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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 ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-12-17T20:04:28-08:00December 17, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Media Watch|0 Comments

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 ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-10-15T11:18:02-07:00October 15, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|0 Comments

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 ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-10-04T13:18:05-07:00October 4, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch, Rural Living|1 Comment

Breaking: PDC complaint filed on Pinky Vargas in 42nd Leg Race

Democrat Party Progressives Accused of using government assets in political campaign advertising. What seems to be government involvement in political campaign issues for the Democratic Party and progressive causes was highlighted Friday when a PDC complaint was filed against the Vargas Campaign for misusing the Public Facilities of the City of Bellingham Fire Department in campaign literature. It was filed Friday Sep 14th by Mark Nelson of Whatcom County. Mark Nelson Last served ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-09-15T11:45:19-07:00September 15, 2018|Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|1 Comment

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 ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-08-16T11:21:10-07:00August 16, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|2 Comments

Sen Ericksen “Legislator of the Year”… Whatcom County Councilman Donovan says Ericksen and others are “sycophantic” and adds other epithats

Remember to VOTE Ballots are due August 7th. State Senator Ericksen receives Legislator of the Year award from the Washington State Farm Bureau... Senator Doug Ericksen You may not see this news in any other publication in the Fourth Corner region of the Northwest... also backed by Builders Industry Association state wide. Go to Page 7 of this BIAW magazine link Here is the farm Bureau link honoring Senator Ericksen and Rep. ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-07-20T13:14:17-07:00July 20, 2018|Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|1 Comment

DECISION REACHED on candidate Mike Peetoom’s statement…

This is a Followup on the Fourth Corner Coverage at: "BREAKING: Local Candidate for county At-Large seat told by County staff to alter Statement in Voter Pamphlet" After the Whatcom County Council At-Large Candidate Mike Peetoom's appeal of the Auditor's request to alter his candidate statement in the Voter's Pamphlet the Prosecutor's office issued this statement: From: Karen Frakes Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2018 11:20 AM To: Debbie Adelstein Subject: Candidate Statement Review Debbie— ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-06-09T21:07:45-07:00June 9, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|0 Comments

BREAKING: Local Candidate for county At-Large seat told by County staff to alter Statement in Voter Pamphlet

Whatcom County Council At-Large Candidate Mike Peetoom's( info here ...and here ) Candidate Statement was censored by County Election Staff Friday afternoon. Part of his statement under increased scrutiny by the Auditor's office included this phrase "I didn’t see anyone like me sitting on the Council." Below please find the Peetoom Campaign's Press Release concerning this issue. Whatcom County Election Office Suppresses Candidate Statement! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Peetoom Campaign Phone: 360-988-3159 ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-06-02T11:39:04-07:00June 2, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|6 Comments

VanWerven opponent in 2016 fined by PDC … Another Complaint in Conservation District Case

Political activists, confrontational, Provocateurs, radicals, controversial, are some of the words people use to describe these two. Dirty %#$*#&%!@@#* are some of the things you hear from those who are their targets; those that work to take away our rights through government overreach and over-regulation. Glen Morgan and Tim Eyman have teamed up on a riveting road show to bring you “The Full Contact Activism Tour”: coming to Whatcom County May 10, 2018. Some ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-05-04T22:55:01-07:00May 4, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|0 Comments

Sen Ericksen stays in the State Senate.

The Fourth Corner questioned a Saturday Bellingham Herald story that stated that Senator Doug Ericksen was taking a job at the EPA... That story is here. This is a followup to our Saturday Story. Today, the first day of the legislative session the following press announcement was released. SENATOR DOUG ERICKSEN • GOP 42ND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT - WASHINGTON STATE SENATE 360-786-7682 | 800-562-6000 | P.O. Box 40442 Olympia, WA 98504-0442 For immediate release: ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2018-01-08T14:10:19-08:00January 8, 2018|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, Media Watch|0 Comments