Recent NWCitizen Articles

Sam Crawford Faces Ethical Concerns . . . AGAIN

By Riley Sweeney · Thu Dec 15, 2011

Local blogger Shane Roth files ethical complaint over Crawford’s sweetheart deals

Planning Commission Fails to Remove Cherry Point From Birch Bay Mitigation Plan

By Wendy Harris · Wed Dec 14, 2011

Claiming it is unfair to treat large property owners different than small property owners, the Commission refuses to remove industrial areas from buffer mitigation proposal.

Rick Perry, Can We Talk?

By Riley Sweeney · Tue Dec 13, 2011

Riley has a conversation with Rick Perry

For Gift Ideas, Think Beyond Parker Brothers

By Riley Sweeney · Sat Dec 10, 2011

Riley discusses his love of board games and some good gift ideas

The Political Junkie needs your input

By Riley Sweeney · Thu Dec 8, 2011

Please take my reader’s survey, I’m planning 2012

Loophole Benefits SSA and Undermines Birch Bay Mitigation Proposal

By Wendy Harris · Wed Dec 7, 2011

Tell the Planning Commission to eliminate this loophole

Washington United for Marriage: It’s Time!

By Riley Sweeney · Tue Dec 6, 2011

Riley attends a public meeting on equality

The Cole Train: Loads of BS

By Tip Johnson · Sun Dec 4, 2011

Wherein the sooty prospect of economic necessity rears its ugly head

Update on Cherry Point Buffer Mitigation Proposal

By Wendy Harris · Fri Dec 2, 2011

Planning Staff’s recommended revision will not prevent SSA from reducing wetland buffers.

UPDATE: City’s response focused on favoritism, not lost revenue

By Riley Sweeney · Wed Nov 30, 2011

More on the city employee moonlighting issue

TPJ Exclusive: Little Documented Oversight for City Employee Moonlighting

By Riley Sweeney · Mon Nov 28, 2011

The Political Junkie breaks a story of employee moonlighting within city of Bellingham

Deer me!

By Tip Johnson · Sat Nov 26, 2011

O.K. Who’s in charge of all these ungulates?

County Proposal Includes New Cherry Point Buffer Mitigation Requirements

By Wendy Harris · Tue Nov 22, 2011

The County’s new mitigation proposal is unlikely to be adequate for Cherry Point’s industrial impacts to habitat buffers

CameraGate: Red-light safety or city revenue?

By · Mon Nov 21, 2011

With budget woes, Bellingham passes on safety in favor of cash. Starting in 2008, Bellingham officials were coached by ATS on how to get Red Light cameras through the city council.