Recent NWCitizen Articles

Water Agreement Fails Scrutiny
By Wendy Harris · Wed Aug 14, 2013
The City of Bellingham memorandum of agreement with Lynden does not make sense. What is going on?
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Council Chooses Reasonable Regulation on Retail Marijuana
By Riley Sweeney · Tue Aug 13, 2013
After attending the public hearing on the marijuana ban, Riley breaks down the good, the bad and the ugly
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Bellingham To Provide Water to Lynden
By Wendy Harris · Fri Aug 9, 2013
A conceptual agreement between COB and Lynden exchanges water for a new, but unneeded, water withdrawal site on the Middle Nooksack.
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So Long Lawrence O’Donnell
By John Servais · Thu Aug 8, 2013
Liberal talking head Lawrence O’Donnell went into a bullying rant against a well qualified guest - and showed he’s just like O’Reilly.
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Lake Whatcom Promoted As Secret Vacation Get-A-Way
By Wendy Harris · Sun Jul 28, 2013
Redevelopment of 14 acres along Lake Whatcom is contrary to the efforts to restore water quality.
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Charter Schools Redux - Primary Election for School Board upon Us
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Jul 23, 2013
Candidates for the Bellingham School Board need to let us know where they stand on charter schools.
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Meat Packinghouses and Berries: A Bad Combination
By Wendy Harris · Sat Jul 20, 2013
Proposed rezone of farm land to allow meat packinghouses will undermine the long term viability of our farm economy.
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Anatomy of a Development Proposal - Part IV Geology, Stormwater, Wetlands and Watershed
By · Mon Jul 15, 2013
The proposed development ought not proceed without a more extensive geological assessment and a thorough evaluation of the impacts on the Lincoln Creek watershed.
Celebrations More Racist than Verdict
By John Servais · Sun Jul 14, 2013
The explosion of hate and racist rhetoric is the saddest aspect of the verdict. The evidence was complicated and the verdict difficult to make.
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Zero Public Process for New Jail
By John Servais · Fri Jul 12, 2013
Riley Sweeney has a short but important expose over at the Political Junkie today.
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Public Hearing on Amendment to the Bellingham SMP
By Wendy Harris · Mon Jul 8, 2013
The city would like to amend our city shoreline regulations to allow greater waterfront shoreline development.
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Anatomy of a Development Proposal - Part III University Ridge - Where Do I Park?
By · Mon Jul 8, 2013
Ambling University Development has substantially underestimated the role of the car in the lives of its eventual student renters and their visitors.
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City Moves Forward With ASB Interim Trail Before Waterfront Plan Approval
By Wendy Harris · Fri Jul 5, 2013
Does Waterfront District planning, or public process, mean anything when it occurs subsequent to project development?
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The Irony of City Council Attitudes
By John Servais · Wed Jul 3, 2013
Public process ignored. Citizen commenting castigated. Paranoid city legal department. Our city council merrily goes through another session.
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Anatomy of a Development Proposal - Part II Predictions of Dormitory Traffic Impacts Unrealistic
By · Wed Jul 3, 2013
The traffic analysis for the University Ridge dormitory development in the Puget Neighborhood lacks realistic data and leads to incorrect conclusions that the city must address.
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Greenways Levy Money Used for AstroTurf
By John Servais · Sun Jun 30, 2013
Bellingham City Council ready to approve $500,000 of trails money for resurfacing plastic grass on Civic Field.
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Sen. Doug Ericksen Co-opts rather than Cooperate
By Riley Sweeney · Fri Jun 28, 2013
Riley Sweeney examines Sen. Ericksen’s legislative methods
Noise Issue Reflects Larger City Infill Problems
By Wendy Harris · Fri Jun 28, 2013
Bellingham needs to do a better job of protecting quality of life and health impacts that flow from infill
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Anatomy of a Development Proposal - Part I The Variance
By Dick Conoboy · Wed Jun 26, 2013
A variance request without merit is the centerpiece of a development proposal to construct a complex of four dormitory-style buildings among single family homes in the Puget Neighborhood
County Attempting To Reduce Stormwater Standards in Birch Bay UGA
By Wendy Harris · Tue Jun 25, 2013
The County wants to exempt the Birch Bay UGA from the requirement to follow current version of stormwater standards in the DOE stormwater manual.

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