Beyond the Fourth Corner

Bond Issues in Ferndale and Nooksack in Whatcom County face challenges reflects Statewide Issues

  BREAKING: Calling it "restoring local levy flexibility for school districts and funding" The Washington Education Association has its lobbyist pushing to remove the Levy Lid (the 1.50 per thousand limitation on local levies). The Bill was just Introduced the 23rd of January as SB5313. Click Here to read the WEA Stand. Record November election turnout will have effect on Local Bond Issues campaigns. Passage based on two criteria: In a school Bond;60% of ...

Legislator’s Townhall Occurred Jan. 5th AND a Special Event Coming Jan. 23rd

  TOWNHALL COVERAGE (from Jan 5th) Opening Prayer at meeting interrupted. Jon Mutchler, Mayor of Ferndale, Shouted at for Praying With shouts of "WHAT ABOUT CHURCH AND STATE" and "WHY ARE WE PRAYING" a member of the audience interrupted the beginning of the Legislator Townhall that occurred at Meridian High School on Saturday January 5th 2019 at 2:00PM. The Legislators sponsoring the event had asked Jon Mutchler, Mayor of Ferndale to open ...

40th District Senator Kevin Ranker Resigns

Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-40 Sen Kevin Ranker has informed the Governor that he is resigning from the Washington State Senate.  He has served the 40th District that contains Southern Whatcom County, San Juan County and Parts of Skagit County since being elected in 2008. As soon as possible three people will be nominated to serve as a replacement and will be selected by Precinct Committee Officers of the Democratic Parties of Whatcom, ...

Sen. Kevin Ranker’s troubles multiply. Eyman $30 tabs initiative gains a place on the ballot in November

Todays headlines: Developments in Sen. Kevin Ranker's State Senate investigation case: 40th district Washington State Sen. Kevin Ranker : is under investigation for alleged workplace misconduct involving his former legislative assistant. More information was published here.... on Dec 19th on the KNKX public radio station web site... and added to the case as Senator Ranker admitted that he had a "brief relationship" with the woman before he hired her as a legislative assistant in ...

Breaking: 40th district Democratic Sen. Kevin Ranker under investigation after allegations of improper conduct.

Breaking Senator Kevin Ranker under Investigation The State Senate is conducting an outside investigation of 40th district Democratic Sen. Kevin Ranker following allegations of improper conduct. Senator Kevin Ranker "Ann Larson, who served as Ranker’s legislative assistant for a year nearly a decade ago, said the investigation is related to sexual harassment and hostile workplace issues. She says she also was subjected to hostile encounters involving Ranker once she left to work ...

Part 1 Election Results: 2 out of 3 GOP candidates beat tremendous odds and win in the 42nd District.

This is the First of a series of articles analyzing the results of the 2018 election in Whatcom County.   All three Republican Candidates received less than 50% in their Primaries on August 7th. The year of the Blue Wave came and went in Northern Whatcom County and in 2 out of 3 cases the GOP held on to their seats in a squeaker of an election that ended in a 4 day hand ...

Seattle Times: “What in the world was Senator Ericksen Doing in Cambodia?” The answer is here.

  You may recall The Cambodia Story: "What in the world is Senator Ericksen doing in Cambodia?" You may recall that charges or allegations or innuendos have been made against Ericksen and Buys on their trip to Cambodia in the Spring and in July suggesting various ethics violations...None of which have turned out to be true. (See Seattle Times Story Below...) Over the weekend of Oct 13 news came from the government of Cambodia ...

Threats and Bullying: “Kill Doug Erickson” and the Kavanaugh hearings : a look at future Democrats goverence?

  January 2017 Protest Remember to Vote before November 6th (Ballots  mailed around October 17th)   It may turn out to be difficult for the voter in this election to make a decision on races because of the real dearth of information on the differences between the candidates. Instead from early 2017 to now we get demonstrations, intimidations, and bullying like the photo above that appeared on KING 5. We need an ...

BREAKING: State Employees Break the Law in Supporting Democrat Candidates in Whatcom County

Political Science Department at WWU Caught in the Act WWU Campus from Downtown Bellingham The Inslee Administration has found that the Political Science Department at Western Washington University violated state law(inappropriate) when it arranged for interns to work for local Democrats in the recent primary election. The State Executive Ethics Board found that the University used public resources for political campaigns when it used government email asking for interns for the State ...

Conservation District Election Finally Ends; SOS Kim Wyman on Sat. Morning Live on KGMI; Vote Aug. 6th Recommendations included.

In this issue:   Conservation District Election Finally Ends; A rundown: Secretary of State Wyman on the Saturday Morning Liberty Road Show 8:00AM Tune In. Are the Russians really coming?  Also in Studio Rep Vince Buys on status of Hirst from State Perspective. Remember to Vote by August 6th Whatcom County Recommendations found here.   PAID ADVERTISINGhttp://michaelpetrish.com./  Conservation District Election Finally Ends; A rundown: New Commissioner Alan Chapman A decision was ...

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