Full firehouse for the candidate forum
Full firehouse for the candidate forum
Full firehouse for the candidate forum this evening in Fairhaven. Some candidates are starting to ask trap-and-poison questions while some others are showing a fine respect for each other. Terry Borne
Full firehouse for the candidate forum this evening in Fairhaven. Some candidates are starting to ask trap-and-poison questions while some others are showing a fine respect for each other. Terry Borneman was quite petty and negative last evening and tried a new nasty this evening on his opponent Bill Geyer. In contrast, Barry Buchanan and Larry Farr have respected each other and virtually all the other candidates have asked good questions of their opponents.
I've got 11 pages of notes from forums and no time yet to write up some comments. John Watts put up a nice bunch of glib takeouts - without candidate names - on his HamsterTalk blog yesterday. After you watch the forum on TV then go back to his Oct 3 post and enjoy the read. Meanwhile I hope to get the several hours needed to post notes from two good forums. I'm disappointed that Sam Taylor spent all last evening at the forum and then only got a small snippet into the Herald about the Treasurer's race. Sam could have given us a great rundown of the forum if his Herald editors had allowed him the space.
The Cascadia Weekly has a surprising and very good interview with Bill Geyer. Uber Liberal Tim Johnson suggests we liberals take a serious look at Geyer for replacing Terry Bornemann. For myself, I will be voting for Bill Geyer. Supposedly liberal Terry argued against a comprehensive traffic study as part of the comp plan - something we on the Bellingham south side need. When we updated our Happy Valley neighborhood a few years ago, Terry was no friend of ours as we fought city planning to achieve a decent plan. Terry talks but does not walk his talk. So, I am quite pleased to see other progressives taking a fresh look at Bill Geyer for the 5th Ward city council seat. Bill has presented some very good thinking in the forums - and I encourage you to watch him and note his ideas on the Btv10 replays of the Oct 3 forum.
I've got 11 pages of notes from forums and no time yet to write up some comments. John Watts put up a nice bunch of glib takeouts - without candidate names - on his HamsterTalk blog yesterday. After you watch the forum on TV then go back to his Oct 3 post and enjoy the read. Meanwhile I hope to get the several hours needed to post notes from two good forums. I'm disappointed that Sam Taylor spent all last evening at the forum and then only got a small snippet into the Herald about the Treasurer's race. Sam could have given us a great rundown of the forum if his Herald editors had allowed him the space.
The Cascadia Weekly has a surprising and very good interview with Bill Geyer. Uber Liberal Tim Johnson suggests we liberals take a serious look at Geyer for replacing Terry Bornemann. For myself, I will be voting for Bill Geyer. Supposedly liberal Terry argued against a comprehensive traffic study as part of the comp plan - something we on the Bellingham south side need. When we updated our Happy Valley neighborhood a few years ago, Terry was no friend of ours as we fought city planning to achieve a decent plan. Terry talks but does not walk his talk. So, I am quite pleased to see other progressives taking a fresh look at Bill Geyer for the 5th Ward city council seat. Bill has presented some very good thinking in the forums - and I encourage you to watch him and note his ideas on the Btv10 replays of the Oct 3 forum.
