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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 is one of these powerful unelected boards (). The State Building Code ...

By Charlie Crabtree|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

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

Welcome to the Board by Nancy Churchill Dangerous Rhetoric

Welcome to the Board Last month, in a column titled “!” I encouraged readers to get involved in the culture war and push back against the rule of “experts”. I wrote “You can give in to ‘the experts’ or you can exercise your civic duty to fight for the liberties defined in our constitution. This is a war of ideas, of words, of conversations, of education, of culture.” () In response to this ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-06-09T10:12:01-07:00June 9, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Assault Weapons Ban, the icing on the cake to further render Americans unprotected.

An Essay from Local Author Ralph Myers... A note on the Author: Ralph Myers Ralph Myers lost his son to murder in California 30 years ago. He is a long time proponent of victim's rights and writes here about disarming America as NOT being the answer... The outrage is deafening. The call to disarm Americans is moving at a fevered pace. As, a father of a murdered son, I identify with ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-06-09T09:58:59-07:00June 9, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News|2 Comments

Honoring a Life of Public Service

The Ferndale City Council Considers a Resolution on naming the Road to I-5 Connection Bridge, The Senator Douglas J. Ericksen Bridge. From the time he entered college until the time he passed away his life's goal was not money but to serve those in his community. I was lucky to be a friend of Doug Ericksen for many of those years. He worked hard as a "part time" member of the state legislature for ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-05-30T21:24:46-07:00May 30, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Nancy Churchill Latest (May 23rd) Dangerous Rhetoric

Doubling Down on a Bad Idea How about those gas prices? It’s getting more and more difficult to pay for a tank of gas! The UK Daily Mail reported some Washington state gas stations are reprogramming their equipment to allow for $10/gallon gas (). They also reported that Washington’s average gas price is around $5.03/gallon. Washington’s gasoline prices are some of the highest in the nation, behind California, Hawaii, and Nevada. Senator ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-05-30T11:10:52-07:00May 30, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Remembering those who died serving the USA

Army Spc. Aaron S. Aamot Died November 5, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom He was 22, of Custer, Wash.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Nov. 5 in Jelewar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Aaron Seth Aamot was born on April 12, 1987, in his grandmother's house on the ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-05-30T14:50:52-07:00May 30, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

42nd District Senator Sefzik pushes bill that would cut gas tax… Democrats would rather go home on time.

Sefzik makes 9th Order motion on Senate floor March 8, 2022. To see video, click here. By moving for the 9th Order, a motion allowing the full Senate to bring a bill to the floor, the freshman senator attempted a parliamentary maneuver usually entrusted to the most wizened of lawmakers. OLYMPIA – A proposal from Sen. Simon Sefzik to give Washington consumers a $1 billion break on fuel costs was shot down ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-03-10T12:27:19-08:00March 10, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Emergency Powers Reform: Rep Shewmake blames Republicans for wanting to debate.

Brandi Kruse podcast on Democrat Sharon Shewmake Brandi Kruse Republicans and the Emergency Powers Reform Bill The following exchange is from a Facebook Post by Rep. Sharon Shewmake of the 42nd District and Charlie Crabtree of the Fourth Corner. Republicans Killing Time or Democratic Party Censorship: You decide... Rep Sharon Shewmake 42nd Leg District Democrat Bellingham Sharon Shewmake: "Last day before cutoff and I learned that SB 5909: Emergency ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-03-10T13:04:30-08:00March 10, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Is The Ferndale Aluminum Smelter coming back? Sefzik on Capital Budget funding

Intalco “We did very well in the Senate’s capital budget proposal,” Sefzik said. “I am especially excited about the $10 million appropriation for Intalco. Restart is looking more and more like reality.” They include funding for the missing link of the Jim Kaemingk, Sr. Trail in Lynden, and a pump station and housing for the developmentally disabled in Blaine. All told, the Senate capital budget proposal provides $11.8 million for the 42nd ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-02-17T10:57:17-08:00February 17, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|2 Comments