By Craig Mayberry · Fri Nov 27, 2009

This is a reprint of one of my earlier posts on health care. The issue is more timely now and I thought I would re-enter it into the discussion. The current health care bills before the House

By John Servais · Tue Nov 24, 2009

Seems like the offices of Frank Chmelik, the attorney for the Port of Bellingham, are becoming our defacto Port offices. Instead of conferences and meetings at the Port, the really important o

The Radical Center and the Outer Limits

By Paul deArmond · Fri Nov 20, 2009

Did you every wonder what was really going on inside the racist right?

Usually caricatured by stereotypes of bed-sheeted Klansmen and goose-stepping neo-Nazis, the racist right continu

Missing Barney

By Kamalla Rose Kaur · Wed Nov 18, 2009

What a difficult time to be the (new to this region) president of Western Washington University. In his autumn address to faculty and staff, Bruce Shepard laments, “While we came through the ye

Scintillating Sat/Sun Solicitation

By Tip Johnson · Sat Nov 14, 2009

We don’t make special offers like this very often, but if you act right now, you’ll not only continue getting free access to fresh views, news and opinion on Northwest Citizen, but you’ll also help se

The Way I See It - Healthcare, A New Lesson

By Ham Hayes · Wed Nov 11, 2009

We certainly do need healthcare reform. The “debate” in the House has been a fascinating and conflicting mix of ideology, political power, idealism, facts, pragmatism and occasiona

County Council power structure

By John Servais · Tue Nov 10, 2009

This Tuesday morning’s Herald has its front page headline story by Sam Taylor on the power shift of the County Council with the sub-head, “Conservative majority with Kershner win”. This story,

Political Realignment - Part 1

By Paul deArmond · Mon Nov 9, 2009

American politics and its two-party system is not a static system.

The ebb and flow of political power proceeds in fits and starts with long periods of relative stasis and brief periods

Election - Confusing or ??

By John Servais · Thu Nov 5, 2009

How to make heads or tails of the election results. Bill Knutzen and Ken Mann with the highest margins of the County Council winners. Mike McAuley, a newcomer to activism, elected to the Port

The Way I See It - The State

By Ham Hayes · Wed Nov 4, 2009

Few of us advocate for the suppression of the human spirit. In fact we would be shocked if others characterized us as miserly, mean spirited or oppressive. Yet today we find ourselves in a so

Election Tallying Day notes

By John Servais · Tue Nov 3, 2009

A few of us at NwCitizen want to do some post-election analysis on how the campaigning went down. For that, we need to examine as many of the different cards and mailings as possible. If you

Restructuring Washington

By Craig Mayberry · Thu Oct 29, 2009

At the Bellingham City Club on Wednesday, Norman Rice, the former mayor of Seattle, spoke about public process. It was an enlightening conversation for all that were in the room, as a politici

What is a hit piece?

By Craig Mayberry · Thu Oct 29, 2009

There is a lot of discussion about this time every year on hit pieces and negative campaigning. So now I have to ask the question: What is the definition of a hit piece? Part of the problem is ever

The Way I See It - Protect the Net

By Ham Hayes · Wed Oct 28, 2009

We are looking at the all but certain demise of printed newspapers, and the conversion of TV and cable news into entertainment. Our last, best hope for getting hard news is the Internet. Or is

Know your…friends?

By Tip Johnson · Tue Oct 27, 2009

This is probably old news to Responsible Development advocates, but just in case, here’s a little heads up on TIm Stewart. He appears to have experience with developments like Fairhaven Highla

Crosscut publishes article on Fairhaven Highlands

By Larry Horowitz · Mon Oct 26, 2009

Professional journalist and local resident, Bob Simmons, has published an article entitled Horizon Bank and the fate of Fairhaven Highlands on the Seattle-based Crosscut.com

Thoughts on the Fairhaven Highlands Draft EIS

By Larry Horowitz · Fri Oct 23, 2009

A public hearing on the Fairhaven Highlands Draft EIS was held on Tuesday, October 20 at the County Council Chambers. Approximately 250 to 300 were in attendance.

Voting Recommendations

By John Servais · Fri Oct 23, 2009

I usually post these election recommendations late in the game so as to have the best confidence about the candidates. It is time. These do not reflect the thinking of any other writer here. They

The Way I See It - Compassion, Dead or Alive?

By Ham Hayes · Wed Oct 21, 2009

Compassion: We get it, and then we don’t get it. Merriam-Webster defines compassion as the “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.&#8

Local Right Wing campaign operating plan

By John Servais · Wed Oct 21, 2009

Yes, this is real. It is the organizational plan at work during this election to put four conservative candidates on the Whatcom County Council. That gift of $20,000 from Nick Kaiser was part

What $100 Will Buy

By Deb Gaber · Wed Aug 20, 2014

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This map was published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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