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Previous Issues
Watching Government
July 2017
Port of Bellingham Commission
Compiled by Andrew S. McBride Action Taken at May 2, 2017 Meeting Shall the commission: 56. Authorize the executive director to exercise a purchase option on the property at 801/807 Roeder Avenue? At the 10/16/2012 meeting, vote #159, the commission … Continue reading
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July 2017
Bellingham City Council
The city of Bellingham and the Lighhouse Mission proposed building a low barrier shelter for homeless individuals at 801/807 Roeder Avenue. At the 4/24/2017 meeting, vote #69, the City Council approved sending a letter to the Port of Bellingham offered … Continue reading
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July 2017
Whatcom County Council
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at May 2, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 80. Appoint April Bader to District 3 of the Noxious Weed Control Board? The board educates the public regarding the impacts and management of noxious weeds … Continue reading
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July 2017
Birding the Olympic Coast
by Joe Meche Cape Flattery Lighthouse on Tatoosh Island began operating in 1857. Photo: Joe Meche Part II Cape Flattery to Port Townsend After three days on the southwest coast between Tokeland and Ocean Shores, I continued my journey … Continue reading
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July 2017
Accountability Matters for Water and Treaty Rights
by Lorraine Loomis Do you make sure you have enough money in your bank account before writing a check for a big purchase? Of course. That’s what responsible people do to avoid trouble down the road. You would think that … Continue reading
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July 2017
Economic and Technological Transition
by Tom Buckley The following article is being reprinted with the permission of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. It has been edited to fit. What’s missing from Donald Trump’s economically ludicrous promise to revive failed Rust Belt … Continue reading
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July 2017
The Environmental and Human Health Costs of Automobiles
by Jamae Pope To celebrate 26 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we are printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpt is from the July 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Americans directly subsidize driving to the tune of $400 … Continue reading
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July 2017
Gardens Need Summer Heat
by Peter Heffelfinger After a long winter of record rain, our Northwest gardens in July will be long overdue for heat and light to ripen our tomatoes and corn. An easily grown garden standby such as zucchini, however, will leap … Continue reading
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July 2017
Monuments and “Multiple Use” Don’t Mix
by Bob Schober This section is devoted to studying the local impacts of specific issues the Trump Administration or Republican Congress will propose. “A person is forced by the sparseness of what is outward and visible in all this land … Continue reading
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July 2017
Noxious Fumes Hit Whatcom County
by Michael Riordan The smelly plume of sulfurous gases that wafted over Bellingham Saturday evening, June 3, 2017, was apparently not an unusual occurrence.[1] It was caused by an overpressure event on the Italian tanker Mare Siculum anchored east of … Continue reading
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