Community Rights Movement Rising
Stoney Bird guest writes. In 2012, an initiative campaign for a Community Bill of Rights in Bellingham was part of a nationwide movement for local communities to reassert their rights, their [...]
Stoney Bird
After serving in the Peace Corps in Libya and Tunisia, Stoney worked for many years as an international corporate lawyer. He moved to the Skagit Valley in 1990, and was able for the first time to get involved in the life of the community where he was living. He was one of the leaders in the Coal-Free Bellingham initiative campaign in 2012. Now he lives in the York Neighborhood. Since 2001, he has been car-free.
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"Thanks for this analysis and call to action, Dick. One might mention also the connection between homelessness - caused by the disconnect between wages and housing costs - and the [...]
The Flip Side of Housing Affordability"Larry, thanks for your comment and for your always constructive engagement. Our plan is to hold the showing at the Pickford (which will be the fifth in the region, three [...]
Community Rights Movement Rising"Wendy, has anybody calculated what the County has spent in legal fees defending non-compliance over the years? Stoney Bird
Noncompliance 2013: The Game