Recent NWCitizen Articles

Is That the Way This Works? Really??

Planning Commission member and voice for the city’s low-income, Barbara Plaskett, was a shoe-in for a second term—until three city council members sank her. What did she do “wrong?”

By Barbara Plaskett · Mon Jun 2, 2025

Scamming Our Veterans - It Never Ends

The willingness, the capability, the persistence, and the unmitigated gall to scam our veterans knows no bounds.

By Dick Conoboy · Fri May 30, 2025

Using Public Records Act to Hide

Why should every one of you, whether you are interested in technology or not, be interested in what is going on with our publicly owned fiber-optic resources? Because it is a story that exemplifies

By Jon Humphrey · Sat May 24, 2025

Listening To Our Dead Soldiers -

Memorial Day 2025

Visit a military cemetery. The soldiers are talking to us.

By Dick Conoboy · Fri May 23, 2025

Lake Whatcom Dissolved Oxygen Study

Oxygen levels in Lake Whatcom are dangerously low.

By · Sat May 17, 2025

PeaceHealth - Chutzpah Я Us

[5/14/205 Correction/Clarification. There are strictly speaking three union groups that are on strike at PeaceHealth as pointed out to me by a reader. "SEIU, which includes CNAs, techs, cleaning

By Dick Conoboy · Wed May 14, 2025

Out With The Old, In With The New, Same

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

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

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

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

From Scarcity to Stability: Rewriting

the Housing Blueprint

Bellingham needs a new approach to low cost housing.

By Kerri Burnside · Tue Apr 8, 2025

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

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

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

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

City-Created Floodplain Threatens 62

New 33-unit project makes matters worse

By Christopher Grannis · Sun Feb 16, 2025

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

YIMBYs: It Was Never About Affordability

Affordability has been a ruse for creating market rate housing.

By Scott Jones · Mon Feb 10, 2025

Ask City Council to Do Right by Us

Represent Us and Our Interests. Please!

By Jon Humphrey · Sat Feb 8, 2025

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

jim peterson

Commenting Since Dec 31, 1969

I am president of HomesNOW Not Later and we are building tiny homes for the homeless here in Whatcom County

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