Monthly Archives: May 2021

Census Bureau Numbers Changing, brings long delays to redistricting process

  Washington State Map after 2010 Redistricting From beginning to end the redistricting process really matters as demographics change and the Census is taken. Process to "Count" people changes on Joe Biden's Inauguration Day Beginning Nov 19, 2020 (16 Days after the Presidential election) Census Bureau Director Steve Dillingham said that "during post-collection processing, certain processing anomalies [had] been discovered." And census figures would have to be held past the December 31st ...

Whatcom: About Kamal Bhachu: Running for County Council At-Large in Whatcom County

KAMAL BHACHU FILES FOR THE POSITION OF COUNTY COUNCIL AT LARGE  Kamal officially filed for the position of County Council at Large. Kamal holds Kamal Bhachu Whatcom County Council At Large Candidate a deep desire to serve the people of Whatcom County. Since immigrating from Punjab, India as a teenager in 1996, Kamal has made Whatcom county his home. Kamal and his wife, Tami, have settled in the Blaine area with their ...

Looking forward to elections: Whatcom

  Normal Filing for the 2021 Election ended on Friday May 21st and the field of candidates is set for the Primary August 3rd (with ballots going out on July 14th.) There will be one Countywide race in the Primary: County Council At-Large.  There will be a total of 9 Primaries in Whatcom County this year.  We have included School Districts in our list below as they seem to have drawn more interest than ...

Want to change things? Office filing week in to open May 17th Whatcom County

The official 2021 Political season starts off on Monday May 17th In the State of Washington Please go to The Whatcom County Elections Candidate Resources Page here to get information on what you need to run for office. Please see our related stories: Barry Buchanan to Run for another term as an At-Large Whatcom County Council Candidate: (Vote on continuing long running moratorium on progress at Cherry Point is on the Agenda for Tuesday ...

Races for November election begin to shape up before Filing opens.

Paying attention to elections... Like it or not... they matter   There are several races this year that have taken on a greater importance because of what the COVID virus, the State Legislature and other actions of government have done in our attitudes toward them.. School Board races, the "small town's" Councils, Port races, as well as the County Council and the City of Bellingham are key to this years elections and should hold ...

Continuing the Moratorium Discussion/ Vote on Cherry Point to occur at County Council Meeting

This Tuesday May 18th 2021 the Council Council agenda includes this agenda item: AB2021-227: Ordinance imposing an interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new or expanded facilities in the Cherry Point urban growth area, the primary purpose of which would be the shipment of unrefined fossil fuels not to be processed at Cherry Point Buchanan Campaign Sign This ordinance is a continuation of the liberal majority's  ...

Extra!! One dies at the homeless camp on D Street in Bellingham

  One person found dead in  at homeless camp 9:00 AM May 7th 2021 The fire department found one person dead after responding to a call of a fire reported in the RV's at a homeless encampment on the 1400-1500 Block of D St in Bellingham about 4:00AM May 7th 2021. One RV was reported destroyed and another damaged. The Picture below was taken by the Fourth Corner on April 26th after reports of ...

Heavy security highlighted 2021 Legislative session Is the state like Seattle? How they Voted

This year's legislative session produced some drastic new laws in the state.  Laws passed under heavy security and very little in-person input from citizens. U.S. Army National Guardsmen and members of the Washington State Patrol line a fence outside of the Washington State Capitol building on Monday in Olympia. Here is Senator Ericksen's take on the session: One thing that is clear: We All Live in Seattle Now. Whether it is laws ...

How they voted 2021 Legislature Part 2

  5 More Bills of note and how they voted: E2SSB 5126: Click for details Cap-and-trade becomes just one more tax increase – 18 cents per gallon of gas among other costs on home heating and manufacturing – on top of the others being considered this year. The expenditures in SB 5126 would do literally nothing to reduce CO2 emissions. The cap-and-trade and Senate transportation package would increase gas taxes by 28 cents per ...

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