"Dear Jamie, I hope you are well and enjoying the gorgeous spring we’re having. I thought I would reach out regarding your recent article here, seeing as [...]
Bellingham Heron Colony Threatened by Development - AgainCommenter • Member since Apr 08, 2019
"Dear Jamie, I hope you are well and enjoying the gorgeous spring we’re having. I thought I would reach out regarding your recent article here, seeing as [...]
The city has muzzled its new climate and energy manager and its Climate Action Task Force. Why?
10 comments, most recent 3 months agoVarious topics discussed at the neighborhood meeting but renters’ complaints dominated the agenda.
4 comments, most recent 10 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.
12 comments, most recent 10 months agoBellingham becomes the first government in Whatcom County to formally support the creation of a public bank in Washington.
2 comments, most recent 10 months agoDensity calculations for the property known as Tract F of the Hawley property are not supported by the record.
3 comments, most recent 10 months agoManagement controls will insure the stability of PUBLIC banking. Examples of poor management controls do abound now. It is called the PRIVATE sector banking system.
5 comments, most recent 11 months agoThe best kept secret in the west?
5 comments, most recent 11 months agoBarbara Rofkar explains the evolution of the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival, why it’s important, and what’s coming up.
Water industry planning differs greatly from electric industry planning and here is the reason.
1 comment, most recent 11 months agoState Senator Hasegawa continues to push for legislation creating a public bank in Washington.
7 comments, most recent 9 months agoInstalling that RING video doorbell may have a cost…your privacy.
3 comments, most recent 11 months agoTom Dohman seeks to clarify Propositions 2020-9 and 2020-10 for the Bellingham School District 501.
8 comments, most recent 11 months agoCan zoning changes and increasing density solve the affordable housing shortage?
10 comments, most recent 9 months agoAn easy test for candidate selection
Homes NOW’s Unity Village to move to new COB-owned site in May 2020. Thank you to Mayor Fleetwood, Planning Director Sepler, and Police Chief Doll.
Indications are that the developer intends to go forward with his application for the CityView dormitory style project with 408 beds.
Council Rebukes Justice Advocates and Voters
1 comment, most recent 11 months agoYour PayByPhone app sends a flat fee of 25 cents per transaction to the coffers of Volkswagen Financial Services AG
2 comments, most recent 1 year agoVague language in the current permit may result in not getting a badly needed extension for Unity Village for the homeless in Fairhaven.
A tour d’horizon of the state of the Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission.
19 comments, most recent 11 months agoElectrified scooters may bring with them unintended and undesirable consequences, some ecological, some financial, and some lethal.
Council moved to have staff develop a resolution in support of public banking legislation in Washington state.
5 comments, most recent 1 year agoAlex Ramel was chosen today by votes of three county councils to a vacated seat on the state Legislature.
A superb update of where we are as a community on protecting Bellingham’s only Great Blue Heron colony.
A timely update on Unity Village temporary homes in Fairhaven - plus the petition being circulated to allow the village a permit extension.
For the third time this year Sen Hasegawa will travel to Whatcom County to deliver a talk on public banking in Washington State.
4 comments, most recent 1 year agoA comprehensive and touching explanation of the Bellingham effort to help homeless folks, the HomesNOW project, and its disappointments and successes.
8 comments, most recent 1 year agoBellingham to revise and update its codes to control motorized bikes, scooters and skateboards. Motorized scooter rentals are also on the docket…but beware.
3 comments, most recent 1 year agoMADA (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 1 year 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 1 year 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 year agoElectoral Perspective from a long-time neighborhood advocate
8 comments, most recent 1 year 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 1 year 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 year agoWhen voting for sheriff implies structural change
2 comments, most recent 1 year agoApril Barker accepted money from the same organization that funds right wing candidates in Whatcom County. Why?
1 comment, most recent 1 year 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 year agoNorth Dakota just celebrated 100 years of public banking to the benefit of its citizens. Why is Washington lollygagging?
1 comment, most recent 1 year agoSeveral dozen Puget and Samish Neighborhood residents vented their ire at the 19 Aug City Council Meeting.
2 comments, most recent 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year agoToo late to mail ballots - so here are the dropbox locations. And try the Rank Choice Voting for three candidates.
2 comments, most recent 1 year ago