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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.

Pro EMS levy Committee to be Investigated by Public Disclosure Commission

EMS Saves Lives PAC (Whatcom County) - Alleged violations of RCW 42.17A Respondent:  Erica LIttlewood Created Date: February 22, 2017 Status of Investigations: Assessment of Facts Description: EMS Saves Lives, a political committee supporting Whatcom County Prop. #2016-1, allegedly violated campaign finance laws by failing to accurately report contributions and expenditures, and other actions. The "EMS Saves Lives" committee was the committee that raised over $100,000.00 from mostly out of County Interest to pass a ...

By |2017-03-21T17:31:55-07:00March 21, 2017|Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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“Water Rights” Bill Passes State Senate on Bi-Partisan Vote

The following from the co-sponsor of the Bill Senator Doug Ericksen "A bill protecting the rights of property owners to drill wells and build on their own land passed the full Senate Tuesday night.  Senate Bill 5239, would restore the rules that existed before a state Supreme Court decision last fall imposed enormous burdens on rural landowners who seek building permits. The Senate stood up for property owners and property rights with a vote ...

By |2017-03-21T18:33:43-07:00March 21, 2017|Beyond the Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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Backer’s of Ericksen’s Recall Scheme disclosed

The Fourth Corner uncovers main backers of Ericksen Recall Scheme: Note : the "WEA Fourth Corner" is NOT this Fourth Corner. The following e-mail (from Paul Hope) went out to a teacher list the Washington Education Association (State Teacher's Union) owns. Highlights of the e-mail: First short paragraph on getting teachers to Senator Ericksen's Town Hall. The rest of the document seems to be a campaign piece to recall Senator Ericksen. The fact they ask ...

By |2017-03-21T18:02:04-07:00March 2, 2017|Elections, Government & Politics|0 Comments
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Whatcom County Councilman’s letter to Resident draws attention…

 Remember March 14th from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM only to vote in person for Conservation District Election !!!!!Map to vote in person here. Is Blocking the Freeway and causing injury a valid way to have political discourse???:   Whatcom County Councilman's letter to Resident draws attention You decide: does Councilman's Satpal Sidhu's letter show how out of touch he is with the cultural backgrounds of those he represents?? Generally speaking in our country ...

By |2017-03-21T12:29:54-07:00February 19, 2017|Elections, Government & Politics|0 Comments
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Mark your calendars for Thursday Feb 9th William Perry Pendley will be speaking and is president of Mountain States Legal Foundation concerning land and property rights issues.

Join us on Facebook       Follow us on Twitter       Send us an Email January 12th 2017 Common Threads NW, Asset Advisors, and The Fourth Corner are pleased to welcome William Pendly Perry to a one night only event.     William Perry Pendley is president and chief legal officer of Mountain States Legal Foundation and has litigated against the United States at the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal courts of appeal concerning ...

By |2017-03-21T14:53:43-07:00January 24, 2017|Education|0 Comments
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Whatcom County left with Enough to pay for New Jail AFTER EMS passage?

EMS LEVY WINS - by 41 votes...Shouldn't that save us millions on new jail taxation? After a long count including certification day on November 29th the EMS levy to raise 43 Million over 6 years passed by 41 Votes.  If you remember... the promise in voting yes was that both the city and the county budgets would not have to be used for EMS services.  Only this new "dedicated" fund could be used. Well ...

By |2017-03-21T18:44:35-07:00January 5, 2017|Fourth Corner News|0 Comments
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EMS Debate on KGMI draws some ire from both sides

The debate on the KGMI Morning Show became heated almost from the start when Robert Glorioso from the EMS tax group repeatedly called Brett Bonner a “liar” and accused him of making up facts. But Bonner was reading from the official government report verbatim and was rebuffed when he tried to show Glorioso the material. This is the excerpt of the show where Gloriso says Citizens OPS in breaking the law.  There ...

By |2021-01-24T18:41:57-08:00October 31, 2016|Elections, Government & Politics|0 Comments
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Is Our Voting System Bullet Proof- The Short Answer “NO”

FEATURED VOTING: WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE BALLOTS HIT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE After years of observation I can see where we have excellent vote counters.  They are told what to count and do so diligently.  They even did their part of the job when Sam Reed allowed King County to count "found" votes (weeks after the election) that gave the 2004 Governor's election to Christine Gregoire instead of the Winner Dino Rossi. (It was later ...

By |2017-07-22T11:09:33-07:00October 22, 2016|Beyond the Fourth Corner|0 Comments
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