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John Lesow on Recent British Columbia elections and “growth management”

John Lesow Guest Writer   In May of 2024, I suggested in a Guest Editorial that Planners in Washington and British Columbia were on the same page--the Wrong one--in their efforts to address the "Housing Crisis" and "Affordability" in their respective communities of Bellingham and North Vancouver, B.C. The results of the Provincial election in British Columbia on October 19 show that the electorate remains deeply divided on the government's plan to ...

By |2024-11-07T09:58:03-08:00November 7, 2024|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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Is Ranked-choice voting right for Whatcom County?

Is Ranked-choice voting right for Whatcom County?   First the definition - Ranked-choice voting is when voters choose their top three candidates for positions in order of preference. If a candidate wins a majority of votes, he or she is declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority of the votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. All votes that rank the failed candidate as their first choice are eliminated and ...

By |2024-10-14T10:11:08-07:00October 14, 2024|Education, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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National honor society is connected with NO on I-2109 at Puget Sound High School

Brian Heywood on October 14th Posted the following on his twitter account "That Damn Mormon": Brian Heywood - That Damn Mormon Jim Walsh & Brian Heywood   @bkheywood ""LWSD and Redmond parents!!! Alert Did you know that the school is using your children and the national honor society and school time for political activity to promote a Teachers Union poltical agenda? The note that went out below mentions 2109 which would repeal ...

By |2024-10-14T09:48:56-07:00October 14, 2024|Education, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News|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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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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Candidate for OSPI to appear in Whatcom County.

CHAD MAGENDANZ IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION CHAD MAGENDANZ STATEMENT A recent The Seattle Times headline read, "Cheerleading mediocrity is not good enough for WA’s education department," but our current chief of schools is still "the guy who high-fives kids plodding along in the slow lane and assures everyone that all is well." (9/17/2023)  Today's hearing on Initiative 2081(Parent's Bill of Rights) showed that parents across the state are building momentum for ...

By |2024-03-02T12:24:02-08:00March 2, 2024|Education, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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Where is the news on 6 historical initiatives:Senator Simon Sefzik A letter

By SIMON SEFZIK sefzik Simon Sefzik is a former Washington state senator for the 42nd Legislative District and now works as a director for Project 42, a nonprofit aiming to build a durable infrastructure to improve the course of Washington.  In 1912, Washington state pioneered “direct democracy” as one of the first to formalize an initiative and referendum process, allowing citizens to organize and directly create and reform laws. This gave a ...

By |2024-02-12T14:12:48-08:00February 12, 2024|Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|2 Comments
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