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Races for November election begin to shape up before Filing opens.

Paying attention to elections... Like it or not... they matter There are several races this year that have taken on a greater importance because of what the COVID virus, the State Legislature and other actions of government have done in our attitudes toward them.. School Board races, the "small town's" Councils, Port races, as well as the County Council and the City of Bellingham are key to this years elections and should hold ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-05-13T15:58:15-07:00May 13, 2021|Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|1 Comment

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

Marxist Donkeys Are Indivisibles

Author Sue Runyan I worked. I retired. I expected to read books, go for walks and grow old. I am succeeding at the last. But there is still work to be done. I love my Country. Marxist Donkeys Are Indefensibly Indivisibles. It is easy to see how Marxist Subversion works in the little town of Sequim. Sequim has a council-manager form of government. The council sets the policy and the City Manager implements ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-08-12T10:17:23-07:00April 23, 2021|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics|3 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

In Olympia The opposition reacts… Gas taxes to double; poor, the low income and farmers will take the hit

New taxes bring no "measurable" effect on environment or build better roads Democrats passed both a cap-and-trade and LCFS bill, the impacts of which will increase the gas tax by 55 cents without any measurable effect on the environment or better roads. Combined with the current rates, total gas tax will eventually grow to $1.23/gallon. Sen. Judy Warnick, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate agriculture committee, said, “I think the high cost is going to ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-04-13T13:10:35-07:00April 13, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Environment and Climate Change, Rural Living|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

State Senate: Dems pass Tax and Spend budget Proposal

State Senator claims Democrats pass massive budget increases and send the bill to the COVID/job effected Middle Class in the State of Washington. In spite of almost 55 Billion in Federal Aid to State and local Budgets the Democrats in the State Senate pass massive spending increases financed mostly by brand new State Taxes. Senator Ericksen 42nd Leg District Senator (R) Comments on the Democratic Party Budget passed by the State Senate: Sen ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-04-02T14:30:20-07:00April 2, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics|0 Comments