Recent NWCitizen Articles

BNSF Shoreline Improvements for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Coal Port
Tip Johnson · Sun Jul 15, 2012
Wherein we see the Railroad walking it’s walk while we get ready to talk our talk.
1 comment
Oh no!  Whatcom population sees slow growth
Larry Horowitz · Tue Jul 10, 2012
Wanted: Someone to interpret chamber president Oplinger’s remarks
13 comments
From the Political Junkie: Judges, Jails, and Local Politics
Riley Sweeney · Wed Jul 4, 2012
Riley interviews judicial candidates, reviews campaign tactics, and discusses fireworks
Surprise Port Meeting on Thursday
John Servais · Wed Jun 27, 2012
A special - short notice - Port of Bellingham Commission meeting on Thursday, June 28 starting at 8:30 a.m.
6 comments
Port attempts to kill initiative for two new seats
Paul deArmond · Sun Jun 17, 2012
Port Commissioner Scott Walker and attorney Frank Chmelik get caught ballot-rigging again
20 comments
A sales pitch that really promotes
John Servais · Tue Jun 12, 2012
The Northwest Business Club has invited Stoney Bird to speak at their meeting tomorrow, Wednesday. Here is their radio commercial as heard on KGMI.
2 comments
The Chuckanut Wildlife Corridor Protects The Human Species
Wendy Harris · Sun Jun 10, 2012
Healthy ecosystems provide important benefits to humans and are sustained through wildlife corridors that protect biodiversity.
4 comments
Is liquor an efficient market?
Paul deArmond · Sun Jun 10, 2012
Efficient markets use available information to adjust prices. But consumers don’t have all the information. Here’s help.
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Game on!
Tip Johnson · Thu Jun 7, 2012
Hereby hoping to stimulate discussion of what expanding the Port Commission is meant to achieve, what constitutes good government and how we might best achieve it.
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Time for a Change
Tip Johnson · Wed Jun 6, 2012
Wherein the port proves they are incompetent to do the public’s business
Port Commissioners Secretly Meddling
John Servais · Mon Jun 4, 2012
Port Commissioners plan to change their Port Expansion resolution on Tuesday - based on advice from port attorney Chmelik. No notice of this item on the agenda.
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Public Comment Can Protect Birch Bay Wildlife
Wendy Harris · Sun Jun 3, 2012
The Birch Bay Watershed Action Plan needs to do a better job of protecting and restoring habitat.
Petition Drive to Ban Consumer Fireworks Underway
Dick Conoboy · Thu May 24, 2012
A case for eliminating consumer fireworks in Bellingham city limits
3 comments
Will Lake Whatcom Watershed Reconveyance Be Approved?
Wendy Harris · Mon May 21, 2012
After years of debate, the County Council may be requesting that DNR approve the Reconveyance
Last chance, file for PCO
Riley Sweeney · Fri May 18, 2012
A short plea for public involvement from Riley
DRONES!
Tip Johnson · Thu May 17, 2012
Footage overlooking the Fairhaven area
5 comments
Cascadia Weekly again on target with the Port
John Servais · Wed May 16, 2012
In today’s Cascadia Weekly, Tim Johnson analyses the Port Commissioner meeting and the shenanigans of Walker and Chmelik.
City Staff Lacks Impartiality On Dock Closure
Wendy Harris · Tue May 15, 2012
A City staff memo on the Bloedel dock closure reads more like an advocacy brief
Port Commission Expansion to be on November Ballot
John Servais · Mon May 14, 2012
Port Commissioners McAuley and Jorgensen voted to put on November ballot the question of expanding commission from 3 to 5 members.
5 comments
Cascadia Weekly Rips Port - Urges 5
John Servais · Wed May 9, 2012
Today’s Cascadia Weekly rips the Port staff on changed waterfront plans and sees 5 commissioners as possible solution to poor decision making.
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