Alcoa Intalco Works announces closure: Here is the press release announcing the closing of Intalco Alcoa in Ferndale in July 2020 and putting 700 people out of work. They cite uncompetitive world pricing of the product for the closing and mention they will donate the promised $200,000.00 to local charities. Most economist are assuming that the country and the world will fall into recession and that does depress demand and lowers the price of ...
Thanks to everyone who participated in our "March-April Poll on the Covid-19 Virus"!! See a preview of survey results here. Subscribe Here for Free and we will send a link to ALL the questions on the Survey. The Fourth Corner ran an unscientific Survey of its readers and received hundreds of responses over a 10 day period. The poll shows that many in our community are very serious and concerned about what is ...
The short answer some legislative input is required but it is limited. There seems to be no limit to the length in the State of Washington. Governor Jay Inslee The Governor has extended the isolation segment of his emergency declaration until May 4th 2020; continuing to shut down the economy and many business' futures. This brought to mind a concern of many: how long can the Governor shut down the state without ...
Environmental NGO's resist efforts for an agreement in building large-scale renewable diesel plant Project at Cherry Point. The project was declared dead by the companies as of March 20th Background: In a Jan 21st breaking story on the Fourth Corner here “Phillips 66 and Renewable Energy Group INC. were discontinuing their effort to construct a large-scale renewable diesel plant in Ferndale, Washington, the companies announced today.” The full press release here. Current Information: ...
By Tim Eyman: ALL WASHINGTON VOTERS: VOTE YES ON I-976 IN NOVEMBER For 20 years, taxpayers have passed this protection. ROUND 1 – In 1999, voters passed I-695’s $30 cap on vehicle license tabs. Court vetoed it but the 2000 Legislature immediately adopted it. Democrat Governor Gary Locke said: “We will not return to the days of high license fees – $30 license tabs are here to stay.” ROUND 2 – ...
What are Advisory Votes? There will be several advisory votes on the ballot this November. What are they and why are they on the ballot in the First Place. Originally passed as an Initiative of the people in 2007 Initiative 960 stated that for every tax issue passed by the State Legislature of Washington, the Voters in the next General Election, would vote; “advising” the legislature on how the voters “felt” about the Tax ...
KGMI on Thursday October 24th "News Extra" reviewed a complaint by progressive activist Alex Ramel about a $70,000.00 donation from a company at Cherry Point made to a PAC also in Whatcom County. KGMI's own report states that the Public Disclosure Commission does not think there is a problem... also KGMI breaks with past local practices and reports on a complaint to the PDC and doesn't wait for an outcome while voters are ...
Satpal Sidhu Tony Larson County Executive Candidate Preview: Candidates running for County Executive to replace the retiring Jack Louws – Salary per year (2020) : $185,985 for a 4-year term. OPEN SEAT; VOTING COUNTY WIDE The Fourth Corner asked both County Executive candidates for any statement they wanted to make to potential voters. Here are the contents of both statements received from their ...
A veto referendum is a referendum by the people, in this case Referendum 88, to overturn (reject) an Initiative that was approved by the legislature in April 2019. Referendum 88 was designed to require a vote on I-1000, meaning an approve vote on R-88; approves I-1000 and a reject vote on R-88 rejects I-1000. The full text of the initiative is here. The process of passing Initiative 1000 The initiative, with the help of signature ...
Anya Milton Anya Milton candidate for Position 3 on the Ferndale city Council has written a letter to "my Ferndale friends and supporters" to "inform of my formal resignation to the 2020 bid for Ferndale City Council Position 3". Her name will still be on the ballot in the November election (the election is for 2020 Positions on the Council). Names cannot be removed at this late date. In Ferndale, all ...
