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The huge gap for news in this community
Will be posting election recommendations today. Have not had time for some good posts the past week.
Reliable rumor has it that another weekly newspaper will start publishing in early November
Will be posting election recommendations today. Have not had time for some good posts the past week.
Reliable rumor has it that another weekly newspaper will start publishing in early November
Reliable rumor has it that another weekly newspaper will start publishing in early November in Bellingham. Will be named "The Independent" and offer better coverage of local politics and events than the Weekly. For many of us wanting an alternative news to the Herald, the Weekly has been a huge disappointment after six months of publishing. It mainly serves as a vehicle for the Skinny, which while entertaining is not news.
I tried to print Tip Johnson's excellent analysis of Mark Asmundson's record as mayor - a devastating analysis - in the Herald as an ad but they turned it down, saying they were not accepting any "negative" political ads. My my - such standards. Guess that does not apply to the letters they accept and the slanted news stories. The letters slandering Brett Bonner are amazing. Guess negative only applies to Mark. It also means that an incumbent's record while in office is immune from analysis. Some free press.
Have you heard about the write-in campaign for the many liberals and Democrats who will not vote for Mark but cannot bring themselves to vote for Brett? They are writing in "Dirty Dan Harris" on their ballots. They are distributing bumper stickers, buttons and other campaign materials. This was started by some card-carrying Democrats in the city - some well up in the organization.
Wish I had more time to research for this posting. Lots the Herald is missing that is important news of local politics and business. Hopefully the Independent will fill the huge gap for news in this community. And sorry for those who check daily that I am unable to provide daily nuggets of confirmed news that is ignored by the Herald. That was always my goal, but the work of verifying is immense.
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The huge gap for news in this community
Will be posting election recommendations today. Have not had time for some good posts the past week.
Reliable rumor has it that another weekly newspaper will start publishing in early November
No one in a position of responsibility will touch it
So the Public Disclosure Commission is investigating Foster without any complaint. Yet they pretend to not know of flagrant violations of the PDC laws being committed by Mark Asmundson as Mayor - to w
Another perspective on County elections
I’ve just posted up a commentary by Stephen Trinkaus on all the local elections. He gives the perspective of a liberal activist - one who has participated in the local process and knows what is happen
On the levy, low-cost rentals and the Mayor’s gag order.
Today’s Herald devoted much of the first section of the paper to promoting the levy tax for EMS services, under the guise of reporting the issues. They printed two big graphs showing increases of resp
What closed-door deal has Mark made with Foster?
That is the question making the political rounds this afternoon. Foster Rose, who came in third in the primary election for mayor, today endorsed Mayor Mark Asmundson for reelection. Foster’s voters h
This is the piece that this election deserves
Tip Johnson has written the best analysis of the mayor Mark’s record that will appear anywhere. Tip, a hero to local environmentalists and liberals, takes an honest and courageous look at Mark Asmunds
The Police Guild believes Terry did this
The Bellingham Police Guild will endorse Don Hansey today for city council. Their executive board voted 100% last night to endorse Hansey and not Bornemann. To most political observers this will be a
Attempted extortion by the Mayor
The City Council yesterday evening showed their disdain for public process and for state laws against using city facilities for promoting campaign issues. And in their afternoon session they bowed to
Very quietly, more and more liberals are
telling me they are voting for Brett Bonner for mayor. Some very prominent ones - but they are not going public. Why not? Fear of retaliation.
Why are they against Mark? Two reasons in general.
The political junkies around town
are abuzz about the trap Brett Bonner stepped into on Tuesday evening at the Labor Council. Dave Warren blindsided Brett without even allowing an introduction. They jammed questions at him, and baited
Mayoral Debate
The two differed strongly on several issues. The differences between them are becoming more apparent and this should continue for the next two weeks.
Brett continues to develop his Lake Whatcom
Election Commentary
Port Commissioner by Sheri Ward
So what happened to all the heat among contenders for this race? It was only a few short weeks ago… (<a href=”http://nwcitizen.us/oldsite/elections/2003/ben
Remember the ‘Truth Squad’?
We need one to follow Asmundson during the next three weeks - and to nudge the Herald to do minimal checking of facts before publishing. I’m referring to Friday’s post below, where it was noted how St
A far superior and more objective analysis
If you’re a liberal and just figure you’ll vote for Mark for mayor, then read Tip Johnson’s analysis of the two candidates. Compared to John Stark’s report in this morning’s Herald, Tip gives a far su
A “Cadillac” system
Mayor Mark is in trouble with young liberal activists - just the voters who normally would support a liberal mayor. But they are remembering his presiding over police and court abuses that targeted yo
Very qualified local political observers comment
I am posting commentary on the election races by several very qualified local political observers who have agreed to write up their views of selected debates, candidates and issues. The first one i
Election Forums
The first of three Bellingham Herald Election Forums is taking place this evening at the County Council chambers.
The forums are being broadcast live on KGMI radio, 790 AM. You can see the vide
News censorship is not some obscure conspiracy theory
Indeed, I watched CBS news and they have the story now. (see 3 pm below) Still nada at the CNN and FOXnews websites. A search shows nothing. Novak of CNN wrote the article that exposed the identity of
US soldiers would never do things like that
How many war prisoners is the USA holding? 6,000? A new website is trying to track all the foreigners the USA is holding in secret prisons or not telling us about. Amnesty International is involved. T
It is probably Brett’s to lose
All week I’m hearing from political pros how Mark will still beat Brett for mayor. Mark is too smooth, they say. Mark knows what to say in every situation. Brett is doing a poor job of exposing Mark’s
