By: John Servais

The Police Guild believes Terry did this
John Servais · Wed Oct 15, 2003
The Bellingham Police Guild will endorse Don Hansey today for city council. Their executive board voted 100% last night to endorse Hansey and not Bornemann. To most political observers this will be a
Attempted extortion by the Mayor
John Servais · Tue Oct 14, 2003
The City Council yesterday evening showed their disdain for public process and for state laws against using city facilities for promoting campaign issues. And in their afternoon session they bowed to
The political junkies around town
John Servais · Thu Oct 9, 2003
are abuzz about the trap Brett Bonner stepped into on Tuesday evening at the Labor Council. Dave Warren blindsided Brett without even allowing an introduction. They jammed questions at him, and baited
Mayoral Debate
John Servais · Wed Oct 8, 2003
The two differed strongly on several issues. The differences between them are becoming more apparent and this should continue for the next two weeks.

Brett continues to develop his Lake Whatcom
Election Commentary
John Servais · Mon Oct 6, 2003
Port Commissioner by Sheri Ward
So what happened to all the heat among contenders for this race? It was only a few short weeks ago… (<a href=”http://nwcitizen.us/oldsite/elections/2003/ben
Remember the ‘Truth Squad’?
John Servais · Sun Oct 5, 2003
We need one to follow Asmundson during the next three weeks - and to nudge the Herald to do minimal checking of facts before publishing. I’m referring to Friday’s post below, where it was noted how St
A far superior and more objective analysis
John Servais · Fri Oct 3, 2003
If you’re a liberal and just figure you’ll vote for Mark for mayor, then read Tip Johnson’s analysis of the two candidates. Compared to John Stark’s report in this morning’s Herald, Tip gives a far su
A “Cadillac” system
John Servais · Fri Oct 3, 2003
Mayor Mark is in trouble with young liberal activists - just the voters who normally would support a liberal mayor. But they are remembering his presiding over police and court abuses that targeted yo
Very qualified local political observers comment
John Servais · Wed Oct 1, 2003
I am posting commentary on the election races by several very qualified local political observers who have agreed to write up their views of selected debates, candidates and issues. The first one i
Election Forums
John Servais · Tue Sep 30, 2003
The first of three Bellingham Herald Election Forums is taking place this evening at the County Council chambers.

The forums are being broadcast live on KGMI radio, 790 AM. You can see the vide
News censorship is not some obscure conspiracy theory
John Servais · Mon Sep 29, 2003
Indeed, I watched CBS news and they have the story now. (see 3 pm below) Still nada at the CNN and FOXnews websites. A search shows nothing. Novak of CNN wrote the article that exposed the identity of
US soldiers would never do things like that
John Servais · Mon Sep 29, 2003
How many war prisoners is the USA holding? 6,000? A new website is trying to track all the foreigners the USA is holding in secret prisons or not telling us about. Amnesty International is involved. T
It is probably Brett’s to lose
John Servais · Fri Sep 26, 2003
All week I’m hearing from political pros how Mark will still beat Brett for mayor. Mark is too smooth, they say. Mark knows what to say in every situation. Brett is doing a poor job of exposing Mark’s
Taking care of our own—NOT!
John Servais · Thu Sep 25, 2003
Did you know that US soldiers who get wounded in Iraq and are hospitalized in military hospitals - for amputation of their foot or other treatment - are then charged for the food they receive in the h
I would sure welcome some company online
John Servais · Tue Sep 23, 2003
The look of this home page has changed today. The flag is larger and now fits official flag specs. My thanks to Conrad Suckow for this. While it is larger, the image for downloading is 1/20 the former
The Auditor counted all but the last
John Servais · Tue Sep 23, 2003
25 ballots today. In the only close race, Don Hansey has firmly out-polled Sheri Ward. Given how the Herald viewed the big absentee count on Friday afternoon, we can expect them to tell us tomorrow m
Decreasing the ‘bull’ factor
John Servais · Mon Sep 22, 2003
The dates of the Lunch Time Soapbox Forums schedule has been adjusted. It will now start on Wednesday, October 8, instead of the 1st as originally posted. The forums from that first week have been mov
Conclusive election results are now in
John Servais · Fri Sep 19, 2003
Don Hansey has out-polled Sheri Ward and will face Terry Borneman for city council representative from the 5th Ward. Terry polled only 44% and probably faces a stiff race to retain his seat. Don is to
Insist on the truth about war casualties
John Servais · Fri Sep 19, 2003
Were 8 US soldiers killed yesterday, besides the 3 being reported? We may not learn for days, weeks or months. As casualties mount, the US military appears to be playing with the numbers. The US only
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Citizen Journalist and Editor · Fairhaven · Writing Since Mar 8, 2008
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