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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.

The Fourth Corner General Election 2022 election.

THE FOURTH CORNER  RECOMMENDATIONS!! Here they are:         A.  STATEWIDE: U.S. Senate Tiffany Smiley. U.S. Congress Representative District 2 Dan Matthews State Secretary of State to fill Kim Wyman's term: Julie Anderson seems to favor ranked order voting which is actually being voted on in Seattle this type of voting removes the one person one vote rule and weighs votes differently. VOTE RECOMMENDATION: Either Steve Hobbs or Protest Write-In Brad Klippert ...

By |2022-11-03T10:36:23-07:00November 3, 2022|Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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Turned in Ballots lowest in 8 Years

TURN IN YOUR BALLOTS ASAP (make sure your vote gets Counted) Ninth Day of Ballot turn in shows lowest rate since 2014: So far in Northern Whatcom County and the 42nd Legislative District turnout is running well below average as of the Ninth Day of Checking in Ballots.  So far unofficially 31642 ballots have been turned in to the Auditor in preparation for counting on Election Day.  With the Fourth Corner's unofficial count of ...

By |2022-11-03T09:45:24-07:00November 3, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|2 Comments
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Summary of Supreme Court Decisions a Story of “Balance of Power”

The Roberts Court, April 23, 2021 Seated from left to right: Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor Standing from left to right: Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. Photograph by Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court Let Freedom ring as the Supreme Court does its duty: as one of the ...

By |2022-07-03T19:07:53-07:00July 3, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|1 Comment
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Two masked individuals break window at Rep. Andrew Barkus'(R) Office

Throw in a Phosphorous Flare (These offices are also home to the state House Republican Campaign Committee)   In the early morning hours of June 13th; two masked individuals were seen on video breaking the window of the office of Rep Andrew Barkis who represents the 2nd Legislative District from Chehalis WA. The attempted arson location was also the location of the Republican House Campaign Committee. A not well known office site. It is ...

By |2022-07-26T04:03:46-07:00June 22, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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Water and the Nooksack Flooding solution

Whatcom farmers share Whatcom mayors’ concern over Ecology’s misleading statements, stalled collaboration... (LYNDEN, Wash.) Whatcom Family Farmers agrees with the mayors of five Whatcom cities, who are expressing their concerns about the Washington Department of Ecology’s troubling efforts to promote a harmful legal action against local water users, rather than support an inclusive, collaborative process to reach comprehensive solutions. In a June 14 letter to Ecology director Laura Watson, the local mayors suggest the ...

By |2022-06-22T14:00:40-07:00June 22, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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Snake River Dam Insanity Will Destroy Washington Prosperity

Inslee: On the one hand destroy our dams... on the other hand manage "our fragile grid" While energy prices are reaching new highs, Governor Inslee is continuing his bipolar and ill-conceived efforts at “transforming” the energy grid in Washington state. On one hand, he appears to support destroying the Snake River dams and removing eight percent of our hydroelectric power. On the other hand, in a campaign email, he predicts a summer of blackouts, ...

By |2022-06-22T10:56:20-07:00June 22, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|1 Comment
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County Executive plans to bring Gun Control Resolution before Council in Coming Weeks

Executive Report for Council Meeting of June 7, 2022 Satpal S Sidhu Good Evening Council and Whatcom County Residents, I would like to talk about sensible gun laws. Today Mathew McConaughey addressed this very issue to our Federal lawmakers asking them to honor their moral obligations instead of party affiliations. We all want gun laws that make sense and will make it very difficult for sick people to obtain military style assault weapons. The current ...

By |2022-06-14T11:44:40-07:00June 14, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|11 Comments
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New WA Building Codes Will Deepen the Housing Crisis

Got Housing? New Building Codes will deepen the Housing Crisis.   Last week, in “Welcome to the Board”, we discussed boards, their duties and responsibilities (what do boards do). In addition to the common boards that you are familiar with, like school boards, there are many administrative boards that have been given rule or code making responsibilities by the state legislature. The Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) is one of these powerful unelected ...

By |2022-06-14T10:13:41-07:00June 14, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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The Parental School Revolt Continues voters delivered a message to incumbents in April

In Whatcom County of 8 challenged seats on the school boards 4 went to challengers.Read the Local Story Here. In Whatcom County in the November 2021 Elections 4 school board challengers were elected replacing 4 out of the 8 incumbents running for school board positions in Whatcom County. Generally speaking the Unions reaction to COVID and the curriculum battles over CRT along with other items have continued to  draw the attention of voters nationwide; ...

By |2022-10-25T03:26:00-07:00June 9, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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