Recent NWCitizen Articles

A Walmart in Lynden?
Craig Mayberry · Fri Jan 18, 2008
Lynden’s sales tax revenue has been declining for a few years, but now it appears that the city is prepared to do something about it (by the way, Ferndale and Blaine are facing the same issue).
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Unreported Mob - The Foes of Fairhaven Highlands
Tip Johnson · Thu Jan 17, 2008
Hundreds of citizens last night descended on Municipal Court in solidarity with the Hundred Acre Woods to express their opposition to Horizon Bank’s potentially disastrous development now calle
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Waterfront EIS and all that
Ham Hayes · Thu Jan 17, 2008
Oftimes it is far easier to criticize than to compliment. Is it too easy to forget how to acknowledge positive steps? At this week’s WAG meeting, Port official Mike Stoner, Mayor Dan Pike, City Plan
Save the Woods?
Tip Johnson · Wed Jan 16, 2008
Or how to mitigate the illegitimacies of Fairhaven Highlands, AKA Chuckanut Ridge and the Hundred Acre Woods. Sorry, I didn’t have time to write something short!
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the New Northwest Citizen Experience
John Servais · Tue Jan 15, 2008
Welcome. At 8:45 pm this evening, this website went live with its transformed design. You are looking at it. Yes, this is the Northwest Citizen that has been a political comment site since Septembe
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New website and Green Bay Packers
John Servais · Mon Jan 14, 2008
Just a couple days more and we should be able to turn on the new NwCitizen website. Programming continues and what free time I have is going into the look and feel of the site. With the Bellingham Her
Hitting the Ground Running
John Servais · Tue Jan 8, 2008
OK, we are running on the new server. And the design and programming are going well. I have cautious hope the transformed site will be running by early next week. One addition will be comments. I have
New Server is Online
John Servais · Tue Jan 8, 2008
OK, we are running on the new server. And the design and programming are going well. I have cautious hope the transformed site will be running by early next week. One addition will be comments. I have
We Shall Return
John Servais · Mon Jan 7, 2008
This website will be static for a couple days as we prepare for transforming it. We will be back with a new look and action. Hopefully very soon.
Obama’s victory speech
John Servais · Fri Jan 4, 2008
Barack Obama gave an inspired victory speech last night in Iowa. You can watch and listen to the podcast on Talking Points Memo. It is less than 14 minutes long. Quite impressive.
Iowa Caucus Victory
John Servais · Fri Jan 4, 2008
Barack Obama gave an inspired victory speech last night in Iowa. You can watch and listen to the podcast on Talking Points Memo. It is less than 14 minutes long. Quite impressive.
Liberal talk-radio in Whatcom County?
John Servais · Thu Jan 3, 2008
I’ve now heard the rumor twice. Could it finally be happening? You know, when conservative radio station owners try to construct a liberal program, it rarely works. Usually harsh and excited and outra
Liberal talk radio for Bham??
John Servais · Thu Jan 3, 2008
A liberal talk radio station in Whatcom County? I’ve now heard the rumor twice. Could it finally be happening? You know, when conservative radio owners try to construct a liberal program it rarely wor
How to fill an empty suit?
John Servais · Wed Jan 2, 2008
Barack Obama is beginning to sound like the president we need and is beginning to show that he is a progressive that can be elected. I have favored Dennis Kucinich and was delighted that he yesterday
Barack Obama
John Servais · Wed Jan 2, 2008
Barack Obama is beginning to sound like the president we need and is beginning to show that he is a progressive that can be elected. I have favored Dennis Kucinich and was delighted that he yesterday
Physicians Coerced by Military
John Servais · Tue Jan 1, 2008
Juan Cole continues to provide a knowledgeable look at Bhutto’s killing and the Pakistan situation. His column today explains how the government is being discredited regarding their claims of how she
Happy New Year
John Servais · Mon Dec 31, 2007
Happy New Year. The new year always brings hope. Tis the nature of humans to wake up in the morning and feel that the new day will offer opportunities for us. We hope that our personal efforts in our
Audio finally posted
John Servais · Fri Dec 28, 2007
The city has posted the audio of the Dec 19 council meeting. After a week delay, it was posted within a couple hours of my queries. What I said at the meeting may or may not be important in the opinio
Council Meeting Audio Posted
John Servais · Fri Dec 28, 2007
The city has posted the audio of the Dec 19 council meeting. After a week delay, it was posted within a couple hours of my queries. What I said at the meeting may or may not be important in the opinio
Benazir Bhutto is dead
John Servais · Thu Dec 27, 2007
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Some links. Juan Cole has his first take posted regarding the killing of Bhutto. Arianna Huffington knew her well and posted a personal remeberance. CNN reports with some amazing information o

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