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[...]
"Hi Jon: What you witnessed at Bloedel Donovan Park sounds like it was a genuine shame and could have systematically been avoided if the COB provided quality fiber network accessibility [...]
"I agree with the basic concept of specialized community support teams as described. I happened to live in Eugene, OR in 1989 when Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets ([...]
"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 [...]
Despite ADA requirements, proposed trail has no provisions for people with disabilities.
3 comments, most recent 1 week agoA summary of the Douglas Avenue right-of-way petition effort.
Learning more about the managing editor of a new daily news source in Bellingham, coming January 1.
1 comment, most recent 1 week agoMayor Fleetwood spent 10 minutes verbally attacking Tip Johnson’s petition to stop illegal city street vacations.
The Save the Trails Referendum goes into Pandemic Mode
3 comments, most recent 2 weeks agoFriday, August 6, was the monthly Art Walk in downtown Bellingham. Kit Muehlman and I were asking people to ...
1 comment, most recent 3 weeks agoThe Push is on!
A first person account of the author’s experience at the time of the fall of Saigon
9 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoNeighborhoods beware: City Hall is selling our public rights. Your neighborhood could be next.
14 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoThis is the Save the Trails Referendum Page
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoGuest Writer David Donohue explains Sunnyland’s experience with City Hall’s promises, code enforcement, and follow-thru.
6 comments, most recent 1 week agoBut ever so s_l_o_w_l_y
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoBellingham to get a locally owned and professional daily news publication beginning in January 2022.
7 comments, most recent 1 month agoPlaying along with YouTube is a losing game for Bellingham. It is time to break the ties that bind … and blind.
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoPreserve public property rights & save the trail
14 comments, most recent 1 month agoBetween the professional service of Comcast, and the “professionals” at COB, start training Carrier pigeons.
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoIt is time for Bellingham City Hall to take control by dumping YouTube for having taken down a video of a City Council meeting.
8 comments, most recent 1 month agoThe Whatcom County Council is afraid to make an appointment of a temporary District Court judge before the Primary Election. Is the “fix” in?
1 comment, most recent 1 month agoYet another eyesore bunker-like building for bunking students at market rental rates.
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoThe city granted building permits while the Planning Department knew this was a state historical Indian village site.
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoBellingham website goes dead with one person taking a few days off. So much for an administration and a system. Third world government.
4 comments, most recent 2 months agoEffective, efficient and low cost, high speed broadband service continues to elude Bellingham and Whatcom County
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoBellingham continues to have its mail dropoff options changed willy-nilly.
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoTime to put the kibosh on the CityView private dormitory project for the good of the neighborhood and the good of the city.
Riley and Bryna Sweeney write about the petition to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the Meridian School District.
How Mayor Fleetwood and his city attorneys are violating the basic laws that our nation was founded and built upon.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoCity attorney James Erb removed from legal case against Judge Lev for conflict of interest by Superior Court judge.
6 comments, most recent 2 months agoMail collection boxes seem to be a thing of the past. Why have one postal vehicle collect from the boxes when hundreds of people can drive to the post office to mail a letter?
3 comments, most recent 2 months agoA new and local county wide technology group of Internet and broadband experts has been formed. Jon explains why and lists the members.
2 comments, most recent 2 months agoMary Kay Becker writes about the Bellingham Municipal Court Controversy
Tonight the Bellingham City Council - with no agenda notice - authorized the mayor to begin process to abolish the Bellingham Municipal Court
4 comments, most recent 2 months agoWhat does a little stream matter? Spoiler alert! It’s not a joke and, if it were, it would not be a nice one.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoThe presiding judge of Whatcom County District Court has suddenly resigned effective July first.
5 comments, most recent 3 months agoA day to remember the US service men and women who have passed away.
6 comments, most recent 3 months agoDebra Lev, Bellingham’s municipal court judge, is suing Mayor Seth Fleetwood and the city
7 comments, most recent 3 months agoCity staff report outlines “issues” with megalithic CityView complex. You have a chance to comment.
1 comment, most recent 3 months agoDouglas Gustafson guest writes. Our two tiny home villages, and the possibility of a third, are in jeopardy. Do we need them?
3 comments, most recent 3 months agoDespite willing property sellers, and Fleetwood’s campaign promises, and the unanimous Greenways Committee vote …. sigh.
6 comments, most recent 2 months ago“Differential Privacy:” A statistical adjustment system that may render 2020 census population data unusable.
1 comment, most recent 3 months agoAn essay on climate change, millennials’ concerns, and large corporations and governments complacently stealing our kids futures.
5 comments, most recent 2 months agoBAG - the Bellingham city hall Broadband Advisory Group is stacked in favor of mega corporations and against local public Internet service.
12 comments, most recent 2 months agoNew state legislation will cause cascade of changes to Bellingham’s codes
2 comments, most recent 4 months agoCityView, the project that will not die, will soon be subject to scrutiny during an extraordinary meeting of the Planning Commission.
2 comments, most recent 3 months agoThe more contagious and possibly more deadly B.1.1.7 and P.1 coronavirus strains appear to be leaking down into Whatcom County from British Columbia.
10 comments, most recent 3 months agoDaniel Kirkpatrick writes Mayor Fleetwood requesting he veto the council vacation of a street with a walking trail.
9 comments, most recent 3 months agoUgly and expensive. That is what we have brought to the Waterfront.
10 comments, most recent 4 months agoArchive of past notices and reasons for the half-staff flag on the Fairhaven Veterans Flagpole.
SB 5188 to establish a Washington state Financial Cooperative is in an uncertain state in the legislature
Broken promises, bad administration, and still NO access to our publicly-owned resources
4 comments, most recent 5 months agoWashington moves ever closer to public banking for the good of its citizens and the fiscal health of the state.
8 comments, most recent 5 months ago
