Recent NWCitizen Articles

Dick Conoboy awarded Paul deArmond Citizen Journalism Award
John Servais · Wed Jan 10, 2018
Dick Conoboy has written for over 10 years about Bellingham city hall not enforcing its own laws and the slow destruction of single family neighborhoods. The award is well earned.
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Murphy to Lead Bellingham City Council
Dick Conoboy · Mon Jan 8, 2018
Committee assignments will be voted on at tonight’s council meeting.
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Cognitive Dissonance Я Us: Meet the Planning Commission
Dick Conoboy · Sun Jan 7, 2018
The Planning Commission attempts, poorly, to reconcile vacation rentals and housing for Bellingham’s own citizens.
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“Yes You CAN Fight City Hall: Lessons Learned From Seattle”
Dick Conoboy · Thu Jan 4, 2018
The Bellingham Neighborhood Coalition’s second public event on the currrent attempt to rezone the city.
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Count ‘em: 29 people seek vacancy on Whatcom County Council
Ralph Schwartz · Wed Dec 20, 2017
Current County Council members will need to do their homework to separate the wheat from the chaff from the Eric Bostrom.
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Whatcom Water Resources: A Major Problem and a Reasonable Solution
Eric Hirst · Mon Dec 18, 2017
Irrigation, the use of huge field sprinklers, is the big user of unpermitted water in our county. Not family households. Eric presents a solution.
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Public Internet Fiber for Bellingham: A Local Answer to Net Neutrality Loss
Jon Humphrey · Mon Dec 18, 2017
The Bellingham Council is considering the issue of public fiber for all of Bellingham. Jon presents a report on their struggle and urges action.
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Crowded field: 11 seek Whatcom council vacancy days before deadline
Ralph Schwartz · Sat Dec 16, 2017
Nine men and two women so far seek a one-year appointment to the County Council.
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City’s First Step to Rezone/Upzone Single Family Neighborhoods
Dick Conoboy · Thu Dec 7, 2017
The city is beginning a process of densification to rezone/up-zone all single family neighborhoods. Pay attention.
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Extrapolation and Imagination
Elizabeth Soderberg · Wed Dec 6, 2017
Why do national literature critics grossly underestimate the creative genius of great writers?
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District-only dead? Whatcom council to weigh return to countywide vote
Ralph Schwartz · Mon Nov 20, 2017
Appearing on the council agenda Tuesday, Nov. 21, is a proposed 2018 ballot measure to return Whatcom to countywide voting for council. Discussion is planned for Dec. 5.
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A Little Politics
John Servais · Mon Nov 20, 2017
A report on what we hear (reliably!) about political appointments, firings and filing for offices. For political junkies only. (Not really.)
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Self-Determination or Self-Defeat?
Larry Horowitz · Fri Nov 17, 2017
Will Bellingham Neighborhoods wake up in time? Or will we experience the same failure of upzoning reform as our friends in Ballard?
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Managing High Risk Sexual Offenders—A Canadian Approach
John Lesow · Fri Nov 17, 2017
Social Justice Warriors South of the Border Could Learn from Vancouver’s Experience with Reintegrating Sexual Offenders into the Community
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Don’t Ballardize Bellingham
Anne Mackie · Mon Nov 13, 2017
Residents of several neighborhoods are organizing to preserve Bellingham’s livability and affordability.
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Election recap: Conservatives start to make inroads on Whatcom Council
Ralph Schwartz · Mon Nov 13, 2017
District-only voting for Whatcom Council is having its intended effect, as one conservative takes a seat.
Election Night Notes
John Servais · Tue Nov 7, 2017
Election night info, links, and a bit of commentary.
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Ballots Boxes are Convenient and Secure
John Servais · Mon Nov 6, 2017
Ballot boxes are insurance you can use to make sure your ballot is counted. U.S. postal mailing of ballots today or Tuesday has high risk of your ballot being ineligible.
The Jail Tax Ransom is Unacceptable
Joy Gilfilen · Mon Nov 6, 2017
One last Op-ed on the current Jail Tax proposal from the President of the Restorative Community Coalition
Pig in a Poke - Budget Heist and Land Scam?
Tip Johnson · Sat Nov 4, 2017
My final shot. Before you might vote YES, explore this site for more on the jail by Juliette Daniels, myself and others. Then vote REJECTED.
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