Public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Fairhaven Highlands is tonight, Tuesday, October 20 at 6 pm at the Whatcom County Courthouse.

You would not know that if you depended on your local daily newspaper - the Bellingham Herald. Not a word about it in today’s paper. Then again, the Herald does like those big Horizon Bank advertisements - and Horizon is the developer of the Highlands - or as we know it, Chuckanut Ridge or The Hundred Acre Wood. A low turnout would favor the developer. And the Herald needs more ads to survive.

Larry Horowitz has written a devastating article about the DEIS. The environmental statement is a bogus document that does not follow the law. You can read his article. It is listed in the center column.

When: Tonight - 6 pm - Tuesday, Oct 20
Where: Whatcom County Courthouse

Your only chance to speak out. Written comments will be accepted for a couple more weeks. Expect the good speakers to be muzzled within seconds of their 3 minutes. This is a war campaign as far as the developer is concerned. And they have enlisted the Herald as an ally. Hopefully we will have a report for you here later this week.