Recent NWCitizen Articles

Why Does Gov. Inslee permit spraying of carcinogenic pesticides on Salish Sea eelgrass beds?
By David Camp · Wed Apr 3, 2019
Commercial Shellfish farmers in Willapa Bay and elsewhere in the Salish Sea permitted by our “green” Governor to spray herbicides and turn healthy eelgrass beds into deserts.
2 min read · 1 comment
Cooperative v. LLC – Considerations in Form of Organization
By David Camp · Tue Jun 5, 2018
Factors to consider in incorporating an organization where the primary purpose is civic and profit is a secondary factor.
5 min read · 2 comments
Oh The Horror! The Invasion of the Dreaded DADU has begun!
By David Camp · Wed May 9, 2018
An investigation of how the the DADU will destroy our Sacred Single-family neighborhoods.
2 min read · 22 comments
Why all the Hyperventilating Over Granny Flats?
By David Camp · Tue Jan 16, 2018
Wherein your humble writer considers the argument over Detached Accessory Dwelling Units (DADU’s) which the City is proposing to permit in single family neighborhoods.
4 min read · 38 comments
The Jail Dog That Didn’t Bark
By David Camp · Tue Oct 24, 2017
An examination of why only elected representatives are for this execrable tax proposition - was there ever a tax they didn’t like?
2 min read · 1 comment
Want to Bankrupt Whatcom County?  Vote Yes on the Jail Tax.
By David Camp · Mon Sep 11, 2017
Numbers: construction costs, bond interest costs, annual county costs, and more - all by a qualified CPA who has studied this issue for months.
5 min read · 7 comments
Blackberry: Half Plant, Half Critter, Half Devil
By David Camp · Tue Aug 15, 2017
IN praise of the sheer propagatory genius of the Himalayan blackberry.
2 min read
Breaking News: New Hoop Installed in Harriet Spanel Park
By David Camp · Tue May 16, 2017
After a long wait, the replacement basketball hoop has been installed in Harriet Spanel Park.
1 min read
Student Loan Default Rates at Historic High
By David Camp · Mon Apr 10, 2017
Student Loan default rates are now higher in America than for any other form of debt, even credit card debt. Why is this?
3 min read
Obama DOJ Failed to Prosecute Financial Fraudsters Responsible for 2008 Crash
By David Camp · Tue Mar 28, 2017
Despite being presented with massive evidence of fraud by courageous whistle-blowers, the Obama DOJ failed to lay charges.
3 min read · 2 comments
How Long Does it Take to Install a Basketball Hoop?
By David Camp · Tue Mar 28, 2017
The City began installing a replacement basketball hoop in Franklin Park on February 21. Since then the park has been renamed Harriet Spanel Park with much deserved fanfare but as of March 27th, fully five weeks after they started the job, the hoop and backboard have still not been installed on the bare pole.
1 min read
Mayo Clinic Prioritises More Profitable Patients with Private Insurance Over Patients with Medicare or Medicaid
By David Camp · Thu Mar 23, 2017
In a stunning admission, the CEO of the Mayo Clinic admits they prioritize more profitable patients with private insurance over less-profitable patients with Medicare or Medicaid.
2 min read
Tax-time Issues - ACA Reporting on Your 2016 Tax Return
By David Camp · Tue Mar 21, 2017
The “Continuous Coverage” certification requirement is in abeyance by executive order but not for your CPA.
2 min read
Proposed Trumpcare Would Increase Premiums by $7,000 per year for 64 Year-old (AARP)
By David Camp · Tue Mar 14, 2017
New report by AARP details the effects of President Trump’s proposed changes to the ACA. They disproportionately affect people aged 50-64.
3 min read · 5 comments
The Losing Presidential Candidate Ignored Policy for Trash-talking
By David Camp · Wed Mar 8, 2017
Hillary Clinton focused almost exclusively on personal attacks on her opponent rather than policy messaging.
1 min read
Apprenticeship and the Rise of Europe
By David Camp · Tue Mar 7, 2017
An article on how the apprentice system is an essential institution in the economic rise of Europe.
2 min read
Breaking News: City Replaces Basketball Hoop in Franklin Park
By David Camp · Tue Feb 21, 2017
Well, begins the process of replacement…..
1 min read
Peak Oil? A Chaotic Transition is in Process
By David Camp · Tue Feb 21, 2017
A brief look at the oil economy and prospects
3 min read
On Identity Politics
By David Camp · Tue Feb 14, 2017
An exploration of the ideas behind identity politics, such as they are.
4 min read
Mickey Monsanto the Sorceror’s Apprentice
By David Camp · Tue Jan 31, 2017
Unintended consequences of corporate control of the food chain. And government.
3 min read · 3 comments
Mobile Phones Bad for Your Vision
By David Camp · Tue Jan 24, 2017
English Rugby Team vision consultant Sherylle Calder advises them to limit smart phone use.
2 min read · 4 comments
Senators Murray and Cantwell Work for the Pharma Cartel, Not For You
By David Camp · Tue Jan 17, 2017
A brief expose of who our Senators actually work for.
3 min read · 2 comments
