Recent NWCitizen Articles

Historic Port Vote
30 Years Later, Port OKs Commission Expansion Vote - but maybe with a poison pill
By Tip Johnson · Fri Jul 18, 2025
3 min read
Turning Traditional Medicare Into Medicare (Dis)Advantage...From Within
There is a "pilot" program, about to be in effect in six states, to reduce costs by requiring prior authorization for procedures for Traditional Medicare patients.
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Jul 15, 2025
4 min read · 2 comments, most recent 1 day ago
Finally! Lane Striping for Samish Overpass
Long awaited and much needed, this busy intersection will finally have some concrete guidance for drivers.
By Tom Dohman · Thu Jul 10, 2025
2 min read
By Jon Humphrey · Mon Jul 7, 2025
4 min read · 1 comment, 9 days ago
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
3 min read · 6 comments, most recent 5 weeks ago
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
3 min read · 2 comments, most recent 6 weeks ago
Using Public Records Act to Hide Information
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
4 min read · 2 comments, most recent 7 weeks ago
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
1 min read · 1 comment, 7 weeks ago
Lake Whatcom Dissolved Oxygen Study
Oxygen levels in Lake Whatcom are dangerously low.
By · Sat May 17, 2025
3 min read · 4 comments, most recent 7 weeks ago
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
3 min read · 4 comments, most recent 7 weeks ago
Out With The Old, In With The New, Same As The Old
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
9 min read
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
3 min read
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
2 min read · 1 comment
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
8 min read
From Scarcity to Stability: Rewriting the Housing Blueprint
Bellingham needs a new approach to low cost housing.
By Kerri Burnside · Tue Apr 8, 2025
4 min read · 2 comments
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
2 min read
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
3 min read · 2 comments
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
3 min read · 1 comment
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
2 min read · 5 comments
City-Created Floodplain Threatens 62 Homes
New 33-unit project makes matters worse
By Christopher Grannis · Sun Feb 16, 2025
3 min read · 5 comments

Maggie Carrigan

Commenting Since Dec 31, 1969
Born in AZ, grew up in Calif, lived in San Diego, Reno and Bellingham. Worked for a large glass mfg. co., the Directors of engineering for 2 large engineering firms, 1 being General Dynamics, and drove a school bus for 12 years along with other misc. positions.

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