Nerditorial: The Strange Case of Agenda Bill 2012-225

An Open Letter to the Whatcom County Council

An Open Letter to Pete Kremen and Ken Mann

To: Ken Mann, Pete Kremen
Cc: County Council, Karen Frakes
Fm: Shane Roth

Re: Lesa Starkenburg-Kroontje's status with the County

Gentlemen,

VIDEO: Conflict, Schmonflict (Whatcom County Council, Oct 11 2011)

This is actually just audio with some graphics to get it on youTube.

Sam Crawford is taken to task by Whatcom County citizen Lincoln Rutter on the matter of his land use consulting business and an apparent conflict of interest with his duties as a member of the Whatcom County Council.

Nerditorial: Update on Starkenburg Contract (now with New and Improved FacePalm!)

An Open Letter to Rob McKenna and the King County Young Republicans

Dear Knuckleheads,

Nerditorial: Transparency, Schm-ansparency (Another Open Letter to the TEA Party)

SKAMANIA COUNTY WOMAN RECEIVES NATIONAL SUNSHINE WEEK AWARD FOR EXPOSING PUBLIC CORRUPTION

Former school board member Gloria Howell of Stevenson, Skamania County, knew something smelled in the county auditor's office. So she began digging.

Nerditorial: How Many Branches of Government Does Whatcom County Have?

So, I posted this video recently from the January 25, 2011 Council Meeting.

VIDEO: Carl Weimer Asks Legal Counsel Legal Questions

While many of us were watching the State of the Union address, the County was also transacting the public's business.

Here is a portion of what SOTU viewers missed on Tuesday night.

AUDIO: April 12, 2010 Ethics Hearing

While this is presenting in the form of a series of "videos" on youTube, the fact is, it's really just audio.

Open Letter to County Council (Birch Bay Rezone)

Nerditorial: When The President Of The Council Does It, That Means It Isn't Unethical

Check out this article at the Herald.

Kremen is one of the hundreds of landowners countywide that would be affected by the rural zoning changes, which have been ordered by the state Supreme Court. A Bellingham Herald analysis of property records also shows that four council members' properties would be affected, although not in the same way as Kremen's.

Jared Paben

Guess who doesn't see any problem or conflict of interest with voting on this? (No fair peeking first...)

The Deregistration Dilemma: Are Lobbyists Quitting the Business as Federal Disclosure Rules Tighten?

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

"Measuring the amount of influence special interest groups have on the federal government has never been easy. But since 1995, with the passage of the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), good-government groups such as the Center for Responsive Politics have been given a tremendous tool to measure the role lobbying has on policymakers."