Campaign events this week
Wednesday May 26 5-7pm Richard May: Wine about the Economy Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W Holly St. Bellingham Thursday May 27 5-7pm Al Jensen Campaign Kick-off Squalicum Boathouse, 2600 Harbor Loop Check out the candidates websites for more information on upcoming events.
County Democrats Convention
This Saturday, April 10th is the County Democrats Convention. 10am to 3pm at Shuksan Middle School. Tentative Convention Schedule 10:00 am Welcome, and speeches by candidates for Congress, Legislature, and possibly other races. 11:00 am Platform: See the proposed Platform at our website. No new planks or resolutions will be considered at the Convention. Anyone [...]
Getting involved at the local level
There's a blog post over at the Bellingham Herald about open seats on different boards and commissions.
Meeting tonight! Topic: Bellingham waterfront.
Here are some links for info: http://www.portofbellingham.com/content/ArchivesItem_147_1163_v http://www.portofbellingham.com/content/ArchivesItem_147_1656_v http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Rail/PNWRC_BellinghamWaterfront/ http://crosscut.com/2008/12/18/bellingham/18699/ http://www.bellinghamwaterfrontdistrict.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingham_Waterfront
New officers
On Tuesday December 2nd, the WCYD's held elections. The following officers will officially take office effective January 1st. President: Andrew Lamb Vice President: Jono Marion Secretary: Jakob Lunden Treasurer: Steve Rydman The WCYD's have decided to make the position of webmaster an executive position. Mike Estes will continue in that role. The WCYD's have also [...]
Mark Flanders responds to the Cascadia Weekly non-endorsment
Mark Flanders posted some background on how he thinks the Cascadia got a bad impression from him: My mistake was a failure to recognize that we were not attending the same appointment. He was at a deposition of a political upstart, and I was at a “Let’s get to know each other” chat.
Get out the vote!
Your help is needed down at the Bellingham coordinated campaign office. Two weeks to go until the election. Help out as much as you can. Show up for door-belling shifts: Monday thru Friday: 5pm – 8pm Saturday: 10am – 2pm, 3pm – 7pm Sunday: 1pm – 4pm, 4pm – 7 pm Show up for phone [...]
Electoral College! Stats! Graphs! Maps!
electoral college map Over the past month I've been trying to keep up with sites that track the electoral vote predictions for the presidential election. I think looking state by state is more interesting that just following national poll numbers. There are 2 sites I really like for tracking the electoral college predictions. First up [...]
Upcoming Events
As the election draws near there will be a ton of events happening. This is a list of events that the WCYD will doing. 9/21, Sunday, 1pm YDWA Statewide Campaign Event for Peter Goldmark Meet at the Coordinating campaign office on Bay and Holly. YDWA is have a statewide campaign invasion day to support Peter [...]
Bellingham Herald interviews State Senate 40th candidates
Kevin Ranker Ken Henderson Hue Beattie And for some contrast, the Republican running: Steve Van Luven