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Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jul 20, 2009
Chuck Robinson provides his knowledgeable perspective on Christmas and Holiday shopping. We asked Chuck, who is now retired, to write this for all of us.
In the three Whatcom County school districts carried by Trump-Pence the covid-19 infection rate is 1.4 times higher than found in the 4 districts carried by Biden-Harris.
3 comments, most recent 2 years agoState Senator Doug Ericksen parrots baseless Republican Party claims about non-existent voter fraud in the 2020 presidential elections.
8 comments, most recent 2 years agoAs is the case, nationwide, it appears that Trump assisted Democrats in carrying the 2020 presidential and gubernatorial elections in Washington
2 comments, most recent 2 years agoThe meaning of the original Armistice Day has been turned on its head. We lose a yearly history lesson as a result.
13 comments, most recent 2 years agoThe little park district commission wants to increase taxes in an effort to prolong their fiefdom.
13 comments, most recent 2 years agoFive years ago CenturyLink wanted their TV franchise to be in Bellingham in a big way. They failed and now want to pull out.
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoTrump advocated behaviors that placed his followers at higher risk to being sickened and even dying from covid-19. Did a reduction in republican voters aid in the election of Joe Biden?
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoVeterans appear to be paying a price for COVID-19 at double the rate of the general population.
Diana Bradrick, our elected Whatcom County Auditor, leaves two ballot drop boxes in storage rather than install them in Bellingham - where they are needed.
8 comments, most recent 2 years agoThe novel coronavirus also attacks our need for community, which is the antidote to the epidemic of toxic individualism that has begun afflicting much of middle America.
6 comments, most recent 2 years agoIs it 219 days? Five years? It’s time to move forward on the Broadband Advisory Group. Now!
Six applicants for Bellingham’s Broadband Advisory Group are examined by Jon for their conflicts of interest with their business ties to the broadband industry.
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoProposition 2020-14 allows us to support pedestrians and bicyclists by continuing the sales tax of a mere two cents per $10.
5 comments, most recent 2 years agoJon explains why the Starlink satellite Internet service will not be so great and why fiber is still best for reliability, speed, cost, safety and the environment. Really.
5 comments, most recent 8 months agoSome candidates and issues can be a bit obtuse as we look at the campaign literature. These recommendations are for those with progressive, liberal, or moderate values and perspectives.
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoBellingham is foot-dragging and Whatcom County gives nearly $1 million to “Big Telecom.”
2 comments, most recent 2 years agoOnly four US counties remain covid free, each of them rural. We discuss how the pandemic reached rural, isolated counties.
15 comments, most recent 2 years agoWinter quarter at WWU will look much the same as the fall quarter with mostly online classes.
Satpal Sidhu supports Ferndale School Levy
Daniel Kirkpatrick has a letter to the editor endorsing Christine Grant for Public Utility District Commissioner.
The novel coronavirus infects the US president and he responds, after a weekend visit to Walter Reed Military Hospital, with wild mood swings and reckless policy pronouncements.
Changing or eliminating the definition of “family” in our zoning codes is fraught with difficulties and likely inevitable unintended(?)consequences.
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoSchools especially are losing out because of local government neglect of broadband access. And it isn’t getting better.
Let’s stop calling the president “our Commander in Chief.”
10 comments, most recent 2 years agoJC Mansfield explains how Bellingham and our police have chosen to deal with our homeless residents in unproductive, criminalizing, uncaring, and unconstitutional ways.
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoCity hall is trying to keep planning commissioners on the job as vacancies mount in a game of musical chairs.
2 comments, most recent 2 years agoMike Pellicciotti is the one to replace the current, Trump-loving incumbent Washington State Treasurer.
2 comments, most recent 2 years agoWhy the Trump “administration” is responsible for at least half the 200,000+ US coronavirus deaths.
11 comments, most recent 2 years agoBellingham police are between a rock and a hard place. Resolution of issues will not be easy or pleasant given the history of policing.
6 comments, most recent 2 years ago4th Update posted. We will provide short updates to the article “Cougar Trapping … Maybe,” to keep you informed of the cougar’s status.
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoAs of January 2021 only one planning commissioner will have served more than a year. Experience will be woefully lacking
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoAn effort to trap a cougar that has been hanging around the southside too long is in place.
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoMarkis Dee guest writes as the County Council appointed Homeless Advocate for Whatcom County. This is a first person account of his experiences and recommendations.
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoA Public Works document on Bellingham’s fiber optic network leaves much to be desired.
Neither innocence nor guilt will add much to our understanding of the deaths of these two men.
7 comments, most recent 2 years agoReal progress on broadband and fiber optics is not what is being sold to the public by the city.
3 comments, most recent 2 years agoNot local, but we would be remiss to not speak out.
About two-thirds of all returning students will live in campus residence halls, but that does not mean they will be confined to campus.
12 comments, most recent 2 years agoClose questioning of the auditor’s office reveals the truth. Now the issue becomes, what will county leaders do with these two extra ballot drop boxes?
6 comments, most recent 2 years agoVoters prefer drop boxes to ensure their ballots are counted, yet our county auditor thinks that is not true. The numbers are against her.
8 comments, most recent 2 years agoStudents returning for the fall semester at WWU present the greatest threat to local residents during this pandemic.
An undemocratic process awaits a workgroup on broadband.
Dr. Bill Lyne guest writes how the curtain has been pulled back on the vulnerability of US higher education.
3 comments, most recent 2 years agoIn a specific and obviously sternly written request for information, the city outlined the deficiencies in the CityView project proposal.
Enoch J. Ledet guest writes, advocating for a better method of cleaning Lake Whatcom of the phosphorus. The phosphorus that our drinking water must not contain.
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoIrene Morgan guest writes. She is turning 80 this week and reflects on her many years of helping victims of our so called justice system.
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoWA State Department of Commerce Internet Access Test is a Scam to Protect Big Telecom
7 comments, most recent 2 years agoWhite guilt in tow, the author treks 260 miles from Bellingham to Portland to see what all the fuss is about.
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoSee link to map of Ballot Drop Boxes. It is too late now to mail your ballot. Postal Service is struggling. Drop your ballot in a Drop Box.
5 comments, most recent 2 years ago