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About Charlie Crabtree

Long time observer of State and Local Politics. Charlie was born and raised in Whatcom County Washington. Served in the US Air Force in the 70's and served for 12 years on the Meridian School Board (north of Bellingham Washington) and a stint on the County Charter Review Commission. Retired except for Blogging and enjoying life.

Whatcom County Resolution proposal addresses gas ban cost and puts people first

Councilman Mark Stremler Stremler proposes energy choice to Whatcom County Council In an effort to have the Whatcom County Council get behind the effort to have "energy choice"  Councilman Mark Stremler introduced a resolution which supports energy choices for residents and business owners in Whatcom County.   The County Council had a hearing on June 18th to consider the proposal. Presented near the end of the June 18th meeting (page 6 of 7 ...

By |2024-06-29T08:22:37-07:00June 29, 2024|Fourth Corner News|6 Comments
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Bellingham City Council approves emergency landmark tree protections

City Council approves emergency landmark tree protections  The ordinance takes effect immediately and protects the largest, most significant trees in Bellingham May 21, 2024 - by Ryan Key-Wynne, Planning and Community Development Under the City’s emergency landmark tree ordinance, any healthy tree with a trunk diameter of 36 inches or greater will be automatically considered a “landmark tree” and receive special protections. To prevent the removal of exceptional trees in anticipation of new regulations, the ...

By |2024-06-11T18:09:22-07:00June 11, 2024|Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|5 Comments
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Past Issues of the Fourth Corner NewsLetter

Archive Fourth Corner Issues Here August 6th 2024 at 9:22 am PDT Last Chance to vote today!! July 15th 2024 at 1:28 pm PDT Brian Heywood on Fear of the electorate, Local Initiative runs into roadblock to get on the ballot. June 29th 2024 at 8:44 am PDT Resolution at Whatcom County Council Considers energy choices for citizens. Last week for Signing Petition See Locations June 12th 2024 at 5:40 am PDT ...

By |2024-08-16T07:12:33-07:00June 11, 2024|Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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Do you know your Superior Court Judges

Do you know your Superior Court Judges... many never appear on the ballot. Trooper Gadd THE way Superior Court Judges are elected came to light recently, to this reporter,  in the case of a state trooper that was killed on the Freeway in Marysville.  A suspect in the case just had his bail reduced from $1,000,000 to $100,000 by Judge Richard Okrent in Snohomish County. This suspect was in Snohomish County jail ...

By |2024-05-30T14:40:45-07:00May 30, 2024|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Government & Politics|0 Comments
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Single Family Homes and the American Dream Reduced by State Action by John Lesow

John Lesow Guest Writer “Planners on Both Sides of the Border are on the Same Page…And it’s the Wrong Page.” At their April 24 meeting at the Bellingham Yacht Club, the Bellingham City Club hosted a pro-development panel discussing the pressing issue of “Balancing Policy, Population and Preservation”. At issue were the recent legislative edicts from Olympia, demanding more housing density in Bellingham and prohibiting Single Family Zoning. The Washington State legislation, ...

By |2024-05-16T15:30:04-07:00May 16, 2024|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News, Government & Politics|2 Comments
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Echelon Insights Total Poll on behalf of Concerned Taxpayers of WA.

Challenger Raul Garcia of Yakima. Received 36% of the Respondents to the poll. WEB SITE Challenger Raul Garcia of Yakima. Received 36% of the Respondents to the poll. WEB SITE Incumbent Maria Cantwell of Seattle. Received 44% of the Respondents to the Poll WEB SITE New State Poll Shows Surprising Results for Challengers this Fall A new poll released this week by Echelon Insights and sponsored by Concerned Taxpayers of ...

By |2024-04-24T19:49:08-07:00April 5, 2024|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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Island County News: Presented by Allen McPheeters March 25th 2024

In the News In The News As expected, the South Whidbey Fire/EMS District is putting a levy lid lift measure on the ballot in August. Look for a flood of information about why you should give them more money… and very little information on why you should not. (At the Project, we have no opinion on the matter — we generally like fire fighters and medics — but we would like to occasionally ...

By |2024-03-25T10:00:20-07:00March 25, 2024|Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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Voter Interests: Island County Community News

  BY ALLEN MCPHEETERS And now, the news. Let’s start with those legislative updates. The session ended on Thursday night, so we have the final scorecard for our 10th District legislators. Sen. Ron Muzzall, R-10 Sen. Ron Muzzall (R-Oak Harbor): Four of Muzzall’s bills were delivered to the Governor for his signature this week. With the five bills he had signed last year, Muzzall wins the trophy for most bills passed in ...

By |2024-03-14T11:08:49-07:00March 12, 2024|Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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In Skagit County: Jail Comes together in Four Years… Ron Wesen tells the story.

How did Skagit County Complete their Justice Center Project. The slides below highlight the process. Beginning with the passage of the proposition to build the Justice Center until Finishing around the ribbon cutting in July 2017 was just less than 4 years for the $62,602,000 Project.  This made Skagit County the First County in the Fourth Corner to build a modern jail in their community. The leaders in Skagit County got the job done. ...

By |2024-03-03T15:17:01-08:00March 3, 2024|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News, Government & Politics|0 Comments
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