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Kathy Kerschner to Run for another term: Whatcom County 4th District
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 ...
Lists and Maps Fourth Corner School Districts
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 ...
WHY DOESNT THE NEW GAS TAX PAY FOR ROADS AS THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES?
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 ...
Election 2022: In Whatcom County: the Tax Man wins (by 20 Votes)
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. ...
Election Report 2022 A Tale of two elections
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 General Election 2022 election.
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 ...
Turned in Ballots lowest in 8 Years
TURN IN YOUR BALLOTS ASAP (make sure your vote gets Counted) Ninth Day of Ballot turn in shows lowest rate since 2014: So far in Northern Whatcom County and the 42nd Legislative District turnout is running well below average as of the Ninth Day of Checking in Ballots. So far unofficially 31642 ballots have been turned in to the Auditor in preparation for counting on Election Day. With the Fourth Corner's unofficial count of ...
Mailer causes confusion in 42nd Race… Local GOP Reacts:
"To avoid confusion" the Whatcom County Republican Party makes Statement following publishing of Candidate Mailer. See Flyer after Article Here are the lines of the flyer... Was the warning needed? You Decide...
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 ...