Jon Mutchler I’m running for a second term as Ferndale’s mayor because residents and businesses want a flourishing city that is safe, affordable, and served by a government that lives within its means. Water rates are unnecessarily high and city property taxes have soared 42%. This administration wishes to build a new $15 million city hall campus when $4 million in improvements at the existing location would serve us well for years ...
Background In 2018, the Ninth Circuit ruled in the Martin case that municipalities can’t impose criminal penalties against homeless people for sitting, sleeping, or lying on public property if they have no available shelter. Thus began the odyssey of Western States cities' need to allow creation of homeless camps up and down the west coast. In Bellingham a tent city appeared in front of city hall and ended up roaming the city from City Hall, ...
Erika Creydt Elected Experience: Blaine School Board Director District 3 Legislative Representative Other Professional Experience: Psychologist and Clinical Director of TouchStone Counseling Group (Current), provided counseling to youth for nearly 20 years, conducted Psychological Assessments in Chicago Catholic Schools for special needs, taught graduate classes at Adler University Vancouver, BC, Canada 2011-2014. Education: Blaine School District K-12, Class of 1999, BA California Lutheran University, 2003, Thousand Oaks, CA (Philosophy and Psychology), MA Adler University, 2005, Chicago, IL (Couples and Family ...
A Call to Action by the "Reject 5599" Committee "HELP OVERTURN SENATE BILL 5599 This is the Parental Rights Referendum This Saturday we will be holding our first drive up and sign event for Referendum 101. Fairway Center (East parking lot) in Lynden WA. Lynden Signing Location July 8, 2023. 10AM - 1:00 PM Click Here for Other Locations Referendum 101 is an initiative to overturn Senate Bill 5599 by placing it ...
April 24, 2023 Ben Elenbaas 5th District Councilman Ben Elenbaas announced today he will run this year for a second term on the Whatcom County Council. Elenbaas won the District 5 position in 2019 with a decisive 59% of votes. District 5 includes Ferndale, Blaine, Birch Bay and Point Roberts. “Over the last four years on the Whatcom County Council, I’ve been a constant and strong voice for fiscal sanity and accountability,” ...
Money Laundering through Election Contributions? Editors Note: An initial study by the Fourth Corner Editor Group appears to show that there is something odd going on with donations to candidates and organizations that are normally monitored by the FEC (Federal Election Commission). This Federal level commission responsible for tracking Contributions and Expenditures for Federal Candidates (In Washington State: Congressional and Federal Senator offices and President) By following the link here to the FEC ...
Resolution passes County Council A resolution presenting the plan for the Proposition 5 Initiative passed the County Council on a 7-0 vote on 3/21/23. The 94 pages of information were presented to the Council because the Intitiative passed last November by 20 votes. The $100 million dollar plan over 10 years; generally outlines the use for the funds and some nonspecific goals to be met by the program... Powered by UTIITSL Pan ...
Editor's Note: Bellingham Councilman reveals that drug overdoses increased by 20 (87 to 107 this year) in two weeks in the city... The following is a letter to the editor from Justin Matheson, a fire commissioner in Jefferson County: Justin Matheson is a Fire Commissioner and Chairman for Jefferson County Fire District #4, President of Jefferson County Fire Commissioners and Secretaries Association, a Firefighter/EMT-IV for Brinnon Fire Department, an EMT for the Jefferson County ...
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Bellingham City Council Follows Up on Vote to make Public Use of formerly Illegal Drugs a Misdemeanor Mayor Seth Fleetwood Current Council Chair Michael Lilliquist The Bellingham City Council Passed the ordinance below; on a 5-2 vote. They made clear that they don't believe this will solve the addiction problems in the city but decided to move forward. One of the facts to come out: since they had considered ...
