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Senator Simon Sefzik (R-42) Hosts Meeting on Government Responses to North County Flooding

Left to right, Nooksack Mayor Kevin Hester, Whatcom County Councilwoman Kathy Kershner, Whatcom County Councilman Ben Elenbaas, Everson Mayor John Perry, Kyle Christensen, recovery manager for Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management, Sen. Simon Sefzik, Sumas Mayor Bruce Bosch, and Ashley Butenschoen, Public Information Officer for Whatcom County Long-Term Recovery. County, city officials join in listening session EVERSON – About 100 people gathered at Nooksack Valley High School in Everson ...

Is politics a beast or a system? Become a mechanic…

A year end report from Nancy Churchill. Dangerous Rhetoric by Nancy Churchill     Nancy Churchill is the state committeewoman for the Ferry County Republican Party.. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own.       Do you think of politics as an uncontrollable monster? Is it an unstoppable beast you have no hope of influencing? Is it a Goliath? Do you want to ignore politics, and just live your own life?  ...

Family Farmers call for comprehensive fixes to Flood and water management problems

PO Box 326 | Lynden, WA | 98264 | 360-815-4361 PRESS RELEASE - Contact: Dillon Honcoop, (360) 815-7368, dhoncoop@savefamilyfarming.org Farming community calls for comprehensive fixes to Whatcom flood, water management problems   Whatcom Family Farmers president: “A comprehensive effort to pursue all possible solutions… must begin immediately”   (LYNDEN, Wash.) As wide swaths of north Whatcom County continue to clean up and rebuild after November’s devastating flooding disaster, the local farming community is calling ...

Whatcom farmers call for immediate Nooksack flood, water solutions

Critical projects will protect families, fish and farms – but will require community-wide collaboration By Rich Appel, President, Whatcom Family Farmers Families across Whatcom County devastated by November’s flooding disaster in the Nooksack River Basin need our help with more than just putting their lives back together. It is urgent that we come together as a local community and do everything we can to keep a tragedy like this from ever happening again. As ...

Answers to questions by 3 candidates to Fill Sen Ericksen’s seat.

Three Choices for Senate Answer Council Questions...   The 3 Choices of the Whatcom County Republican Party to replace Senator Doug Ericksen have submitted their responses to the Whatcom County Council. They Submitted their Resume's and Answers to the Council's belated questions. Delay for North County and the 42nd District Representation in the Senate could have been avoided. The Council delayed the selection of a State Senator in time for the start of the ...

“We Will”: We Need Our Senator NOW

"We Will" produced a video to get a Senate replacement in place for the people of the 42nd ASAP. The residents are suffering from Floods and Vicious winter storms in North County.  Purposefully or not the Council has delayed beyond the opening of the legislative session.  The council members voting this way are ALL City of Bellingham Residents and by their inaction may stand in the way of recovery in North County in the ...

The Party of Scrooge loves Inflation and Taxes

The Party of Scrooge loves Inflation and Taxes: Guest Writer Nancy Churchill It has become clear that the progressive movement has transformed the Democratic party into the “Party of Scrooge.” At the national level, Democratic policies like runaway deficit spending, out-of-control theft and crime, a broken transportation system, open national borders, racist education policies and “climate justice” tax policies have created the highest inflation rate in 39 years, empty store shelves, and declining IQ ...

Unannounced “Progressive” Questions for Final Three Choices for Senator’s Seat.

Rud Browne presented the following questions unannounced to the public at the January 4th meeting which was scheduled to Replace Senator Doug Ericksen. Some political people are calling these "Summer campaign got ya questions" And are set up to cause further delay in the process of needed representation. Much of what he says is not in the purvey of the Council. Questions for LD42 State Senate Candidates: As the outcome of the last Senate ...

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