Hey #WashingtonState and especially those in #WhatcomCounty: Call the legislative hotline today at 800-562-6000 in support of SB 6346, the Millionaires Tax. It has passed the Senate, but now needs a vote in the state House and Representative Alicia Rule of the 42nd district needs to hear we support it. Call today!
#whatcomcounty
I can’t begin to adequately describe how beautiful it was today up in the Skagit Valley. Sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. Could this be winter? It was a little chilly but I was dressed for success, four layers. We passed by flocks of Trumpeter Swans in the fields. We did a whole loop around Lake Samish. #bicycling #cycling #bike #SkagitValley #SkagitCounty #LakeSamish #WhatcomCounty #PNW #Washington
Here is the Washington State code regarding state and local law enforcement agency interactions with ICE.
#WhatcomCounty #Washington #LawEnforcement #ICE
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=10.93.160
This is from the Washington State Attorney General's office regarding individual rights with regards to immigration enforcement.
#WhatcomCounty #Washington #CivilRights #Immigration #ICE
https://www.atg.wa.gov/know-your-rights-civil-immigration-enforcement-washington
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#SubduedSocial #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #Cascadia #SalishSea #PNW
#WA #Washingtonstate #washingtonshoreland #portofbellingham #bellinghamwa #Bellinghamsters #WhatcomCounty #marineconservation State audit department slaps Port's hand | All Point Bulletin
https://www.allpointbulletin.com/stories/state-audit-department-slaps-ports-hand,40351
Hey Whatcom County: fill out the poll for Cascadia Daily's "Citizens Agenda" and shape the questions they will ask of local candidates. In particular, I encourage you to pick #15 about Ranked Choice Voting and #36 about Gerrymandering, but there are a lot of other good topics on there too.
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/citizens-agenda/
#WhatcomCounty #CascadiaDaily #BellinghamWA #RankedChoiceVoting #Gerrymandering
Got to meet (and pet) one of the cats living at the Mt Baker Ski Lodge!
#pnw #mtBaker #mtBakerSkiArea #cat #WhatcomCounty
#pnw #mtBaker #mtBakerSkiArea #cat #WhatcomCounty
Marine Park has become the place I ‘need’ to go to in order to feel calm. Listening to the water here has brought so much peace to me whenever I visit that I almost don’t feel the need to take photos. Which makes me love this place more!
#photography #joshuahallerphotography #bellinghamwa #whatcomcounty #bluehour #printsforsale
Rod Serling voice (The Twilight Zone):
Imagine, if you will...
250 MILLION
Bees 🐝🐝🐝
Escaped...
A big article in the #CascadiaDaily about the recent Whatcom County charter review meeting about #RankedChoiceVoting. It was really a fascinating meeting with four invited guests who are #RCV experts from around the country. Well worth watching the video of the meeting (linked at the end of the article) https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/may/14/ranked-choice-voting-considered-in-whatcom-but-it-would-cost-auditor-says/
#BellinghamWA #Whatcom #WhatcomCounty #ProportionalRepresentation
Some more information about what's going on in Blaine https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article306025746.html
Some of the sights on our trip to #whatcomcounty.
The first 2? #Otherlands #beer in #Bellingham. OMG, the burrito is breakfast and lunch in one sitting! And their Winter Saison, was solid!
Last #photo? #Fringe in #Ferndale. This is the art on their cold box.
#washington #travel #photography
A great article from @sightlineinstitute about how Proportional Representation would benefit Whatcom County: https://www.sightline.org/2025/04/10/whatcom-county-eyes-a-prime-election-upgrade/
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #WhatcomCounty #Cascadia #BellinghamWA
Fewer B.C. residents travelling south into Washington state, data suggests
Southbound border traffic has dropped since inauguration day, down as much as 45 per cent over the Family Day long weekend. Whatcom County officials believe the trend is likely a combination of the low Canadian dollar and political tensions.
#politics #economy #travel #BC #Washingtonstate #WhatcomCounty
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fewer-canadians-travelling-southbound-1.7465260?cmp=rss
Signature Plastics is a darling company in the custom keyboard scene, and they're based here in #WhatcomCounty, just outside of #BellinghamWA. https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/114008680163406523
The City of Bellingham will purchase 754 forested acres on the southeast side of Lake Whatcom from a local timber company, adding to more than 3,500 acres of land acquisitions in the watershed.
The property was last logged several decades ago and its forests will now be allowed to mature into older growth that will stabilize steep slopes, capture carbon and filter runoff.
This sheriff sure is an improvement over the last one. I'm glad I voted for him.
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