Note: Each primary election candidate - Port, County Council and City Council - has been invited to submit one article for posting here on NwCitizen. This is the second to be posted. As othe
I’m endorsing Ham Hayes and Doug Karlberg for Port Commissioners. You will be receiving your ballot in the mail either today or tomorrow. It’s time for us to act intelligently.
Note: Each primary election candidate - Port, County Council and City Council - has been invited to submit one article for posting here on NwCitizen. The first we have received is from Doug.
This week’s “Gristle”, by Cascadia Weekly Editor Tim Johnson, includes this electoral season’s first substantive issue to appear in local print media <a href=”http://www.nwcitizen.us/entry/bell
“In a society of free men (and women) the proper aim of education is to prepare an individual to make wise decisions. All else is but contributory.” <a href=”http://forum.wwu.edu/node/6183” target
Our local daily newspaper, the Bellingham Herald, continues to decline in its usefulness and value to citizens and residents of Bellingham and Whatcom County. The Herald, one of the lowest cir
Last night’s Bill Mize forum was very informative - as it is each year. It was also great Americana at the rural Rome Grange hall on the Mt Baker highway, the non-airconditioned old building, the coo
Lets vote in two new Port of Bellingham commissioners. There is one very good reason - to return the Port to economic stimulation and job creation in Whatcom County. For the past 15 years or
We have heard for years about how our county has been prudent in its expenditures and exhibited only the best in financial stewardship. The only proof - as far as I can tell - that has been offered to
The big debate in Congress is now the health care. A number of months ago I posted another option and will repost that again in the next few weeks. The current discussion in Washington, however, is
Note: This article was originally posted on September 7, 2008, shortly after John McCain announced he had chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. The negative responses emanating
Salute to the 4th of July and our celebration of Independence from foreign governance, invasion or control. May we some day have the wisdom to grant the same to other countries. And the s
Interim Editor’s Note: Hi. John Servais, the esteemed publisher, will be back from vacation soon and I had very little to do while appointed interim editor of Northwest Citizen in his absence
A few days ago, our community lost two young people to a tragic accident. A boating accident in Bellingham Bay. Yet we know almost nothing about them and the facts surrounding this accident.
The Whatcom County Council will be considering adoption of the recommendations of the Roeder Home Task Force at its evening meeting on Tuesday, June 9, starting at 7 p.m. The Roeder Home issue is the
This week, McClatchy sold its Herald building to Bob Hall. McClatchy, owner of the Herald newspaper, is in deep financial trouble. The Herald decided this simple building sale was worth front