Pfofile Alan McConchie

Alan McConchie

Commenting Since Jan 10, 2024
Born and raised in Bellingham, live a lot of places after that, and now I'm back home! I'm active with the new FairVote Washington group, working on electoral reform here in Whatcom County and beyond. In my day job I'm a cartographer.

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Recent NWCitizen Articles

The Public Trust Doctrine
By James Davenport · Mon Dec 1, 2025
First in a series on possible changes to water rights that will impact Whatcom County.
3 min read · 6 comments, most recent 20 hours ago
Mud Bay: A Tragedy of the Commons?
By Janet Migaki · Sun Nov 23, 2025
This is an update of a NorthwestCitizen article, “What Is the City of Bellingham Hiding?” published on Oct 1, 2025.
2 min read · 4 comments, most recent 12 days ago
Oaths of Office Considered On Veterans Day 2025
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 8, 2025
So that we all understand the military oaths and that there should be no confusion.
1 min read · 5 comments, most recent 3 weeks ago
Medicare (Dis)Advantage Open Season...Yet Again
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 1, 2025
The choice of plans is yours, but it's akin to playing Russian Roulette with a round in every chamber.
3 min read · 3 comments, most recent 4 weeks ago
Notes on election issues and candidates
By John Servais · Thu Oct 30, 2025
With just 5 days until election day, here are some notes that may help you with your ballot.
5 min read · 12 comments, most recent 4 weeks ago
Charter Amendments for Whatcom County
By John Servais · Tue Oct 28, 2025
Yes, voting recommendations for those 12 proposed amendments to our Home Rule Charter.
4 min read · 7 comments, most recent 5 weeks ago
Veterans Administration Boasts About Disability Claims Don't Pass The Smell Test
By Dick Conoboy · Fri Oct 24, 2025
An increase in "provisional" approvals for disability may be the reason for the VA's so-called surge in "completed" disability claims.
3 min read · 1 comment, 6 weeks ago
National Infrastructure Bank Bill Reintroduced Into The House
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Oct 21, 2025
HR 5356, to establish a $5 trillion bank to develop infrastructure replaces HR 4052 that was originally submitted to the 118th Congress in 2023.
2 min read · 2 comments, most recent 6 weeks ago
Northwest Citizen: A Community Commitment
By NWCitizen Management · Mon Oct 20, 2025
Maintenance, upgrades, tweaks, and unintended consequences
1 min read
No Kings in Bellingham
By Carol Follett · Sun Oct 19, 2025
A perspective on the Oct 18 No Kings protest.
4 min read · 7 comments, most recent 4 weeks ago
ICE: Trump's Brownshirts
By David A. Swanson · Fri Oct 17, 2025
Thugs are thugs, regardless of what they’re wearing.
2 min read · 10 comments, most recent 5 weeks ago
Vote NO On 8201
By Dick Conoboy · Wed Oct 15, 2025
The resolution would allow the investment of state employee long term care insurance premiums in stocks of private companies
3 min read · 6 comments, most recent 4 weeks ago
Bellingham By the Numbers
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Oct 10, 2025
When you look at government statistics, we’re not doing so great. What’s going on here?
3 min read · 1 comment, 7 weeks ago
Re-Elect Michael Lilliquist
By Tip Johnson · Mon Oct 6, 2025
Bellingham 6th Ward city council seat has Michael Lilliquist running for re-election.
2 min read · 4 comments
Whatcom County Democratic Party Corruption
By John Servais · Sat Oct 4, 2025
Lisa Anderson exposes dishonesty and bias in local Dems candidate endorsement process.
2 min read · 11 comments
What Is the City of Bellingham Hiding?
By Janet Migaki · Wed Oct 1, 2025
A development on the steep hillsides of Chuckanut Bay - with no environmental study. Really?
2 min read · 1 comment
Medicare Advantage As Elder Abuse
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Sep 1, 2025
Knowingly encouraging Medicare recipients to move to the confiscatory Medicare (Dis)Advantage is abusive
3 min read · 4 comments, most recent 6 weeks ago
WWU: What Could Have Been
By John Servais · Sat Aug 30, 2025
It didn’t need to be Town vs. Gown
4 min read
Fundraising Through Extortion
By Jon Humphrey · Wed Aug 27, 2025
Is extortion the new method of fundraising in Bellingham?
5 min read · 1 comment
Subdued Excitement? Or...
By Lisa E. Papp · Sun Aug 24, 2025
Is Bellingham really The City of Subdued Excitement? Or is it The City of Poor Choices, Pretend Progressives, and Missed Opportunities?
4 min read · 4 comments

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