Will City Double-Down to Kill Public Trail?
Somehow an application to abandon the public’s right to a 26-year old trail in Happy Valley got through the Technical Review Committee (TRC), made it to Hearing Examiner Sharon [...]
Tip Johnson
Tip Johnson is a longtime citizen interest advocate with a record of public achievement projects for good government and the environment. A lifelong student of government, Tip served two terms on the Bellingham City Council and has worked on many community boards and committees. He travelled with the Federal Transit Administration and Department of Commerce on mass transit trade missions in SE Asia and Africa before settling down to focus on keeping public interests at the fore of local government and the course of growth and development.
Articles by Tip Johnson
“Culture of Fear” at Western
A job at Western might be a cush crib for some, but it’s become something of a horror show for the University’s top watchdog, now dead. An article [...]
Dirty Deal at Douglas and 21st
Update Dec 8: Last night the Bellingham City Council did not give final approval to the street vacation request, but sent it back to the Hearing Examiner for further review. I [...]
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" No doubt some require or could benefit from a highly managed housing situation but I agree with the author that most will better build their transitional capacity through direct [...]
The Battle for Bellingham's Tiny Homes"Ms, Steen, In my first response to your comment, I tried to give credit to the quality of your understanding of homeless issues, but maybe over-challenged a couple others.&[...]
City Hall Clutches its Pearls"Diane, OK, I have not been nearly so involved, and thank you for your effort. I do try to pay attention.No, I do not condone interrupting the press, [...]
City Hall Clutches its Pearls"I write a bit about contentious local issues and, like other writers on NWCitizen, I try to avoid facile name calling to make my points. So when Ms. Steen calls [...]
City Hall Clutches its Pearls"There’s a fair bit of misunderstanding, especially on Nextdoor threads of this issue. The City doesn’t own any of this property. The adjoining properties own their half [...]
Dirty Deal at Douglas and 21st