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Heavy security highlighted 2021 Legislative session Is the state like Seattle? How they Voted

This year's legislative session produced some drastic new laws in the state. Laws passed under heavy security and very little in-person input from citizens. U.S. Army National Guardsmen and members of the Washington State Patrol line a fence outside of the Washington State Capitol building on Monday in Olympia. Here is Senator Ericksen's take on the session: One thing that is clear: We All Live in Seattle Now. Whether it is laws ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-08-10T08:13:21-07:00May 4, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|1 Comment

How they voted 2021 Legislature Part 2

5 More Bills of note and how they voted: E2SSB 5126: Click for details Cap-and-trade becomes just one more tax increase – 18 cents per gallon of gas among other costs on home heating and manufacturing – on top of the others being considered this year. The expenditures in SB 5126 would do literally nothing to reduce CO2 emissions. The cap-and-trade and Senate transportation package would increase gas taxes by 28 cents per ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-08-09T17:38:15-07:00May 4, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|1 Comment

Bellingham Initiatives reflect Socialist policies against Capitalism

A coalition of several progressive and socialist organizations have banded together (calling themselves People First Bellingham) to present initiatives to the Bellingham City Council for action. If the Bellingham City Council does not pass these initiatives as ordinances, the initiatives will pass to the voters of the City of Bellingham in November. The following organizations are listed on the website as part of People First Bellingham... Jobs With Justice Imagine No Kages (INK) Whatcom ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-08-09T16:56:02-07:00May 3, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|2 Comments

As Time Progresses: A story of COVID recovery

Talk Show Host Ashley Butenschoen talks Spring football at Lynden High School with Coach Van Dalen and one of the players... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cause of Divide: As time progresses, we all have become united in one element of life. That unification is derived from the year long lockdown that we have all been living through. This year we have all learned how to live life in a unique and different matter, working from ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-07-29T02:22:56-07:00May 2, 2021|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

Water Problem Litigation vs Community Consensus Part 2: Community Consensus

Litigation vs Consensus In contrast to adjudication The Whatcom Family farmers submit the following: From their website Alternatives to Adjudication Provide a Better Path Forward for Our Community In response to the state Department of Ecology’s ongoing request to the state legislature for funding to begin the process of an adjudication in the Nooksack Basin, Whatcom Family Farmers has sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the budget committees ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-08-11T07:14:27-07:00April 24, 2021|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

See the Results of Fourth Corner Voter survey here

April 11th to April 14th Survey Results: The Fourth Corner ran a poll Beginning Sunday April 11 until April 14th. This included all subscribers of the Fourth Corner and was open to the public on Facebook and our website. Over 800 People responded. Thanks for your participation... We ran 10 questions with the main subjects being COVID, Voting and Media. Survey Takers supplied their own demographics on their political leanings, their age, gender, and ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-04-22T12:16:44-07:00April 22, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|0 Comments

Research The Far Left Organizations Here… Progressives, Socialist and Socialist Democrats

A Marxist Donkey by Any Other Name is Still a Marxist Donkey By S. Runyan 4-2021 Indivisibles, Progressives, Socialists, Socialist Democrats are all Marxist Democrats. To be fair, there are probably some Democrats that may not know that they are Marxists. Can they be sorted, one from another, from their Marxist counterparts? Make no mistake, these groups are incestuous kin. Small numbers, big noises. In many instances the membership of one is identical to ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-08-12T10:22:36-07:00April 12, 2021|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|2 Comments

Justice: Rule of Law or “Means” tested, you decide

Prosecutor Eric Richey Ending a 600 word opinion piece in the March 19th edition of The Bellingham Herald.. Prosecutor Eric Richey of Whatcom County states:"I urge the legislature to pass this bill and continue working in future sessions to decriminalize poverty by eliminating the remaining paths to suspending driver's licenses, such as missing hearings related to payment plans, that are NOT covered within SB 5226." (see below for Bill Status) Some ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-04-04T11:30:08-07:00April 4, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|3 Comments

Homeless camp move March 16th brings new locations in different neighborhoods

Geri Field Clean up seems to proceed without Police enforcement The Geri Field on 1300 Fraser Street was cleared this morning by Bellingham Public Works crews as the City Council took testimony on a new "homeless" sales tax of .001. One of the statements is below: Meanwhile at Geri Field the fires were still lit when Bellingham Public works moved in to clean up the site. It was much the same scene without the ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-08-12T10:03:49-07:00March 16, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

Park Bowl in Bellingham a story of small business survival during the political lockdown strategy

Park Bowl began in 1954 Park Bowl is a multi-generational business at 4175 Guide Meridian in Bellingham Washington... Since the Governor's office took total control of all state activities in March of 2020; Bowling Alley's and Gymnasium's have seemed to be targeted by the rules pouring out of the Governor's office right along with many other small businesses in Washington State. Kris Keyes-Halterman Co-Owner Park Bowl Kristin Keyes-Halterman of ABC Bookkeeping ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-05-18T15:24:40-07:00March 11, 2021|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News|2 Comments