VIDEO: Those Two Guys Perform Bellingham Herald LTE...

Wisconsin Citizens Protest New Voterdome Requirement To Obtain Voter ID

Nerditorial: I call Bravo Sierra on Greg Kirsch

Greg Kirsch is a photoshoplifter.

Nerditorial: Return of the Legislative Zombies in 3D (a Summer Blockbuster Event)

On what non-existent authority does Whatcom County extend the life of expired documents?

AB2010-180: the Lazarus Ordinance

An interim ordinance, with non-interim effects. A zombie ordinance lurching across our legislative terrain... yet again. And this one will be making more zombies, too.

Nerditorial: Dawn of the Legislative Dead (Plot Twist #1)

Zombie Resolution 2010-014 has been killed before it could make other legislative zombies...

Nerditorial: Affected Community Sez, "Pimp My Comp Plan!!"

Are you like CAITAC and Trillium? The Cities of Ferndale and Blaine? You know... the affected community?

Are you disappointed in the off-the-rack Comprehensive Plan from 2009?

Well, you are in luck then, because you can order your own custom-made, low-to-the-ground, pretty-fly-for-a-white-guy, Armani-or-your-life tailored Comprehensive Plan amendment.

Nerditorial: Dawn of the Legislative Dead (Act Two, Scene Two)

The plot thins...

Nerditorial: Dawn of the Legislative Dead (Continued)

Act One, Scene Six. (The plot point before we pivot toward the end of Act One, and commence Act Two.)

So, I have been informed that Resolution 2010-014 is not a zombie resolution at all, but is instead a totally normal resolution with absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Nerditorial: Dawn of the Legislative Dead

It has come to my attention that there might be a reasonable explanation for Resolution 2010-014 that does not involve a Legislative Zombie Apocalypse.

Naturally, I am suspicious.

Vigilance is crucial to surviving a Zombie Apocalypse, including one of a Legislative variety.

Nerditorial: Environmental Community Must Refute Theresa Sygitowicz’s Assertion That Trees Are Governed By Law of Gravity

Editorial Note: This article is satirical in nature, and Latte Republic is pretty sure that when ApexNerd claims that he is “not making this up” he actually is making it up. When confronted with this, ApexNerd told Latte Republic, “Nuh-uh.” Then he pointed behind Latte Republic and said, “Hey, look, isn’t that Elvis?”. When Latte Republic turned to look, there was no Elvis. Not even Elvis Costello. Upon turning back around, Latte Republic found ApexNerd had fled in his Nerdmobile.

The environmentalists in Whatcom County may be facing their most challenging political opponent in Theresa Sygitowicz, who is running for a position on the Whatcom County Council this year. Ms. Sygitowicz has demonstrated that she is willing and able to use environmentalist's favorite weapon, scientific facts, to indict policies advocated by environmental organizations.

From the Foothills Gazette (March 1 - 11, 2010 Edition):

...[Ms. Sygitowicz ] said, adding that although she is not a professional geologist, she has a theory on what caused the landslides there. Riparian zones - which are protected from harvest for the sake of animals that live on the banks of water bodies - added weight to the ground coming down, she said. "So what you had coming down was a lot of these riparian zones. The majority of the landslides that came down were slides that if they hadn't had that extra weight of the newly formed riparian zones, they might not have slid," Sygitowicz said. "Once the weight of the product came swooshing down the valley, it happened. There's no two ways about it."

The extra weight that Ms. Sygitowicz refers to in riparian zones is attributable to trees that inevitably increase in size and weight as a result of not allowing timber interests to harvest those trees. These trees then get all big and fat and it is this tree obesity epidemic that Ms. Sygitowicz theorizes causes the majority of landslides.