments, most recent 1 week agoA summary of the Douglas Avenue right-of-way petition effort.
Learning more about the managing editor of a new daily news source in Bellingham, coming January 1.
1 comment, most recent 2 weeks agoMayor Fleetwood spent 10 minutes verbally attacking Tip Johnson’s petition to stop illegal city street vacations.
The Save the Trails Referendum goes into Pandemic Mode
3 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoFriday, August 6, was the monthly Art Walk in downtown Bellingham. Kit Muehlman and I were asking people to ...
1 comment, most recent 4 weeks agoThe Push is on!
A first person account of the author’s experience at the time of the fall of Saigon
9 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoNeighborhoods beware: City Hall is selling our public rights. Your neighborhood could be next.
14 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoThis is the Save the Trails Referendum Page
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoGuest Writer David Donohue explains Sunnyland’s experience with City Hall’s promises, code enforcement, and follow-thru.
6 comments, most recent 1 week agoBut ever so s_l_o_w_l_y
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoBellingham to get a locally owned and professional daily news publication beginning in January 2022.
7 comments, most recent 1 month agoPlaying along with YouTube is a losing game for Bellingham. It is time to break the ties that bind … and blind.
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoPreserve public property rights & save the trail
14 comments, most recent 1 month agoBetween the professional service of Comcast, and the “professionals” at COB, start training Carrier pigeons.
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoIt is time for Bellingham City Hall to take control by dumping YouTube for having taken down a video of a City Council meeting.
8 comments, most recent 1 month agoThe Whatcom County Council is afraid to make an appointment of a temporary District Court judge before the Primary Election. Is the “fix” in?
1 comment, most recent 2 months agoYet another eyesore bunker-like building for bunking students at market rental rates.
3 comments, most recent 2 months agoThe city granted building permits while the Planning Department knew this was a state historical Indian village site.
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoBellingham website goes dead with one person taking a few days off. So much for an administration and a system. Third world government.
4 comments, most recent 2 months agoEffective, efficient and low cost, high speed broadband service continues to elude Bellingham and Whatcom County
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoBellingham continues to have its mail dropoff options changed willy-nilly.
3 comments, most recent 2 months agoTime to put the kibosh on the CityView private dormitory project for the good of the neighborhood and the good of the city.
Riley and Bryna Sweeney write about the petition to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the Meridian School District.
How Mayor Fleetwood and his city attorneys are violating the basic laws that our nation was founded and built upon.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoCity attorney James Erb removed from legal case against Judge Lev for conflict of interest by Superior Court judge.
6 comments, most recent 2 months agoMail collection boxes seem to be a thing of the past. Why have one postal vehicle collect from the boxes when hundreds of people can drive to the post office to mail a letter?
3 comments, most recent 2 months agoA new and local county wide technology group of Internet and broadband experts has been formed. Jon explains why and lists the members.
2 comments, most recent 2 months agoMary Kay Becker writes about the Bellingham Municipal Court Controversy
Tonight the Bellingham City Council - with no agenda notice - authorized the mayor to begin process to abolish the Bellingham Municipal Court
4 comments, most recent 3 months agoWhat does a little stream matter? Spoiler alert! It’s not a joke and, if it were, it would not be a nice one.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoThe presiding judge of Whatcom County District Court has suddenly resigned effective July first.
5 comments, most recent 3 months agoA day to remember the US service men and women who have passed away.
6 comments, most recent 3 months agoDebra Lev, Bellingham’s municipal court judge, is suing Mayor Seth Fleetwood and the city
7 comments, most recent 3 months agoCity staff report outlines “issues” with megalithic CityView complex. You have a chance to comment.
1 comment, most recent 3 months agoDouglas Gustafson guest writes. Our two tiny home villages, and the possibility of a third, are in jeopardy. Do we need them?
3 comments, most recent 3 months agoDespite willing property sellers, and Fleetwood’s campaign promises, and the unanimous Greenways Committee vote …. sigh.
6 comments, most recent 2 months ago“Differential Privacy:” A statistical adjustment system that may render 2020 census population data unusable.
1 comment, most recent 3 months agoAn essay on climate change, millennials’ concerns, and large corporations and governments complacently stealing our kids futures.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoBAG - the Bellingham city hall Broadband Advisory Group is stacked in favor of mega corporations and against local public Internet service.
12 comments, most recent 3 months agoNew state legislation will cause cascade of changes to Bellingham’s codes
2 comments, most recent 4 months agoCityView, the project that will not die, will soon be subject to scrutiny during an extraordinary meeting of the Planning Commission.
2 comments, most recent 3 months agoThe more contagious and possibly more deadly B.1.1.7 and P.1 coronavirus strains appear to be leaking down into Whatcom County from British Columbia.
10 comments, most recent 4 months agoDaniel Kirkpatrick writes Mayor Fleetwood requesting he veto the council vacation of a street with a walking trail.
9 comments, most recent 3 months agoUgly and expensive. That is what we have brought to the Waterfront.
10 comments, most recent 4 months agoArchive of past notices and reasons for the half-staff flag on the Fairhaven Veterans Flagpole.
SB 5188 to establish a Washington state Financial Cooperative is in an uncertain state in the legislature
