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Previous Issues
Watching Government
May 2017
Port of Bellingham Commission
Compiled by Andrew S. McBride Action Taken at February 21, 2017 meeting Shall the commission: 23. Authorize the executive director to sign an agreement with Whatcom County for real estate services? Whatcom County owns a building at 3720 Williamson Way … Continue reading
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May 2017
Whatcom County Council
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at March 7, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 39. Appoint Michael Shepard to the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee? The Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Board advises the County Council on … Continue reading
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May 2017
Bellingham City Council
Action Taken at March 13, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 40. Authorize the mayor to sign a $40,444 settlement agreement for water damage? On Jan. 16, 2017, a water main broke resulting in extensive water damage to the home at … Continue reading
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May 2017
poetrywatch
Boris Schleinkofer, poetrywatch editor “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” — … Continue reading
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May 2017
Elizabeth Park Whatcom County’s First Official Park
From July 2000 through April 2002, Whatcom Watch ran a 16-part series on Bellingham parks. Aaron Joy wrote the series based on his self-published book, “A History of Bellingham Parks.” The 394 page book had almost 200 pages of predominantly … Continue reading
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May 2017
Clean Water: Lake Whatcom Water Quality Update
by April Markiewicz Clean water. Each of us gets up every morning, turns on the water faucet and expects to have clean, fresh water at our disposal. We make coffee with it, prepare food, brush our teeth, take a shower, … Continue reading
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May 2017
Denying Climate Change and Attacking Science
by Lyle Harris Sr. Climate change is a bunch of nonsense. At least according to Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, he supports eliminating the EPA, commenting: “I think people across the country … Continue reading
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May 2017
Climate Facts Trump You Know Who
by Bob Schober A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. Max Planck, physicist … Continue reading
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May 2017
Ellen Murphy and Nonviolence
by Kathryn Fentress Ellen Murphy, 80, has been a lifelong nonviolence practitioner and teacher for peace and justice. She was arrested many times as a 10-year member of The Desert Waves Affinity Group at the Nevada Nuclear Weapons Test Site … Continue reading
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May 2017
Celebrating Twenty-five Years
With the April 2017 issue of Whatcom Watch the paper completed twenty-five years of publishing. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our long-time subscribers and advertisers. The below dates are the years our current contributors started subscribing … Continue reading
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