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EXTRA: Liberal Majority Council makes law on the fly… Take Action!!

In a Political move Whatcom Council leaves flood victims and winter storm victims unrepresented in State Senate... Broken Promise leaves vacuum in state Senate. Feeling grows Council will "Stonewall" the appointment even after Tuesday January 11th. Leaving Whatcom County unrepresented. WCRP: Take Action with the County Council... Click Here. Barry Buchanan Carol Frazey In a nasty piece of political theatre the liberal majority on the Whatcom County Council has stopped ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-01-07T08:18:57-08:00January 5, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|2 Comments

The Fourth Corner Best of 2021

2021 has been a great year for The Fourth Corner: Over 108 Stories and more than 20 Candidate’s written statements as well as a revamping of our website, improving our email delivery system, and the debut of our monthly Radio Show on KGMI’s Saturday Morning live. We plan to continue to bring you even more information in 2022 with our ongoing recruitment of great Guest Writers, our coverage from a citizens perspective, and guests ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-12-18T12:08:54-08:00December 18, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Mayor Fleetwood’s Edict cost 23 City Employees their Jobs. Four More also terminated…

Mayor fires 23 due to his COVID vaccination Mandate Executive Order, 4 Others were terminated for State Level Mandate Non-compliance. The city of Bellingham was sixth among Whatcom County’s top 10 employers in 2020, according to a report from Western Washington University’s Center of Economic and Business Research. Bellingham City Hall In a sweeping layoff; Employees were fired with little considerations for the replacements, attached training cost or the reduction of Public ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-12-09T15:50:00-08:00December 9, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|9 Comments

Legislative District Redistricting: New map for Whatcom County: 42nd district

Commission misses deadline by a few hours: Supreme Court Says Continue the Process. The four person state Commission finished their redistrict plan a few hours late and the maps had to go to the Washington State Supreme Court to make the decision on the State Redistricting Commission's work. In a unanimous decision here ;the court gave the go ahead to continue the process. Already delayed by the Biden administration which could not complete ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-12-09T12:23:41-08:00December 9, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

The meeting after the flood: Government officials

The November 24th Meeting at Nooksack High School following the flooding event in North County brings several responses Click Here to help out with current needs Whatcom County Government Version:A long 3 hour and 20 minute (The Fourth Corner watched the recorded version for this report) meeting on November 24th brought together Government officials and the community. Amidst high emotion the Government officials both elected and those holding various levels of ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-12-05T11:36:20-08:00December 5, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Rural Living, The Fourth Corner|3 Comments

Redistrict Lines in Whatcom County Set for County Council

County Council Redistricting Committee concluded their deliberations on Wednesday Dec 1st and came up with the following Map. Modeled after the State of Washington Redistricting methodology The members of the County committee consisted of two voting members from each Political Party and a chair who ran the meetings but had no vote in the resulting map or committee work. The committee members were: Charlie Crabtree Mike Estes Stephen Jackson Gary Jensen - Chair Jeremiah Ramsey ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-12-05T11:35:27-08:00December 4, 2021|Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|1 Comment

Socialist Initiative Propositions in Bellingham draw $300,000 in Campaign Spending

How did the 4 Socialist Party Initiatives fare in the November Election Prop 1: The Rent Control Initiative lost by 333 votes. YES: 49.43% NO 50.56% Prop 2: Limiting what police can use as tools for Public Safety Passed by 4185 Votes YES 57.19% NO 42.80% Prop 3: Dictating that anyone doing business with the city will be restricted on how they manage relations with their employees Passed by 7995 Votes YES 63.14% NO ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-12-02T12:55:03-08:00December 2, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|3 Comments

Dori Monson show explores fraud in elections, OUR Opinion…

Dori Monson Listen to the Dori Monson Show weekday afternoons from noon – 3 p.m. on KIRO Radio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the podcast here. You can go to the article here... The Dori Monson show (picked up on a two minute KOMO video THIS IS NOT A DIRECT LINK and you will need to scroll down to:"WHAT'S AT STAKE ON ELECTION DAY ") and click the video just above the headline. The ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-11-23T07:19:24-08:00November 18, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, The Fourth Corner|3 Comments

Ferndale School District Equity Director Resigns

Another School District Equity Person hits a snag. The education system is doing its best to be "Equity" sensitive and getting volunteers and actually hiring "Equity personnel" with little real background checking or due diligence of the applicants. The First one we ran across was a volunteer in the Tahoma School District. This from a 770 KTTH story by Jason Rantz... The following from his article: A local school district’s equity team leader ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-11-11T05:52:03-08:00November 10, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|5 Comments

Vote and use Drop Boxes Make Certain Your Ballot is Counted

************************************************************* Ballots are out Remember to Vote!!! Ballot Drop Locations: Whatcom County... Ballot Drop Locations: Skagit County... Ballot Drop Locations: Island County... not found Ballot Drop Locations: San Juan County... Ballot Drop Locations: Snohomish County... Ballot Drop Locations: Clallam County... ************************************************************* ONLY APPROX 1 IN 4 REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE TURNED IN BALLOTS!!! ------------------------------------- Its the Last DAY to Vote in the general election. Ballots due by 8:00PM Election Night Drop off Ballot Box locations can ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-11-02T10:02:01-07:00November 2, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments