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		<title>Updated Research &amp; Different Conclusion on Plattsburgh Ferry</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/updated-research-different-conclusion-on-plattsburgh-ferry/</link>
		<comments>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/updated-research-different-conclusion-on-plattsburgh-ferry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim dickinson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/?p=6510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#60;my apologies &#8211; I meant to post this 10 day ago but forgot to hit &#8216;publish&#8217;.  wynne&#62; Jim Dickinson has responded to Frank Abart&#8217;s 2008 report to Pete Kremen (included in full here, from a B&#8217;ham Herald blog post by John Stark). That report, after some more investigation by PW, was sent recently to Jack [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6510&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Apply for Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/how-to-apply-for-lummi-island-ferry-advisory-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisory Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whatcom County government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lummi island ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/?p=6575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to the County web page with all the information you need to apply to be appointed to the new Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee that the County Council approved last night.  The first paragraph on the page has links to a downloadable application form and instructions for applying. The responsibilities of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6575&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Council Votes for New Ferry Advisory Committee</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/council-votes-for-new-ferry-advisory-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisory Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whatcom County government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferry advisory committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lummi island ferry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/?p=6562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, the County Council voted 7-0 to form a new ferry advisory committee.  According to a short note on Facebook posted by Mike  McKenzie, PLIC President, the ordinance was somewhat modified from its original version (will post / link to the ordinance once it&#8217;s available).  Very special thanks to Mary Ross, new PLIC secretary, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6562&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gooseberry Pt Parking Lease Ends April 16, 2012</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/gooseberry-pt-parking-lease-ends-april-16-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/gooseberry-pt-parking-lease-ends-april-16-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lummi island ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lummi Nation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/?p=6551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This just in from Jack Louws, in response to queries I&#8217;ve made the past week. (Update, later in day from initial post: In response to query, the &#8216;white paper&#8217; Jack referred to in 1st paragraph was a 1 or 2 page talking points/wish list that the PLLC Board gave him during their meeting with him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6551&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>County Council Approves Adding Fender Pile at Fairhaven</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/county-council-approves-adding-fender-pile-at-fairhaven/</link>
		<comments>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/county-council-approves-adding-fender-pile-at-fairhaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Ging</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Docks (mainland)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ferry operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ferry service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whatcom County government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bellingham Cruise Terminal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairhaven dock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lummi island ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port of Bellingham]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/?p=6543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This County Council action appears to have slipped by under the radar here on the Island. The County apparently is taking steps to make it safer for the Whatcom Chief to dock in Fairhaven. From a report by the Council office of County Council actions taken at their 1/24/2012 meeting: 6. Request authorization for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6543&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ferry-related County Council Agenda Items for 2/14/2012</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/ferry-related-county-council-agenda-items-for-2142012/</link>
		<comments>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/ferry-related-county-council-agenda-items-for-2142012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Ging</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisory Committee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/?p=6536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve volunteered to try to let people know about upcoming County Council meetings which will have agenda items related to ferry operations. I will not be going to the meetings to see how things come out, but will also try to report formal actions taken from information published after the meetings from the Council office. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6536&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Louws and Crawford Emails re Plattsburgh (early Feb 2012)</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/early-feb-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/early-feb-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Documents (government)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Louws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim dickinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lummi island ferry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are emails from Sam Crawford (Feb 6, 2012) and Jack Louws (Feb. 3, 2012) in response to Jim Dickinson&#8217;s email encouraging Whatcom County to conside acquiring the Plattsburgh Ferry (via Ed Scott from a NextDoor Lummi Island post by Bill Fox).  All such emails are public, under Washington State law. ******************************* Date: Mon, 6 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6526&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abart on County Research into Plattsburg Ferry</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/more-on-county-research-into-plattsburg-ferry/</link>
		<comments>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/more-on-county-research-into-plattsburg-ferry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Ferry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Important correction to last sentence in Frank&#8217;s email &#8212; he amended it to include not&#8221; after &#8220;Public Works does  &#8230; believe&#8221; I put it in red.  Whether this is the end of this story remains to be seen. I&#8217;ve heard that more data may be on the way. After writing about the County&#8217;s 2008 findings [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6488&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>County&#8217;s Research on Plattsburg Ferry</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/countys-research-on-plattsburg-ferry/</link>
		<comments>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/countys-research-on-plattsburg-ferry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Champlaign ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lummi island ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plattsburg rerry system]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/?p=6469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can read what the County Dept. of Public Works reported to the County Executive about the Lake Champlain ferry when PW  investigated it as a replacement option in 2008, in John Stark&#8217;s Feb. 3, 2012 post on the B&#8217;Herald Politics blog.  The report, submitted as an email and quoted in full on Stark&#8217;s Politics [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6469&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Replacement Ferry Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/replacement-ferry-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wynne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other ferries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Jim Dickinson, an idea for a new/replacement Ferry. I have emailed Jim and asked him to send the Ferry Forum details so we can post them here.   Thanks, Jim, for sending this information far and wide.  (Note:  I deleted B Brenner&#8217;s home email address from Jim&#8217;s list, since the County Council has passed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10826399&amp;post=6472&amp;subd=lummiislandferryforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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