Recent NWCitizen Articles

Waterfront Development Bonus Yet Another Bad Idea

By Wendy Harris · Sat Nov 30, 2013

The waterfront plan allows a development bonus for payments made to the Lake Whatcom land acquisition fund

City and Port Ready To Act on Waterfront Plan

By Wendy Harris · Fri Nov 29, 2013

A number of important issues need to be resolved before waterfront planning is complete, but the city council and port commission are ready to act.

Port Unable To Protect Public Safety

By Wendy Harris · Fri Nov 22, 2013

If the port can not construct the airport safely, should it be entrusted with dangerous waterfront cleanup work?

Walmart and McDonald’s - Partners in Institutionalized Cluelessness

By Dick Conoboy · Wed Nov 20, 2013

The advice coming from Walmart and McDonald’s to its low paid employees becomes more and more bizarre and inane.

Anatomy of a Development - Part X Appeals of the Hearing Examiner’s Decision

By Dick Conoboy · Tue Nov 19, 2013

Ambling’s motion to the hearing examiner for reconsideration was definitively rejected. The developer has not met the deadline for an appeal to the Superior Court

Smoking Gun: Fraud and Deception

By · Mon Nov 18, 2013

In which we find the hidden core of the waterfront plan is rotten through and through

County Releases EIS, Prepares to Purchase Jail Site

By Riley Sweeney · Mon Nov 18, 2013

The county takes two big steps forward on the new jail, while still missing the point

Noballmacare and Setting the False Standard

By Tip Johnson · Thu Nov 14, 2013

Dear Mr. President, There’s a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.

City Council Misled On Waterfront Planning

By Wendy Harris · Wed Nov 13, 2013

The city adminstration has been providing misleading/ incorrect information to the city council to avoid waterfront plan revisions.

Election Analysis: What Happened with the Port Races?

By Riley Sweeney · Tue Nov 12, 2013

Riley crunches the numbers on Renata and McAuley’s races to find answers

Puget Neighborhood Likely New Home for 1,300 Students

By Dick Conoboy · Tue Nov 12, 2013

Puget Neighborhood will likely have in the immediate future 1,300 new rental units that will be marketed primarily to the student population.

Gloomy Fate For Waterfront Wildlife

By Wendy Harris · Sat Nov 9, 2013

The COB administration continues in its refusal to analyze waterfront wildlife issues, even though this is a prerequisite step in protecting wildlife from the impacts of development

Election Results - November 2013

By John Servais · Tue Nov 5, 2013

With lots of outside county money flowing in to our local races, this election is weird. But real - and we county residents have spoken.

Health Insurance Scams - Washington Not Spared

By Dick Conoboy · Mon Nov 4, 2013

The call of the dollar speaks more loudly to health insurance companies than does the voice and well-being of the consumer, even here in Washington.