Citizen Journalist • Member since Mar 23, 2018
Tom Dohman is a retired food industry professional - schooled as a microbiologist - who spent three decades working for various food companies, in the disciplines of food product development, quality assurance, food safety and regulatory affairs. He moved to Bellingham for its stunning natural beauty and desirable quality of life. He continues to believe that an informed public can influence its local government to make better decisions for its citizens and that - just maybe - reason can prevail in the end.
As stated in the language on the ballot recently received in the mail, two levies, Proposition 2020-9 and Proposition 2020-10, are designed to replace expiring Bellingham School District 501 (BSD) levies [...]
Approximately 68 acres of forested land on Samish Hill (east of 40th St) are slated for timber harvesting with follow-up plans to replant the logged areas with new tree seedlings within 1[...]
"Anytime I see it mentioned that the U.S. was SCREENING for COVID-19 symptoms back in January (or perhaps even to this day), I feel the need to put such [...]
"Dr. Swanson: Having lived for 22+ years in the Tri-Cities, I am a bit perplexed when you state Benton County data in numerous places in your latest update. My [...]
"Well, the election is ending tonight so we’re not likely to influence many other voters at this point. I do appreciate the points of view presenting a different [...]
"My article was replete with lots of
Summer visitors are likely to bring COVID-19 to previously unaffected or lightly affected seasonal communities requiring a model for risk evaluation and adaptive responses.
1 comment, most recent 11 hours agoHow the Herald reports Bellingham news by reprinting articles from the Seattle Times - but cannot even do that honestly.
1 comment, most recent 5 days agoWith three apartment complexes (about 700 tenants ) added to the congested area around the Samish/I-5 bridge, the situation is about to get “interesting”.
4 comments, most recent 4 days agoThe ACLU this morning filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination of Dr Lin, the emergency room doctor who spoke out about lack of safe procedutes at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham.
2 comments, most recent 6 days agoHaving certainty about one’s water rights would allow users to negotiate with greater confidence than they now have.
Opponents of this project await a public meeting before the city’s Planning Commission, possibly in June.
Elwood Edge Apartments at Elwood and Lincoln will add 154 to 186 tenants to the already congested area at the Samish Way overpass. But don’t go away. There is more.
2 comments, most recent 2 weeks agoAn opinionated review of how the novel coronavirus struck Skagit, San Juan and Whatcom Counties, with a focus on the lessons learned.
An analysis of the emerging China bashing for political purposes and why it is so misplaced. A Chinese-American, who grew up in Hong Kong and lived many years in Texas, gives us his perspective.
6 comments, most recent 2 weeks agoOur guest writer takes us through an explanation of inflation and deflation in the time of COVID-19
2 comments, most recent 2 weeks agoA straightforward assessment of the CityView dormitory apartment complex proposal.
5 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoOur guest writer makes a case for the minting of one or more trillion dollar coins as a funding mechanism in the time of COVID-19 and a collapsing economy.
18 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoSenicide is a term not oft used but it is making a resurgence in this time of pandemic.
3 comments, most recent 3 days agoA comprehensive overview of the CityView private dormitory complex proposed for the Puget Neighborhood.
9 comments, most recent 2 weeks agoWestern Washington University seems to hate trees as they remove 48 more beautiful fir trees this week from the campus.
9 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoHotspots like the one in the Benton county in Washington may prove to have a higher level, chronic COVID-19 infection rate as the governor attempts to re-open the economy.
Dr. David Swanson gives us his final report on the trajectory of COVID-19’s rise in the county.
4 comments, most recent 1 month agoThe developer has submitted a complete application for a 106 unit dormitory apartment complex with 318 residents.
5 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoTo remember the victims of the COVID-19 epidemic.
We have all encountered people in grocery stores not wearing masks. Including the employees. Jane makes a valiant attempt to get through to those folks. And to the store managers.
17 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoDr. Swanson leads us through some of the issues involved in pandemic modeling, especially with insufficient data.
