Recent NWCitizen Articles

More NEW Taxes?  No!  Just CONTINUED Support for Bellingham Schools
By Tom Dohman · Sat Feb 1, 2020
Tom Dohman seeks to clarify Propositions 2020-9 and 2020-10 for the Bellingham School District 501.
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300+ New Units, Zero Affordability
By Jane Bright · Fri Jan 31, 2020
Can zoning changes and increasing density solve the affordable housing shortage?
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Unity Village Will Have a New Site. Thank you, Mayor Fleetwood and Director Sepler!
By Lisa E. Papp · Tue Jan 28, 2020
Homes NOW’s Unity Village to move to new COB-owned site in May 2020. Thank you to Mayor Fleetwood, Planning Director Sepler, and Police Chief Doll.
CityView Apartment Development - Update III
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Jan 27, 2020
Indications are that the developer intends to go forward with his application for the CityView dormitory style project with 408 beds.
Jail Tax: Third Time’s a Charm?
By Tip Johnson · Wed Jan 22, 2020
Council Rebukes Justice Advocates and Voters
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Bellingham Parking Fees Go to Volkswagen
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Jan 18, 2020
Your PayByPhone app sends a flat fee of 25 cents per transaction to the coffers of Volkswagen Financial Services AG
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Unity Village Needs a Permit Extension. Please, Mayor Fleetwood, Can You Help?
By Lisa E. Papp · Thu Jan 16, 2020
Vague language in the current permit may result in not getting a badly needed extension for Unity Village for the homeless in Fairhaven.
Who’s Running Your Neighborhood Association? And Why Care?
By Karen Steen · Tue Jan 14, 2020
A tour d’horizon of the state of the Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission.
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Advice to City Council on Scooters: Hasten Slowly
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Jan 13, 2020
Electrified scooters may bring with them unintended and undesirable consequences, some ecological, some financial, and some lethal.
Bellingham City Council To Support Public Banking
By Dick Conoboy · Thu Jan 9, 2020
Council moved to have staff develop a resolution in support of public banking legislation in Washington state.
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Alex Ramel appointed as 40th District state representative
By John Servais · Mon Jan 6, 2020
Alex Ramel was chosen today by votes of three county councils to a vacated seat on the state Legislature.
We Have Failed to Adequately Protect Bellingham’s Great Blue Herons
By Jamie K. Donaldson · Thu Jan 2, 2020
A superb update of where we are as a community on protecting Bellingham’s only Great Blue Heron colony.
Unity Village Tiny Home Community Requests Permit Extension
By Lisa E. Papp · Mon Dec 30, 2019
A timely update on Unity Village temporary homes in Fairhaven - plus the petition being circulated to allow the village a permit extension.
Senator Bob Hasegawa to Speak to City Council on Public Banking - 16 December
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Dec 9, 2019
For the third time this year Sen Hasegawa will travel to Whatcom County to deliver a talk on public banking in Washington State.
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HomesNOW Thrives Despite Setback
By Lisa E. Papp · Mon Nov 25, 2019
A comprehensive and touching explanation of the Bellingham effort to help homeless folks, the HomesNOW project, and its disappointments and successes.
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Yet Another Shiny Thing - Motorized Scooters
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 23, 2019
Bellingham to revise and update its codes to control motorized bikes, scooters and skateboards. Motorized scooter rentals are also on the docket…but beware.
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Dinner, Anyone?
By · Wed Nov 6, 2019
MADA (Make America Dinner Again) Invites You to Dinner… Across the Aisle
Dick’s Picks For November 2019 Election
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Oct 27, 2019
Some of my picks for local races in 2019.
The Jail - Pentagon Hammers and Brick Walls
By Tip Johnson · Fri Oct 25, 2019
A million here and a million there, pretty soon you are talking real money
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Chanan Suarez’s Local Base Is Grassroots—We’re Just Too Poor To Buy Elections
By · Thu Oct 24, 2019
Sage Jones responds to Dick Conoboy’s article on Chanan Suarez who is a candidate for Bellingham City Council. Suarez is running for the 5th Ward seat against Lisa Anderson.
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