Recent NWCitizen Articles

Candidate Filing Week is Here – It’s About to Get Real.
By John Servais · Sun May 12, 2019
Tony Larson may be the surprise candidate filing for office this week. A brief rundown on some of the high profile campaigns and personalities.
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Vacation Rental Kickoff Is May 5th - Put It On Your Calendar!
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Apr 30, 2019
Housing equity is thrown to the wind. Vacation rentals for tourists will remove rental housing for Bellingham residents.
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The Sight Of Green
By · Fri Apr 19, 2019
Trees are not expendable like weeds. We should not treat them as such.
Unbreaking America: A NEW short film about solving the Corruption Crisis
By Larry Horowitz · Wed Apr 17, 2019
An interesting city- and state-oriented strategy to solve the national corruption crisis.
WWU Dormitory Construction Plans Woefully Inadequate
By Dick Conoboy · Sun Apr 14, 2019
A net gain of 264 on-campus dormitory beds two years from now will do virtually nothing to take the pressure off Bellingham’s rental market.
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Bellingham Heron Colony Threatened by Development - Again
By Jamie K. Donaldson · Thu Apr 4, 2019
Bellingham’s Only Great Blue Heron colony Faces Human Threats - Again. Who Wants to Help?
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Why Does Gov. Inslee permit spraying of carcinogenic pesticides on Salish Sea eelgrass beds?
By David Camp · Wed Apr 3, 2019
Commercial Shellfish farmers in Willapa Bay and elsewhere in the Salish Sea permitted by our “green” Governor to spray herbicides and turn healthy eelgrass beds into deserts.
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Samish Hill Forested Acreage Getting a “Haircut” - What Lies Ahead?
By Tom Dohman · Wed Apr 3, 2019
Various activities on Samish Hill suggest the future for a large area of land zoned single-family.
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Restore The Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission (MNAC) To Its Former Role in Planning
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Apr 1, 2019
MNAC should be restored by the next mayor to its role in the planning process, the review of the Comprehensive Plan, and neighborhood plans.
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Canada’s Pipe Dream Threatens the Salish Sea
By Michael Riordan · Sun Mar 31, 2019
Canada continues to push forward on its Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion despit overwhelming opposition and damning evidence — as well as serious economic headwinds — against it.
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Bellingham Bells - Firework Effects Are The Public’s Problem
By Dick Conoboy · Fri Mar 22, 2019
The Bells baseball team again chooses fireworks over the welfare of pets, vets, the psychologically fragile, and wildlife.
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Saving The Orca And Salmon - Does Inslee Have The Political Will?
By Juliette Daniels · Wed Mar 20, 2019
We need immediate action to save the canaries in our coal mine, the Southern Resident Orca and Salmon. Take down obsolete salmon-blocking dams before it’s too late.
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Lisa Anderson Running for Ward 5 City Council
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Mar 19, 2019
Anderson would replace Terry Bornemann who retires from city council at the end of 2019
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No!  I Will Not Round Up.
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Mar 11, 2019
Why do we let our grocery stores vet charities and direct our donations?
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The “Stick”-ification of Bellingham
By Dick Conoboy · Wed Mar 6, 2019
There is a stealth invasion of stick-built apartment complexes in Bellingham. Few have any redeeming architectural merit.
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Bellingham Residential Survey Makes My Teeth Itch
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Mar 2, 2019
Bellingham again wastes its time with a survey in which the respondents self-select, essentially negating the results.
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Public Banking Bill Re-Introduced In the Washington State Senate
By Dick Conoboy · Wed Feb 27, 2019
Public banking is moving forward again this legislative session in Washington state thanks to the efforts of Sen. Bob Hasegawa.
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Rud Browne and His Wanderlust
By John Servais · Thu Feb 7, 2019
Rud Browne’s antics during the selection of Liz Lovelett for state Senator was only the latest weird act during his first year of his second term on the Whatcom County Council.
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Anacortes Council member Lovelett to replace Ranker in state Senate
By Ralph Schwartz · Tue Feb 5, 2019
Officials from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties met Tuesday in Mount Vernon to appoint Liz Lovelett as state senator.
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Move These Buses, Now
By Alex McLean · Sun Jan 27, 2019
Bellingham Public Schools staff Greg Baker and Ron Cowan display contempt for public involvement, the environment, and public disclosure with the bus barn issue on Whatcom Creek.
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