Ferry Negotiations to Resume March 24, 2011!

County Executive, Pete Kremen, in the first of the 3 letters linked below initiated a request to the Lummi Nation to resume ferry negotiations.  Lummi Business Council Chairman, Cliff Cultee, accepted the invitation (see the second letter), with some discussion.  The third letter is Pete’s reply.  (Thank you Pete for forwarding this correspondence to us) [...]

BIA-approved leases limited to 25 yrs

Editor’s note:  On 8/30/2010,  Betsy Schneider (Lummi Island) sent the County Executive, Council and others (including the Ferry Forum and PLIC) information about federal regulations wouldn’t allow a 35 yr lease.  As sending the email to the Council puts her email into the public  domain, we’re publishing it in full, below.

Petitioning federal officials

Editorial note: Several people have requested that we post the link to the petition to ‘perfect’ the road right of way to Lummi Island (started by Tip Johnson), which is directed to federal officials. Fair enough. It is every American citizen’s right to petition officials (1st Amendment right). Each of us can decide for ourselves [...]

County’s Counter-offer to LBC re: Gooseberry Pt lease

Editor’s Note:  The following link is to the letter, written today from Sam Crawford, Chair of Whatcom County Council, to Henry Cagey, Chairman of the Lummi Indian Business Council, responding to the Lummi Nation’s letter of July 30,2010. To read the entire text, click on:  Letter from Council to Lummi Nation 8-12-10

Time to Act! Tuesday August 10

Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 10, 2010, the Whatcom County Council is planning to hold an executive (that is, closed to the public – us!) session at 6 PM at the County Courthouse about the LBC letter.  Then, at 7 PM, the Council will hold their last scheduled public meeting until after the Lummi Nation’s deadline in [...]

Carl Weimer response to LBC letter & negotiations

Got this email to share with all from Carl Weimer, 3rd District County Councilor today.  Carl is one of two County Councilors with a blog for sharing his views and taking comments from citizens. Wynne Hi Wynne, Below is an email I sent to the entire Council and Administration around noontime on Thursday. I had [...]

1st Response from County re: Lummi Nation letter

This post has been revised to include only Barbara Brenner’s first written response to  islanders about the LBC letter. Others will be posted separately as we received them. Wynne Email from Barbara Brenner (3rd District County Councilor), cc’d to Wynne and others. BB granted permission to post it on the Ferry Forum by email, 8/4/2010. [...]