By · Wed Nov 19, 2008

Sheri Ward has contributed this guest article. Sheri was the editor of the Whatcom Independent weekly newspaper.
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Use of the Roeder Home by the arts and music community

By Tip Johnson · Tue Nov 18, 2008

The title phrase will remind many of the 1988 film portraying the work of Jaime Escalante, a dedicated high school mathematics teacher, starring Edward James Olmos. Historians will recognize it as th

City Hall improved, friendlier Permit Center

By Paul deArmond · Sun Nov 16, 2008

This is a guest article. It is a tale of trying to simply update the heating system in a duplex home. We post this because we continue to hear Alice In Wonderland stories of dealing with city hall -

DISINGENUITY

By g.h.kirsch · Fri Nov 14, 2008

Following a number of current issues in our community of late, I’ve come to see a common thread running through them. In each instance there is an actor who is insincere, is not frank, and refuses to

Waterfront Triple Bottom Line - Lose, Lose, Lose

By Ham Hayes · Tue Nov 11, 2008

OK, citizen readers…what’s going on here? Are we witnessing a new war, right here in our backyard? It would appear so, and of course, we citizens are funding both combatants with our tax mo

Kremen’s pay raise; McEachran’s machinations

By John Servais · Mon Nov 10, 2008

We’ve all read the fine reporting by Sam Taylor on how our County Executive, Pete Kremen, managed to quietly get himself a huge - $22,000 - pay raise on July 1. In brief, the council thought they had

Commenting Policy

By John Servais · Mon Nov 10, 2008

Last week I removed commenting ability for a person. This is the first time since this site opened for commenting 11 months ago that someone has been removed - and I hope the last time. Some member

Obama Wins - YaaahHoooo

By John Servais · Tue Nov 4, 2008

Barack Obama - our best hope

By John Servais · Sun Nov 2, 2008

Barack Obama probably will win Washington State’s 11 electoral votes. But he will only win if all of us who favor him actually vote for him. It is a tendency of human nature to relax when a desired

Where Are We Headed

By Craig Mayberry · Wed Oct 29, 2008

The fundamental question this election has been what kind of change do we want. It is difficult to dissect what each candidate means by change, so let’s start with some high level conversation

Macquarie Purchase of Puget Sound Energy

By Craig Mayberry · Fri Oct 24, 2008

The announcement of the potential purchase of Puget Sound Energy by Macquarie Infrastructure Partner has opened up a new debate on electricity. The difficulty of the discussion is that there are real

Sam Taylor exposes county council machinations

By John Servais · Thu Oct 23, 2008

Sam Taylor has an excellent article in today’s Bellingham Herald. There is a link at the bottom of this post directly to the article and the comments it is generating. This link may go bad in a few

Nelson and Crawford Push Re-conveyance Through

By g.h.kirsch · Wed Oct 22, 2008

Kudos to the little man behind the curtain - our Wizard of Ooze. It was masterful how he outmaneuvered Weimer, Fleetwood and Brenner with a clever misdirection play set up by his teammates, Nelson an

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY

By g.h.kirsch · Mon Oct 20, 2008

One last thing before the County Council caves to political expediency and the lawyers take over. Let’s talk about who will be paying for Pete Kremen and Mich Friedman’s park in the watershed.
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Population Projections: Victims of the past or Masters of our own destiny

By Larry Horowitz · Fri Oct 17, 2008

When it comes to planning for the future of our county and cities, must we be victims of the past or can we become masters of our own destiny?

Whatcom County will be adopting its population p

Is It or Isn’t It; Are They or Aren’t They?

By g.h.kirsch · Sun Oct 12, 2008

Apparently Whatcom County is adopting a new policy regarding the use of its forestlands. The county is about to reverse itself and no longer prohibit activities incompatible with long-term forestry i

McEachran loses - Herald distorts

By John Servais · Thu Oct 9, 2008

On Tuesday in court, County prosecutor David McEachran lost big time in his attempted prosecution of Jeffrey Gargaro for supposedly making a felony threat on the Bellingham Herald website in the comme

The Fundamentals are Sound?

By Tip Johnson · Mon Oct 6, 2008

Who plundered the economy? What happened to all the wealth? Should Americans feel shame at having recklessly squandered their children’s future with imprudent borrowing?

Not long ago, as our

The thousand acre dilemma: Part 1.6 – How the temporary Greenways Levy became a permanent tax

By Larry Horowitz · Fri Oct 3, 2008

If you pay taxes in Bellingham, prepare to be screwed… again. The city’s Parks Department and Planning Commission have recommended a new Park Plan that will require raising taxes by at le

Yellowstone is Burning

By Craig Mayberry · Thu Oct 2, 2008

Twenty years ago my wife and I went to Yellowstone National Park for our honeymoon. It was the middle of June, about the time the forest fires started. By September over 2/3rds of Yellowstone had bur

What $100 Will Buy

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This map was published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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