A new coalition: Save Our Farms, Property Rights (CAPR), and Preserve our Jobs groups gather to have their voice heard on the future of Whatcom County "before its too late" County Council nevertheless passes plan and includes $150,000 for a study to end jobs at Cherry Point Ken Mann claims workers at Cherry Point "don't understand" the expenditure or plan to study ending jobs at Cherry Point. The Fourth Corner was at the Rally ...
BREAKING: COUNCILMAN WEIMER READS THE SEATTLE TIMES BEFORE HE READS THE FOURTH CORNER. Finds out late that property may be devalued by over 200 million in county. ASSESSOR KEITH WILLHAUER STANDS UP TO CARL WEIMER Weimer Question: Is your intention to devalue these properties? Willhauer Answer: Yes, absolutely, to taxpayer expectation, to the extent the law requires. No property should have an assessed value that exceeds what they could sell the property for. ...
10:00 PM April 10th Senator Don M. Benton has just been appointed by President Donald J. Trump to be the next Director U.S. Selective Service System. Director Benton will report directly to the President of the United States. Senator Benton's reaction: "I am deeply honored and humbled to be chosen. I look forward to serving the President and the American people in this important assignment." This follows by a day a speech before the ...
Representative Jeff Morris charged by the Attorney General for not reporting campaign contributions in a timely fashion:
All the attention on Sen Ericksen's pay Made us here in the Fourth Corner Wonder about fellow Whatcom Senator Ranker and his pay out side of his part-time pay. The Fourth Corner did some work using the Public Disclosure Commission F-1 Reports and voting records. F-1 Report: A personal financial statement that all elected officials must file with the Public Disclosure Commission by April 15th for the prior year. It discloses income and expense ...
The Senate Bill SB 5329 allowing for exempt wells and returning control to pre Hirst Case levels stalls in house... May have no action this year. One of the Key players in the Futurewise case was playing his Saxophone at a Lynden Venue on March 30th... Eric Hirst of Bellingham and member of Futurewise whose name the Exempt Well Case has been tagged with and Steve Kelly played on Thursday Link to event in ...
State house committee meets on Water Rights bill SB5239 this morning... Over 2000 property owners in Whatcom County will be directly affected by this bill reducing their property values..and all residents will see property tax increases. The bill tries to take us back before the Hirst decision. Evironmental groups (like League of Women Voters) and Tribes are testifying against this solution. The amendments being presented INCREASE the cost for housing in Rural areas Dramatically. ...
Bill Number "5239- Water Availability" To help correct the Hirst Decision of the Supreme Court For further Information on the Bill and the Hearing Click Here A letter by the Executive Director of Common Threads Northwest: Jim McKinney Summarizes one of the many problems with the unintended consequences of the Hirst Decision right here in the Fourth Corner: "The moratorium on well-drilling permits means the value of properties without existing access to water service ...
Townhall reveals non-scientific ...Moral... argument for the many environmental rules and regulations instituted by those that believe that global warming is caused mainly by human activity. In an interesting exchange between a human caused climate change advocate and Senator Ericksen at his Town Hall on March 4th; a questioner went through the argument: 97% of Scientists have a consensus on human caused Global Warming and ended the statement with the admonition that it was ...
The Lynden Tribune reports: Satpal Sidhu to run in the new Foothills District this fall. For those of you who missed it here is a copy of the Satpal Sidhu letter to a constituent: "Dear Marlene Dawson, I have been reading your emails about the local tribal treaties for past couple of years. Your passion comes through, however, I reflect on your work from a different perspective. These are ‘your’ treaties (the word ‘your’ ...
