June-2017
Compiled by Andrew S. McBride Action Taken at April 4, 2017 Meeting Shall the commission: 42. Modify a lease and a surplus personal property transfer agreement with Bitter End Boatworks and authorize the executive director to sign a certificate for surplus port property? Bitter End Boatworks operates Hilton Harbor Marina, [Read More...]
Action Taken at April 4, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 58. Authorize the executive to accept a $18,375 state grant for water safety patrols? The grant will fund patrols by the sheriff’s office during the peak boating period in order to reduce boating-related loss of life, personal injury, and property [Read More...]
Compiled by Boris Schleinkofer Action Taken at April 10, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 63. Send letters to Senator Patty Murray, Senator Maria Cantwell and Representative Rick Larsen regarding the federal budget? The letter addresses a proposal to zero out Housing and Urban Development funds. From the letter: “The city [Read More...]
This section is devoted to studying the local impacts of specific issues the Trump Administration or Republican Congress will propose. by Bob Schober “Words may show a man’s wit, but actions his meaning.” — Benjamin Franklin “Actions speak louder than words. Words cost nothing. Actions can cost everything.” — Aleksandra [Read More...]
by Lyle Harris Sr. The president has no clothes. David Brooks, the respected conservative columnist for The New York Times, wrote that Trump has the “dangerousness of an immature man” under the headline, “When the World is Led by a Child.” Then a Washington Post opinion writer responded, “The president [Read More...]
Herring eggs attached to sea grasses from Point Roberts. photo: Ron Kleinknecht by Ron Kleinknech Part 1 If you have ever been to Whatcom County beaches during a minus tide you have likely seen eelgrass — the long green slender blades [Read More...]
Leo Harrison and his wife started a small dairy farm near Lynden but fell victim to the difficult market conditions and increasing burdens on farmers. photo: courtesy of Whatcom Family Farms by Fred Likkel and Brad Rader In the April 2017 issue of Whatcom Watch, one of the [Read More...]
Maru Mora Villalpando at her office. photo: K. Fentress by Kathryn Fentress Maru Mora Villalpando was born and raised in Mexico City. She first came to the United States in the early 90s for economic reasons. She returned to the United States in 1994 for political reasons. She [Read More...]
California sea lions at Westport. photo: Joe Meche by Joe Meche Part 1 Every year when March and April come around, the first shorebirds begin showing up on local beaches. At the same time I think about the Washington coast and the large-scale migration of these unique birds. [Read More...]
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier today (May 19, 2017) refused to hear the state of Washington’s most recent appeal of the culvert case. The U.S. government filed the case in 2001 on behalf of the tribes. The decision could bring to a halt more than 15 years of [Read More...]