Whatcom County Council passes the introduction of a 5th interim moratorium on facilities at Cherry Point during their July 24th, 2018 meeting. Council members introduced ordinance (AB2018-077B) “Imposing an interim moratorium on accepting permits for new or expanded facilities in the Cherry Point urban growth area, the primary purpose of which would be the shipment of unrefined fossil fuels not …
Latest Council Discussion On Cherry Point
County Council’s Special Committee of the Whole Meeting held Tuesday morning, July 10, 2018 – by Mike Curtiss for CTNW Whatcom County Council members continued their discussion of preliminary draft comprehensive plan and zoning code amendments for Cherry Point during their Special Committee of the Whole on Tuesday morning, July 10. For the last 4 meetings, council members have been …
Citizen Journalist – WC Council Meeting and Planning Unit Meeting for July 10, 2018
Whatcom County Council Evening Meeting, Tuesday, 7/10/2018. Whatcom County Council meeting had some ominous business, normal politics, and some enjoyable, humorous moments. The ominous is the anti-growth anti-Cherry Point crowd, directed by the leadership within RE Sources and their apparent control of five of the WC Councilpersons. They have been working on the Cherry Point Urban Growth Areas (UGA) Comprehensive …
Citizen Journalism: Port of Bellingham Meeting Reports for July 10th
Report for Port of Bellingham Board Meeting, July 10, 2018 The public meeting opened at 3:30 pm and immediately recessed to a closed. Executive Session. The meeting reconvened at 4:30 pm. Board President Ken Bell, Vice President Bobby Briscoe, and Secretary Michael Bell were all present, with Briscoe attending by phone. Bell said no action was taken during the closed Executive Session. …
Citizen Journalism: Port of Bellingham Meeting Reports for June 5th & June 19th
Report for Port of Bellingham Board Meeting June 5, 2018 The meeting was called to order by President Ken Bell at 4:30 pm. Vice President Bobby Briscoe and Secretary Michael Shepard were in attendance. Editor missed the public comment period so have provided information from Port Agenda minutes report. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD The following persons participated in the first public comment period. …
Skagit County Residents Discuss the Pros and Cons of Change
As Reported by, Gary Hagland, Skagit County Chapter of CAPR- The folks who are never happy about anything, the left and especially their radical environmentalist contingent, are determined to change our system of county government. Why? Because the commissioners wouldn’t play ball according to their wishes. Frustrated by the county’s opposition to trans locating grizzlies into the North Cascades, employing …