Recent NWCitizen Articles

Out With The Old, In With The New, Same
As The Old
So it’s been a few weeks since the COB council passed their pretend “fiber plan” to compliment their intentionally worthless “conduit ordinance.” We thought that we might see a ray of hope
By Jon Humphrey · Sun May 4, 2025
9 min read
Trump’s Wolkenkuckucksheim*
“Opinions don’t affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you’re rational.”—Ricky Gervais
By David A. Swanson · Wed Apr 23, 2025
3 min read
Rural Hospitals and the Medicare
(Dis)Advantage Ripoff
Elon Musk could easily reclaim several hundred billion dollars by attacking fraud, waste, and abuse within the Medicare (Dis)Advantage program.
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Apr 20, 2025
2 min read · 1 comment, 2 weeks ago
Who is the Real Andrew Reding?
A critique of Andrew Reding's public and political actions as he prepares to run for a seat on the Bellingham City Council.
By Jon Humphrey · Mon Apr 14, 2025
8 min read
From Scarcity to Stability: Rewriting
the Housing Blueprint
Bellingham needs a new approach to low cost housing.
By Kerri Burnside · Tue Apr 8, 2025
4 min read · 2 comments, most recent 4 weeks ago
Congressional Gold Medal Legislation
Reintroduced For The Donut Dollies
A bi-partisan bill to honor the Vietnam service of the Red Cross Donut Dollies was reintroduced by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) on March 11th.
By Dick Conoboy · Thu Mar 13, 2025
2 min read
Privatize Medicare? Perish The
Thought...But Wait!
Now that I think of it, half of Medicare has already been privatized under Bush, Obama, Trump 45, and Biden.
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Mar 11, 2025
3 min read · 2 comments, most recent 6 weeks ago
City Council Fails Us Again
Thanks to Jon Humphrey, our community knows more about public fiber than most. Unfortunately, it hasn’t helped us.
By Jon Humphrey · Thu Feb 27, 2025
3 min read · 1 comment
Veterans Must Unite To Save The
Veterans Administration
It is about “having the six”* of your fellow veterans.
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Feb 23, 2025
2 min read · 5 comments
City-Created Floodplain Threatens 62
Homes
New 33-unit project makes matters worse
By Christopher Grannis · Sun Feb 16, 2025
3 min read · 5 comments
Updated NW Citizen Website - Here It Is
Thanks to generous donations from readers, this site is renovated and improved.
By John Servais · Tue Feb 11, 2025
3 min read
YIMBYs: It Was Never About Affordability
Affordability has been a ruse for creating market rate housing.
By Scott Jones · Mon Feb 10, 2025
8 min read · 11 comments
Ask City Council to Do Right by Us
Represent Us and Our Interests. Please!
By Jon Humphrey · Sat Feb 8, 2025
3 min read · 5 comments
Bellingham City Council Resolution on
the $5 Trillion National Infrastructure Bank
Local action in support of a proposal to rebuild nationwide infrastructure
By Dick Conoboy · Wed Feb 5, 2025
2 min read · 1 comment
Truth, Justice and the American Way
Who’s Superman when you need him? We are.
By Tip Johnson · Mon Jan 27, 2025
4 min read · 2 comments
Corporate Welfare at its Worst …and
About to Get Worse
From Musk’s big investment all the way to local campaigns, political “contributions” will be re-paid. Here’s how.
By Jon Humphrey · Sat Jan 4, 2025
6 min read · 7 comments
State Budget Crisis? Stop Paying
Private Banks!
Private banks are fighting hard to keep us from starting our own state bank. There’s a reason.
By Marco Rosaire Rossi · Mon Dec 30, 2024
4 min read
Gabbard and Hegseth.  Why Are They Not
Profoundly Ashamed?
To be so manifestly unqualified and yet not be deeply aware of that speaks exactly to the very point of not being qualified.
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Dec 1, 2024
6 min read · 6 comments
New Trump Administration Expected To
Undo Biden’s Financial Regulation
Chaos likely to ensue. Catastrophe cannot be ruled out.
By Marco Rosaire Rossi · Sun Nov 24, 2024
4 min read · 15 comments
The Tyranny Of Leaf Blowers
There is no escape from the deep-throated roar and the clouds of filth produced by these machines.
By Roseanne Laan · Thu Nov 14, 2024
2 min read · 3 comments

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