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Get your tax strategy right for retirement
Financial planning for retirement should always be a thorough and careful process. Fundamental to it is being cognizant of the many variables that can affect our income, investments, ...
The miracle of carbon dioxide and flood plain
Why are ecological bureaucrats intent on keeping the flood plain and wetlands free from humans? To them, microbes in the mud are more important than people. Why do they purposely grow ...
Heart, kidneys, prediabetes
Though the kidney and heart are both incredible organs each can harm the other when either one is not functioning well. This has warranted the title of the Cardio-Renal Syndrome and, ...
Letters to the Editor — March 23, 2022
Seeking perfect unity Editor, I’d like to share the gospel, the good news with the people of Lynden. To the churches of Lynden, I have a hope that for which I’ve been praying for ...
Governments slow to solve flood problems
If you listen to the people of Sumas, you will find stories of people who have lived here for 21 years, for 30-plus years, for all of their lives. There is a reason for this: we have ...
Citizens versus ecobureaucrats
The Whatcom County Declaration for Disaster Emergency that I proposed flies in the face of ecobugs. What are they, anyway? They are a special kind of bureaucrat. They administer man’s ...
Getting started with ‘job of a lifetime’
When I was appointed to the state Senate this year, I was convinced that representing my neighbors and my community at the statehouse is one the highest duties any citizen can be called ...
Transparency isn’t just a catchphrase
Sunshine Week: Open Government is Good Government Sunshine Week is a national initiative spearheaded in 2005 by the News Leaders Association. The reason for Sunshine Week is to educate ...
This is how citizens get things done
On March 12 at a fundraiser on behalf of State Sen. Simon Sefzik, I received a promise for further follow-up to investigate the proposed emergency disaster call for dredging the Nooksack ...
Letters to the Editor — March 16, 2022
Thank you Tribune for your support Editor, Thank you to Michael and Mary Jo Lewis and the Lynden Tribune for the continued support of our community with the Readers Care Fund. The Lynden ...