April 24, 2023 Ben Elenbaas 5th District Councilman Ben Elenbaas announced today he will run this year for a second term on the Whatcom County Council. Elenbaas won the District 5 position in 2019 with a decisive 59% of votes. District 5 includes Ferndale, Blaine, Birch Bay and Point Roberts. “Over the last four years on the Whatcom County Council, I’ve been a constant and strong voice for fiscal sanity and accountability,” ...
Money Laundering through Election Contributions? Editors Note: An initial study by the Fourth Corner Editor Group appears to show that there is something odd going on with donations to candidates and organizations that are normally monitored by the FEC (Federal Election Commission). This Federal level commission responsible for tracking Contributions and Expenditures for Federal Candidates (In Washington State: Congressional and Federal Senator offices and President) By following the link here to the FEC ...
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Incumbent Kathy Kershner to run again for Whatcom County Council in the 4th District Kathy Kershner 4th District Whatcom County Council Woman Lynden, WA – Kathy Kershner, a two-term member of the Whatcom County Council, announced today she will run for re-election this year in District 4, which encompasses the city of Lynden and about two dozen other precincts throughout the heart of the county. Kershner was elected in 2019 with an ...
Contact the 4th Corner for any further information on Running at Editor@thefourthcorner.com Here is information on each school District and Map (Where Available) Map of Whatcom County Districts: Skagit County Map of Skagit County Districts: SNOHOMISH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS: ON THE MAP LINK BELOW CLICK THE "SCHOOLS" TAB, THEN CLICK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN... SNOHOMISH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MAP... CLICK HERE ISLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CLALLAM COUNTY SCHOOL ...
Lewis County Reader explains how and why new "carbon" policies will cost each consumer and what the state will do with the dollars... By Lewis County Reader Ruth Peterson Almost everyone by now has probably heard about what a lot of people are calling a gas tax that has now taken effect. I have had issue with the way this has been presented, because it is not a gas tax. It will likely ...
42nd District turns away new "Kids" property tax. In a vote counter to the Republican/Democrat vote in the 42nd the so called Kid's initiative was turned back by a 56% to 44% NO vote. The NO vote in the 42nd was more than the Democrat Senate race Candidate: Sharon Shewmake by about 6000 votes! Generally its Democrats associated with the policies of higher taxes and also voting for regressive taxes like the property tax. ...
A tale of two elections in 2022: The 42nd District Sen. Simon Sefzik Sen Elect. Sharon Shewmake, D-42 Disappearing leads from Primary to General elections are generally very rare; but the 42nd Legislative District in northern Whatcom County began the habit in 2018. All three Republicans lost the Primary elections but two of the three Republicans were elected in the General: one by 45 votes and the other by ...
THE FOURTH CORNER RECOMMENDATIONS!! Here they are: A. STATEWIDE: U.S. Senate Tiffany Smiley. U.S. Congress Representative District 2 Dan Matthews State Secretary of State to fill Kim Wyman's term: Julie Anderson seems to favor ranked order voting which is actually being voted on in Seattle this type of voting removes the one person one vote rule and weighs votes differently. VOTE RECOMMENDATION: Either Steve Hobbs or Protest Write-In Brad Klippert ...