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoData reporting on COVID-19 from Benton County is a mess, making a forecast impossible at the moment.
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoThis is a personal and professional look at the topic of delayed action on the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
16 comments, most recent 1 month agoDavid Swanson continues to keep us informed of the progress of the COVID-19 spread in Whatcom County.
4 comments, most recent 1 month agoThe hits just keep coming as Whatcom County is now also a hot-spot in the state for giant hornets.
1 comment, most recent 1 month agoThe authors present their case for nearly 2,000 unconfirmed, positive COVID-19 cases in Whatcom County.
10 comments, most recent 1 month agoA realistic, statistics-based analysis of our options moving forward, and out, of COVID-19.
9 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoWith his modelling skills David Swanson continues to keep us apprised of the COVID-19 spread in Whatcom County and its likely trajectory.
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoAn analysis of the COVID-19 situation in Hanford County on the eastern side of the state. We are all in the same boat, the Pacific Northwest.
Wherein we pick our way through the evolving versions of the PeaceHealth letter/ad in Sunday’s Bellingham Herald. And cover their obsessive efforts to marginalize Dr Lin.
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoWhat to expect with COVID hospitalizations in Whatcom County and a preview of the hospitalization situation in other counties in Washington.
13 comments, most recent 1 month agoUpdated: Immediate action needed to avoid overwhelming peak of COVID-19 cases by April 25th in Whatcom County
12 comments, most recent 1 month agoDr. Anna Dowling, chief of staff at St Joseph Hospital, is asking all doctors to sign a letter for public release, generally stating the hospital is doing everything correctly.
7 comments, most recent 2 months agoHo See-wing brings a world traveler perspective to our national and local response to the Coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic.
6 comments, most recent 2 months agoImmediate action needed to avoid overwhelming peak of COVID-19 cases by April 25th in Whatcom County
8 comments, most recent 2 months agoUpdate: We link to the video he has posted on YouTube. Dr Lin showed up for work and was promptly walked off the hospital campus. He is fired from his job as an ER doctor.
6 comments, most recent 2 months agoFaces of heros and those taking high risks. Health care workers are vital to our country as soldiers, police and fire fighters.
We try to prevent the disturbance at Monday’s Bellingham City Council meeting from going down the memory hole.
12 comments, most recent 2 months agoDr. Lin has returned to Bellingham’s St. Joseph Hospital and continues to give us his personal views on how the hospital is meeting the coronavirus epidemic.
3 comments, most recent 2 months agoIt is time to get serious about social distancing and public safety in the face of the COVID-19 virus. Half measures will not work.
13 comments, most recent 2 months agoHow the Seattle Times, Bellingham Herald and this site, NWCitizen, reported on the issues raised in Dr. Ming Lin’s letter to Charles Prosper, the CMO of PeaceHealth.
1 comment, most recent 2 months agoOur earth is standing still.
3 comments, most recent 2 months agoAn anonymous author imagines a better world where we are truly free
3 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoUpdated Sat, Mar 21: Dr. Ming Lin, a doctor at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, wrote a letter to Charles Prosper, the chief managing officer of PeaceHealth.
6 comments, most recent 2 months agoJamie K writes a brief article for us on the herons. Amongst all our human travails, we need to still protect our natural environment.
1 comment, most recent 2 months agoVan Werven, Ericksen play electoral politics with children’s health. Republican state representatives and senators pretend outrage as Governor Inslee prepares to sign sex education bill.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoThe city has muzzled its new climate and energy manager and its Climate Action Task Force. Why?
4 comments, most recent 1 month agoVarious topics discussed at the neighborhood meeting but renters’ complaints dominated the agenda.
4 comments, most recent 2 months agoA critical look at how the Trump regime is mis-handling the coronavirus outbreak. NW Citizen writer Michael Riordan has an opinion piece in the Seattle Times.
Stoney explains the what, why and how of what may be a much better method of electing our representatives and leaders.
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