By John Servais · Wed Oct 24, 2007

Louise Bjornson got my vote. Yep, ballot is mailed. And I found myself at the moment of truth thinking that, you know, we will get at least three smart bucks on the new council and four if Bill Geyer

By Tip Johnson · Sun Oct 21, 2007

Personalities, not issues have dominated this election cycle. It’s not that there are no issues to discuss. It’s just that our democracy has apparently developed lazy habits. The digital revolu

Today he announced.

By John Servais · Sat Oct 20, 2007

Seth Fleetwood has endorsed Dan Pike for Mayor of Bellingham. We have all been wondering if and who Seth would endorse. He also ran for mayor and had a strong showing in the August primary. Today he a

Mayoral candidate forum

By John Servais · Thu Oct 18, 2007

Podcasts from the Oct 16 forum have been posted up at the KGMI website. As I reference in yesterday’s post, listening to the mayoral candidates is very worthwhile. You can select which candidate pairs

Candidates and candidon’ts

By John Servais · Wed Oct 17, 2007

Podcasts of last night’s forum will be posted online by KGMI about noon tomorrow. I will post links here when they go up. Meanwhile, you might check Sam Taylor’s posted as it happened blog of the foru

Candidate forum this evening

By John Servais · Tue Oct 16, 2007

Candidate forum this evening at the Courthouse. In the county council chambers - a great place with good seats, good sound system and easy to see all the candidates. The Whatcom Independent format mak

Agendums, City Council and personal

By John Servais · Tue Oct 16, 2007

Well, it turns out the several days delay in posting the city council agenda was really an inadvertent side affect from a vacation by a city hall staff person. All innocent and not by design. Nice to

Neighborhood planning process

By John Servais · Sun Oct 14, 2007

John Watts has posted thousands of words the past couple days about the neighborhood planning processes. I disagree with his analysis based on my four years of intense experience updating our Happy Va

My candidate preferences or endorsements

By John Servais · Sat Oct 13, 2007

For what they are worth, or not worth, today I am posting my preferences or endorsements for candidates. I describe myself as a progressive and those who know me consider me very liberal and a tree hu

Lois Garlick

By John Servais · Fri Oct 12, 2007

Lois Garlick has a 4-minute video on YouTube that is worth every voter watching. Please spread the word. I am strongly backing Lois for Whatcom County Executive. Many say she is too old. Well, Pete Kr

A few observations on the city candidates

By John Servais · Thu Oct 11, 2007

Basic-needs candidate forum this evening at the Cruise Terminal drew a standing-room-only crowd. I got down there late hoping they had attracted more than 10 people. Well, there was not a single parki

Joint City-County Lake Whatcom Advisory Committee

By Tip Johnson · Tue Oct 9, 2007

Starting in the mid-eighties, when I was on the City Council, I sat on the original Joint City-County Lake Whatcom Advisory Committee, comprised of elected officials from both City and County as well

Joint city-county Lake Whatcom arrangement

By John Servais · Tue Oct 9, 2007

After years of no action and two weeks before ballots are mailed, our old do-nothing elective powers announce a dramatic decision to form a joint city-county arrangement to solve the Lake Whatcom prob

Town Hall meeting with Governor Gregoire

By John Servais · Mon Oct 8, 2007

The well-rehearsed Town Hall meeting with Governor Christine Gregoire will take place this evening. Rehearsed, you ask? Oh yes. Democrats in power take no more chance with real democracy than do Repub

Neighborhoods and the dysfunctional Bellingham planning process

By John Servais · Sun Oct 7, 2007

Neighborhood organizations and the dysfunctional Bellingham planning process has finally made the Herald. It has been a year in the making - and the roots are in the five-year remake of city planning

Park announcement overturns my vote for Dan McShane

By John Servais · Fri Oct 5, 2007

John Watts has posted a good response on his HamsterTalk to Mitch Friedman’s guest opinion piece in yesterday’s Whatcom Independent. Since Mitch had a kind word for John in the piece, it is nice to se

Full firehouse for the candidate forum

By John Servais · Thu Oct 4, 2007

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

Candidate forum on Btv10

By John Servais · Wed Oct 3, 2007

The candidate forum this evening was a good one. It will be much better on Btv10 as it is rebroadcast many times this month. For the live audience, the two TV cameras were really in the way. Check the

Are all qualifying Herald letters printed?

By John Servais · Mon Oct 1, 2007

Letters not printed in the Herald that seem to meet their criteria has been an issue for years. Now, answers are coming to light explaining why some letters do not get printed. There could well be mor

Herald editorial on Lake Whatcom land deal

By John Servais · Sun Sep 30, 2007

The Bellingham Herald editorial today is excellent. It raises the basic questions about the newly proposed Lake Whatcom land reconveyance deal to make a park on the very steep hillsides at the south e

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