Recent NWCitizen Articles

Where Riley provides more info on the City of Bellingham employees moonlighting issue and Crawford’s ethical troubles
Relocation of a dock to Bloedel Donovan Park underscores failure to protect Lake Whatcom from invasive species
Local blogger Shane Roth files ethical complaint over Crawford’s sweetheart deals
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.
Riley has a conversation with Rick Perry
Riley discusses his love of board games and some good gift ideas
Please take my reader’s survey, I’m planning 2012
Tell the Planning Commission to eliminate this loophole
Riley attends a public meeting on equality
Wherein the sooty prospect of economic necessity rears its ugly head
Planning Staff’s recommended revision will not prevent SSA from reducing wetland buffers.
More on the city employee moonlighting issue
The Political Junkie breaks a story of employee moonlighting within city of Bellingham
O.K. Who’s in charge of all these ungulates?
The County’s new mitigation proposal is unlikely to be adequate for Cherry Point’s industrial impacts to habitat buffers
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.
Looking at the numbers for the Bellingham elections
Riley examines Maginnis/Crawford and Kremen/Larson
Riley looks at Lynden and coins some new phrases.
Riley takes a look at Louws/Ericksen in the search for moderate Republicans

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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