Recent NWCitizen Articles

For what it is worth,
By John Servais · Fri Oct 31, 2003
here are my recommendations for the election.

The basic values that I apply are for elected officials to have honesty and provide open government that is accountable to the citizens. We can all
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The huge gap for news in this community
By John Servais · Thu Oct 30, 2003
Will be posting election recommendations today. Have not had time for some good posts the past week.

Reliable rumor has it that another weekly newspaper will start publishing in early November
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No one in a position of responsibility will touch it
By John Servais · Wed Oct 22, 2003
So the Public Disclosure Commission is investigating Foster without any complaint. Yet they pretend to not know of flagrant violations of the PDC laws being committed by Mark Asmundson as Mayor - to w
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Another perspective on County elections
By John Servais · Tue Oct 21, 2003
I’ve just posted up a commentary by Stephen Trinkaus on all the local elections. He gives the perspective of a liberal activist - one who has participated in the local process and knows what is happen
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On the levy, low-cost rentals and the Mayor’s gag order.
By John Servais · Sun Oct 19, 2003
Today’s Herald devoted much of the first section of the paper to promoting the levy tax for EMS services, under the guise of reporting the issues. They printed two big graphs showing increases of resp
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What closed-door deal has Mark made with Foster?
By John Servais · Fri Oct 17, 2003
That is the question making the political rounds this afternoon. Foster Rose, who came in third in the primary election for mayor, today endorsed Mayor Mark Asmundson for reelection. Foster’s voters h
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This is the piece that this election deserves
By John Servais · Thu Oct 16, 2003
Tip Johnson has written the best analysis of the mayor Mark’s record that will appear anywhere. Tip, a hero to local environmentalists and liberals, takes an honest and courageous look at Mark Asmunds
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The Police Guild believes Terry did this
By 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
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Attempted extortion by the Mayor
By 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
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The political junkies around town
By 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
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Mayoral Debate
By 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
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Election Commentary
By 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
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Remember the ‘Truth Squad’?
By 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
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A far superior and more objective analysis
By 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
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A “Cadillac” system
By 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
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Very qualified local political observers comment
By 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
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Election Forums
By 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
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News censorship is not some obscure conspiracy theory
By 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
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US soldiers would never do things like that
By 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
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