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flydipper · Mar 30, 2020

He is pro-gun, it's more a case of out of sight out of mind type of deal. The demographic being what it is in Whatcom Co. depending on who shows up to vote it could have been tough for him getting reelected and he can certainly do more for us in office than not there and he is careful not to rock the boat, so he stays neutral on some issues that he can make little difference on. This issue I don't know yet. I don't know who shut it down. My understanding is he is retiring after this term which leaves the door open for some anti to possibly make a run for the position. Whatcom Co. is turning purple now due to apathetic voters a lot of them. If he makes a big grandstand on some issue it could well gin up support for the other side.

Slobray said:
He's obviously not pro-gun either....................

Ray

Alexx1401 · Mar 30, 2020

flydipper said:
Open or not, Bellingham PD and Whatcom Co. Sheriff are no longer processing background checks!

Maybe, just maybe, some voters will remember that when they go to vote this year. Maybe some who do not bother to vote will suddenly decide maybe they should??

Diamondback · Mar 30, 2020

Alexx1401 said:
Maybe, just maybe, some voters will remember that when they go to vote this year. Maybe some who do not bother to vote will suddenly decide maybe they should??

We need to make this the poster-case for "When you do not vote, THIS is what you tacitly vote for".

Alexx1401 · Mar 30, 2020

Diamondback said:
We need to make this the poster-case for "When you do not vote, THIS is what you tacitly vote for".

YEP! I have been warning others of this "possibility" for decades. I lost track of how many gun owners and just freedom loving people told me I was a tinfoil hat guy. Well now lets see them tell me this was tinfoil hat stuff? When this happened during Katrina I tried to warn them this could become nation wide. They insisted this was just a "local thing". Does not look local to me now.

One the way home this morning I think I am starting to see the early signs that people have had enough. I have been joking about how nice the commute has been. Freeways looked like a Sunday all the time. Well this morning it did not look like that. It was not quite the normal rush hour but it sure was close. I think a lot of people are starting to tell them to pound sand, they are going to work.