How YIMBYs became NIMBYs
First lets lay these ridiculous acronyms out. Yes In My BackYard - Not In My BackYard. But what does that mean? A playground, grass, deer, an apartment? Yes, that. The…
Why is the City of Bellingham Painting itself into a Corner?
Why would the City of Bellingham voluntarily make our housing crisis worse? The Comprehensive Plan: Growth from 2025-2045 Historically Bellingham takes49% of Whatcom’s new residentsThe State is recommending Bellingham take49%…
The Art of the Steal – Bellingham Mayor’s Seat Bought by Industry
In the last weeks of the 2023 mayoral race, nearly $100,000 in real estate money poured into Bellingham—funded by a statewide Real Estate PAC using East Coast publicity firms [1].…
Bellingham Candidate Andrew Reding: Manipulation with a side of oversimplification
On March 30th, 2025 the Cascadia Daily published an opinion piece by Andrew Reding on housing. At the time Andrew Reding was only a Whatcom County Charter Review Commissioner after…
Open Letter to the Bellingham City Council – Removal of Planning Commissioner Scott Jones – March 21st, 2025
Video of Scott informing the Planning Commission of his removal Good morning Council Members, My name is Scott Jones and I have been a dedicated volunteer Planning Commissioner for the…