Recommended Local Actions for the Week of 20170227 ACT TODAY: Support SB5501/HB1663 (Funding for Toxic Pollution Prevention and Cleanup) Call or submit comment online to express your support for these important bills which will stabilize funding for preventing and controlling pollution and cleaning up toxic… Read More »Recommended Local Actions for the Week of 20170227
RECALL By law, the recall happens in several steps, we have completed step 1 and are awaiting step 2. File charges (done, full text at the end of this post) Charges are heard in the Whatcom County Superior Court on March 2nd at 8:30 am… Read More »Senator Ericksen Accountability Project Update
42ND DISTRICT CONSTITUENTS: SIGN TOWN HALL INVITE We are inviting Senator Ericksen to a town hall meeting. IMPORTANT!: OPPOSE SB5239 (Ensuring that water is available to support development) In the Hirst decision, the Court ruled that Whatcom County, in issuing building permits with permit-exempt wells… Read More »Recommended Local Actions for the Week of 20170220
February 15, 2017 Senator Doug Ericksen PO Box 748 Ferndale, WA 98248 Dear Senator Ericksen, Your constituents in Washington’s 42nd legislative district would very much like to speak with you regarding bills under consideration in the current legislative session. We request a town hall… Read More »Town Hall Invitation for Senator Ericksen
Attend the Rally to Support Bellingham Sanctuary City TONIGHT Monday 13 February 2017 5:45 – 7 at Bellingham City Hall *This is a Riveters Collective event.* Blue Group and Community to Community Development, local groups representing our undocumented neighbors, have asked Bellingham City Council to pass the Keep Bellingham… Read More »Recommended Local Actions for the Week of 20170213
Here you will find press regarding 42nd District Senator Doug Ericksen and controversies surrounding his dual jobs in both Olympia and at the EPA in Washington, DC. Media coverage has grown to the national level. Keep up the good work! If you know of articles or… Read More »Press – Doug Ericksen Recall
Thank Bob Ferguson and Jay Inslee Washington’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Governor Jay Inslee have taken bold leadership roles in opposing the president’s immigration order. Background: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/us/trump-travel-ban-washington-seattle-ferguson.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/05/how-washington-state-became-the-epicenter-of-resistance-to-trumps-agenda/?postshare=5921486325841420&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.fea5f05b0067 Ferguson https://www.facebook.com/bobfergusonforAG/ https://twitter.com/agowa (360) 753-6200 Inslee https://www.facebook.com/WaStateGov/ https://twitter.com/GovInslee 360-902-4111 Support HB 1611 – Oil Transportation Safety… Read More »Recommended Local Actions for the week of 20170206
How are you doing? What was the last action you took? Maybe you’re feeling fired up and taking action every day. Maybe you’re starting to feel overwhelmed and disheartened by the news each day, making it hard to act. Maybe life has interrupted and your… Read More »Step Five to Taking Action
Pantsuit Bellingham is a loosely organized group of activists who have found purposeful work in resisting regressive national leadership, while visioning and fighting for a more just future. Our leadership team is comprised of volunteers with engaged lives, and as a result, changes regularly. Members of the… Read More »Team