Breaking News: City Council Changes
Roxanne Murphy has apparently announced her resignation from the Bellingham City Council on Facebook. Murphy notes she’s going to be paid substantially more for taking a position as an [...]
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
MERCURY VICTIMS OF WHATCOM COUNTY
Editor’s Note: Mercury Victims of Whatcom County is an anonymous, loose-knit organization that credits itself with having delivered the final blow that prompted Georgia-Pacific to end its Bellingham operations. [...]
Something Stinks at the Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant
Something smells, but it is not just the screened sewage pouring into Bellingham Bay since early Saturday morning. A report at the City of Bellingham’s website says a “pipe [...]
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The Cost of Prosecutorial Mismanagement"So Richey may not have screwed up every case? Small comfort. More telling is the 98% plea rate. This is one of the ways they have kept the jail overcrowded [...]
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What on Earth Is Doug Ericksen Doing In Cambodia?"With the caveat that perhaps no cops could be worse than some bad cops, the question remains how much is too much of a necessary thing? For another emerging perspective:[...]
The Traumatization of Our Police
