Recent NWCitizen Articles

Planning Commission To Have Four Vacancies
Dick Conoboy · Thu Sep 17, 2020
As of January 2021 only one planning commissioner will have served more than a year. Experience will be woefully lacking
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Cougar Trapping ... Maybe
John Servais · Sun Sep 13, 2020
An effort to trap a cougar that has been hanging around the southside too long is in place.
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Updated Conduit Policy? Worthless!
Jon Humphrey · Fri Sep 11, 2020
A Public Works document on Bellingham’s fiber optic network leaves much to be desired.
Homeless Camp Cleanups: A Personal Report
· Fri Sep 11, 2020
Markis Dee guest writes as the County Council appointed Homeless Advocate for Whatcom County. This is a first person account of his experiences and recommendations.
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Tragedy…Not Guilt, Not Innocence
· Thu Sep 10, 2020
Neither innocence nor guilt will add much to our understanding of the deaths of these two men.
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We interrupt our writing on local issues…
John Servais · Fri Sep 4, 2020
Not local, but we would be remiss to not speak out.
Mayor Fleetwood to Pick Members of Broadband Advisory Group… Just Kidding!
Jon Humphrey · Fri Sep 4, 2020
Real progress on broadband and fiber optics is not what is being sold to the public by the city.
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Nearly 2,000 WWU Students To Return To Campus
Dick Conoboy · Fri Aug 28, 2020
About two-thirds of all returning students will live in campus residence halls, but that does not mean they will be confined to campus.
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We Have Two Extra Ballot Drop Boxes!!
John Servais · Wed Aug 26, 2020
Close questioning of the auditor’s office reveals the truth. Now the issue becomes, what will county leaders do with these two extra ballot drop boxes?
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Ballot Drop Boxes: More are Needed
John Servais · Sat Aug 22, 2020
Voters prefer drop boxes to ensure their ballots are counted, yet our county auditor thinks that is not true. The numbers are against her.
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WWU President To Students: Please…Stay Home
Dick Conoboy · Sat Aug 22, 2020
Students returning for the fall semester at WWU present the greatest threat to local residents during this pandemic.
COB to Create Sham Broadband Workgroup to Protect Special Interests - Even During a Pandemic
Jon Humphrey · Fri Aug 21, 2020
An undemocratic process awaits a workgroup on broadband.
Ice Cold
· Thu Aug 20, 2020
Dr. Bill Lyne guest writes how the curtain has been pulled back on the vulnerability of US higher education.
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CityView Private Dormitory Slogging Forward
Dick Conoboy · Wed Aug 19, 2020
In a specific and obviously sternly written request for information, the city outlined the deficiencies in the CityView project proposal.
Fixing Lake Whatcom: A New Approach
· Tue Aug 18, 2020
Enoch J. Ledet guest writes, advocating for a better method of cleaning Lake Whatcom of the phosphorus. The phosphorus that our drinking water must not contain.
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Open Letter to the Community
· Sun Aug 16, 2020
Irene Morgan guest writes. She is turning 80 this week and reflects on her many years of helping victims of our so called justice system.
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State Government Skewing Internet Test to Favor Telecoms
Jon Humphrey · Fri Aug 7, 2020
WA State Department of Commerce Internet Access Test is a Scam to Protect Big Telecom
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Portland protest: confessions of a riot tourist
Ralph Schwartz · Mon Aug 3, 2020
White guilt in tow, the author treks 260 miles from Bellingham to Portland to see what all the fuss is about.
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Drop Your Ballot In A Drop Box
John Servais · Sat Aug 1, 2020
See link to map of Ballot Drop Boxes. It is too late now to mail your ballot. Postal Service is struggling. Drop your ballot in a Drop Box.
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Veterans, COVID, and a Flag at Half-Staff
Dick Conoboy · Thu Jul 30, 2020
Veterans honor veterans in this time of national mourning.

James Colter

Commenting Since Jul 15, 2017
My working life as a small business owner revolved around construction services and technology for many years. After re-locating to Blaine, WA in 2009 and seeing their Peace Arch State Park; I recognized an opportunity to organize a music festival and picnic that celebrates family and our active duty hero’s in uniform. Oh Yeah ... you can count on my sense of humor to put a smile on your face; quick wit, a little irreverent, sarcastic but not to the extreme, mostly appropriate in mixed company.

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