Everything is Temporary
By David Camp · Tue Jan 10, 2017
A brief essay on the transience of all things.
3 min read · 1 comment
City of B’ham Should not be Incinerating Sewage Sludge
By David Camp · Tue Jan 3, 2017
A brief primer on the options for handling sewage sludge, and how B’ham has chosen the worst, from a planetary perspective.
2 min read · 6 comments
Assassins, Fake News, and Asymmetric War
By David Camp · Tue Dec 20, 2016
A brief commentary on recent events and their historical context.
3 min read
Use it or Lose it
By David Camp · Tue Dec 13, 2016
A brief essay on the merits of exercise
3 min read
In Praise of Countrymen - Pas de Pays sans Paysans
By David Camp · Tue Dec 6, 2016
A brief essay, an homage, to people of the country. Country People.
3 min read · 2 comments
Forbidden Topics: Conquest, Slavery, and Race
By David Camp · Tue Nov 29, 2016
Taken from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The anti-DAPL activists camped out here asked for no photographs to be taken inside the camp for privacy reasons - so this panoramic view is all I had permission to publish.
3 min read
Depressed and Horrified By Hillary’s Demise? Canada Has Made it Easier For Americans to Immigrate!
By David Camp · Tue Nov 22, 2016
Canadians are generally bemused and mystified by the reality show that U.S. Presidential politics has become. (I guess so are a lot of Americans - ed.). After all, in Canada, Trump supporters
2 min read
Obamacare on the Block - What will Trumpcare look like?
By David Camp · Wed Nov 16, 2016
As we transition to the new Trump administration, how will the health care program change?
2 min read
Marijuana Policy Update - 2016 Election Edition
By David Camp · Mon Oct 31, 2016
An update on the legal marijuana business in Washington State including financial data and commentary.
3 min read
The Rich Get Richer or How Imperial Globalization Serves the Elites at the Expense of the American Workers
By David Camp · Sat Oct 29, 2016
An economic analysis of the contributing factors to increasing inequality.
2 min read
Is Racism the New Queer? Ask the “Deplorables for Trump”
By David Camp · Fri Oct 21, 2016
A really challenging essay. Here's an exerpt: "For the moment, we have to get through the catastrophe that this election has become. A fault line was always going to appear between the
2 min read
Holy Cow! 43 Million Gallons of Milk Dumped and 1.2 Billion Lbs. of Surplus Cheese This Year!
By David Camp · Tue Oct 18, 2016
In ancient times, fables were told of the land of milk and honey, a wonder and a fantasy to the people of the times. For if your daily meal is thin gruel, earned by the sweat of your brow, surely
1 min read
Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader on the MIC Propaganda Apparatus
By David Camp · Sat Oct 15, 2016
Some rainy day listening - why are these guys banned from the corporate media  propaganda apparatus in favor of known liars for war like John Bolton and Paul Wolfowitz, who in any sane system
1 min read
The Royal Bank of Scotland: Gone A-Viking
By David Camp · Tue Oct 11, 2016
Among the clans of Scotland are few that did not bump up against the Norsemen over the centuries. Indeed some clans are descended from Viking raiders and traders of flesh who settled in and took
1 min read
Hitler was a Tweaker
By David Camp · Tue Oct 4, 2016
A long time ago in a faraway locale I worked for a warehousing company with a 24-hour operation. Part of my job was making sure inventory was properly recorded and so I spent a fair bit of time out
2 min read
Climate Change Denier Trumps Your Man
By David Camp · Tue Sep 6, 2016
The vast conspiracy that invented and sustains the ACCH Anthropogenic Climate Change Hoax for its own nefarious purposes, involving the likes of George Soros and his evildoer henchmen, has gotten to
1 min read
EpiPen Owned by Price-Gouging Profiteers and What You Can DO About It.
By David Camp · Tue Aug 30, 2016
 Horrifying details in the NY Times.  Also consider that the same EpiPen product that is priced at over $300 in the U.S. is sold for $77 ($100 CDN) in Canada. This is the benefit of a single-payer,
1 min read
U.S. Government: “Do as I say, not as I do.”
By David Camp · Tue Aug 23, 2016
The federal government through the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) sets standards for financial reporting by corporate, non-profit, and governmental entities. This includes the
2 min read

David Camp

Citizen Journalist · Writing Since Jul 12, 2009
David Camp is a cpa (Canada'86, USA'96) and MBA (Schulich'88) who toiled thirty years in the corporate salt mines, counting beans and telling stories to the auditors and whatnot. Now he spends his time growing trees; thinking curmudgeonly thoughts and occasionally shouting them into the intertubes; and maintaining body and soul through work and movement. A believer in discussion as key to civil life, he invites comment and argument.

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