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MADA (Make America Dinner Again) Invites You to Dinner… Across the Aisle
Some of my picks for local races in 2019.
A million here and a million there, pretty soon you are talking real money
1 comment, most recent 2 weeks agoSage Jones responds to Dick Conoboy’s article on Chanan Suarez who is a candidate for Bellingham City Council. Suarez is running for the 5th Ward seat against Lisa Anderson.
1 comment, most recent 2 weeks agoWhy the Port selected Harcourt to be “master developer” should be an inquiry submitted through bullhorns and accompanied by clacking pitchforks.
18 comments, most recent 1 week agoElectoral Perspective from a long-time neighborhood advocate
8 comments, most recent 1 week agoDonations tell a far different story. Grass roots/local support is weak.
Today marks 50 years since I returned home to the U.S., from Vietnam.
4 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoCalifornia becomes the second state to enact public banking legislation. And the Evergreen State? Quo vadis?
Senator Hasegawa’s briefing before the County Council on public banking followed his talk on the topic before the Bellingham City Club this summer.
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoWhen voting for sheriff implies structural change
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoApril Barker accepted money from the same organization that funds right wing candidates in Whatcom County. Why?
1 comment, most recent 1 month agoSen Hasegawa returns to Bellingham to address the topic of public banking before the Whatcom County Council on Tuesday, 24 September
Jamie Donaldson urges us to contact the Bellingham City Council again as it appears there is foot dragging on acquiring the buffer woods by the heron colony nests.
1 comment, most recent 1 month agoNorth Dakota just celebrated 100 years of public banking to the benefit of its citizens. Why is Washington lollygagging?
1 comment, most recent 2 months agoSeveral dozen Puget and Samish Neighborhood residents vented their ire at the 19 Aug City Council Meeting.
2 comments, most recent 2 months agoThe herons that we enjoy watching all over Bellingham actually all live in one colony of nests in Fairhaven. This is an overview of efforts to protect their colony.
Plans for a 408-bed, student-style dormitory apartment building, CityView, in the Puget Neighborhood move forward.
1 comment, most recent 2 months agoLong time local civic activist for human rights, Barbara Z. Rofkar, writes of her feelings in this time of ugly news of assaults on minorities in our country almost every day.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoLinks to Auditor official election results, plus perspectives and opinions - some anon from reliable local political junkies who need to - well, remain anon.
13 comments, most recent 3 months agoToo late to mail ballots - so here are the dropbox locations. And try the Rank Choice Voting for three candidates.
2 comments, most recent 3 months agoAn unexpected resignation by one of the top administrators in Bellingham city government
In meeting with Jamie K, Mayor Kelli commits to the city purchasing the land for the heron reserve.
3 comments, most recent 3 months agoCity planning - and the developer - abandoned their defense of the illegal permit to build in the critical area by the heron colony.
1 comment, most recent 3 months agoThe developer and city have surrendered in their effort to allow building new homes in the Critical Area that protects the Great Blue Heron colony on Bellingham’s waterfront.
2 comments, most recent 3 months agoShall we protect - or shall we forever change - the nature of established residential neighborhoods?
8 comments, most recent 3 months agoDo not be fooled, CityView apartments are yet another private sector dormitory. No families here.
4 comments, most recent 3 months agoWhy is it that the supposed housing affordability and availability champion is a “millionaire” landlord herself?
22 comments, most recent 2 months agoAfter two failed attempts by outside companies to develop an 11 acre parcel in the Puget Neighborhood, a local developer takes a swing.
3 comments, most recent 4 months agoDianne Foster expresses her thoughts and regrets as the Bellingham Herald announces the pending cancellation of Saturday newspapers.
1 comment, most recent 4 months ago