Recent NWCitizen Articles

The Douglas Avenue Trail
By · Wed Dec 2, 2020
Daniel Kirkpatrick guest writes how he, with encouragement in 1994 from the city of Bellingham, organized dozens of Happy Valley residents to build a trail on a city right of way.
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Nervous About the Vaccines? Don’t Be
By Deb Gaber · Sat Nov 28, 2020
A “clinical trials geek” speaks up
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False Fast Speeds, Bad Connections, & Broken Promises
By Jon Humphrey · Tue Nov 24, 2020
How Bellingham Schools fail the poor.
If Campers Had Housing, They Wouldn’t Be Camping
By · Mon Nov 23, 2020
Doug Gustafson guest writes, explaining that Bellingham’s homeless have no place to go. They need shelter now.
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The Big Lie of Republican Environmental Values
By John Servais · Sat Nov 21, 2020
Republicans who are silent during this disaster of a transition should be held to account in the next elections: county, state, and national. Here’s one example of their hypocrisy.
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Just Dying To See The Family?
By Dick Conoboy · Fri Nov 20, 2020
Stay home for the holidays in 2020 so that you and yours will be around for the holidays in 2021
Drilling Deeper into Whatcom County: Covid-19 & Political Orientation
By David A. Swanson · Thu Nov 19, 2020
In the three Whatcom County school districts carried by Trump-Pence the covid-19 infection rate is 1.4 times higher than found in the 4 districts carried by Biden-Harris.
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Shop Local and Shop Early
By · Thu Nov 19, 2020
Chuck Robinson provides his knowledgeable perspective on Christmas and Holiday shopping. We asked Chuck, who is now retired, to write this for all of us.
Stop the Lying, Doug
By Michael Riordan · Tue Nov 17, 2020
State Senator Doug Ericksen parrots baseless Republican Party claims about non-existent voter fraud in the 2020 presidential elections.
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Did Trump Help Democrats take the 2020 election in Washington?
By David A. Swanson · Sun Nov 15, 2020
As is the case, nationwide, it appears that Trump assisted Democrats in carrying the 2020 presidential and gubernatorial elections in Washington
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Armistice Day
By Dick Conoboy · Wed Nov 11, 2020
The meaning of the original Armistice Day has been turned on its head. We lose a yearly history lesson as a result.
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The 100 Acre Wood Shakedown
By John Servais · Tue Nov 10, 2020
The little park district commission wants to increase taxes in an effort to prolong their fiefdom.
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Bellingham: 21st Century Community or Small Town Backwater?
By Jon Humphrey · Mon Nov 9, 2020
Five years ago CenturyLink wanted their TV franchise to be in Bellingham in a big way. They failed and now want to pull out.
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Did Trump Help Democrats take the election?
By David A. Swanson · Sat Nov 7, 2020
Trump advocated behaviors that placed his followers at higher risk to being sickened and even dying from covid-19. Did a reduction in republican voters aid in the election of Joe Biden?
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Veterans’ Heavier COVID Casualties
By Dick Conoboy · Thu Nov 5, 2020
Veterans appear to be paying a price for COVID-19 at double the rate of the general population.
Ballot Drop Boxes: Auditor Drops Opportunity
By John Servais · Sat Oct 31, 2020
Diana Bradrick, our elected Whatcom County Auditor, leaves two ballot drop boxes in storage rather than install them in Bellingham - where they are needed.
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Coronavirus and Community
By Michael Riordan · Sat Oct 31, 2020
The novel coronavirus also attacks our need for community, which is the antidote to the epidemic of toxic individualism that has begun afflicting much of middle America.
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Define “Dragging One’s Feet”
By Jon Humphrey · Thu Oct 29, 2020
Is it 219 days? Five years? It’s time to move forward on the Broadband Advisory Group. Now!
Secret Telecom Lovers Part 2: Been Caught Cheating
By Jon Humphrey · Sat Oct 24, 2020
Six applicants for Bellingham’s Broadband Advisory Group are examined by Jon for their conflicts of interest with their business ties to the broadband industry.
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Bellingham Transportation Fund: Time to Renew
By Stoney Bird · Fri Oct 23, 2020
Proposition 2020-14 allows us to support pedestrians and bicyclists by continuing the sales tax of a mere two cents per $10.
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