Recent NWCitizen Articles

An Anniversary…or an End Date?
By · Sun May 23, 2021
Douglas Gustafson guest writes. Our two tiny home villages, and the possibility of a third, are in jeopardy. Do we need them?
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Heron Colony Still Vulnerable to Development
By John Servais · Wed May 19, 2021
Despite willing property sellers, and Fleetwood’s campaign promises, and the unanimous Greenways Committee vote …. sigh.
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The Census: Protecting Privacy versus Creating Useless Data
By David A. Swanson · Tue May 18, 2021
“Differential Privacy:” A statistical adjustment system that may render 2020 census population data unusable.
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Why Participate?
By Jon Humphrey · Mon May 17, 2021
An essay on climate change, millennials’ concerns, and large corporations and governments complacently stealing our kids futures.
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WAVEing at Problems on the BAG
By Jon Humphrey · Tue May 11, 2021
BAG - the Bellingham city hall Broadband Advisory Group is stacked in favor of mega corporations and against local public Internet service.
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CityView Lives!
By Dick Conoboy · Mon May 10, 2021
CityView, the project that will not die, will soon be subject to scrutiny during an extraordinary meeting of the Planning Commission.
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State Defines “Family,” Bellingham’s Got It Wrong
By Dick Conoboy · Mon May 10, 2021
New state legislation will cause cascade of changes to Bellingham’s codes
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Variant Virus Strains Hit the County
By Michael Riordan · Sat May 8, 2021
The more contagious and possibly more deadly B.1.1.7 and P.1 coronavirus strains appear to be leaking down into Whatcom County from British Columbia.
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Mayor Is Asked To Preserve Trail
By John Servais · Fri Apr 30, 2021
Daniel Kirkpatrick writes Mayor Fleetwood requesting he veto the council vacation of a street with a walking trail.
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Affordable Housing Arrives At Bellingham’s Waterfront?
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Apr 27, 2021
Ugly and expensive. That is what we have brought to the Waterfront.
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Dead Or Alive?  Schrödinger’s Public Banking Bill
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Apr 18, 2021
SB 5188 to establish a Washington state Financial Cooperative is in an uncertain state in the legislature
Boulevard Park And Infrastructure: Another COB Missed Opportunity
By Jon Humphrey · Mon Apr 5, 2021
Broken promises, bad administration, and still NO access to our publicly-owned resources
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State Public Banking (Cooperative) Bill - Update on House Actions
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Mar 28, 2021
Washington moves ever closer to public banking for the good of its citizens and the fiscal health of the state.
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COB: Go Ahead, Discuss All You Want…
By Jon Humphrey · Tue Mar 23, 2021
The advantage of an “advisory” group, (as in Broadband Advisory Group,) is that you don’t have to listen to them.
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The Battle for Bellingham’s Tiny Homes
By · Sat Mar 20, 2021
Doug Gustafson offers a point/counterpoint account of opposing strategies for tiny homes
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A Variant Virus Outbreak in Whatcom County?
By Michael Riordan · Fri Mar 12, 2021
Fourteen February cases of the B.1.1.7 variant coronavirus strain suggest that it is beginning to surge in the county.
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State Public Banking (Cooperative) Bill Moves To The House
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Mar 7, 2021
After clearing the Senate, Washington’s bill to create a public banking cooperative advances to the Democratically controlled House.
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Masked Resistance
By Riley Sweeney · Fri Mar 5, 2021
Riley shares some thoughts, concerns, and observations on the uncommon phenomenon of mask-wearing during this pandemic. 
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The Importance of Our Public Fiber Optic Infrastructure
By · Wed Mar 3, 2021
Atul Deshmane guest writes and provides us with a resume of the internet infrastructure issues now being discussed in Bellingham
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After worker victories, The Bellingham Herald’s union is in place
By Ralph Schwartz · Tue Mar 2, 2021
With a recent dispute between the newspaper’s reporters and management over, the real work can begin.
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