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Coming Oct. 16* — Pros, Cons and Consequences: 2024 Ballot Initiatives

This program is sold out.

Brian Heywood, founder and co-chair of “Let’s Go Washington” and a self-described new political powerbroker will join the Bellingham City Club to advocate in favor of the four initiatives (see below) on this year’s ballot. State Representative Alex Ramel, Senator Liz Lovelett, and representatives of “Invest in Washington Now” and the AARP  will present the opposition view. The initiatives before voters in November seek to repeal or weaken laws passed by the Legislature’s Democratic majority and deal with the Climate Commitment Act, capital gains taxes, new construction building codes and long term care insurance.

  • Initiative 2066: Related to Restrictions on Access to Natural Gas
  • Initiative 2109: Repeal Capital Gains Tax
  • Initiative 2117: Prohibiting All State Agencies, Counties, and Cities From Implementing Carbon Tax Credit Trading [Repeal the Climate Commitment Act (CCA)]
  • Initiative 2124: Opting out of Long-Term Services Insurance Program

Note:  One week early!

Coming November 20*: Vaughn Palmer on US Politics

This program may sell out; please purchase tickets in advance by 8:00pm Sunday, October 13, here.

Vaughn Palmer, one of City Club’s favorite speakers, returns with observations on the 2024 presidential election. Palmer has been the Vancouver Sun’s provincial affairs political columnist, based in Victoria, since 1984.

*Scheduled one week earlier than usual due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

Land Acknowledgement

The Board of the Bellingham City Club  has adopted the following land acknowledgement to introduce its public programs:

We begin by acknowledging, with humility, that the land where we are today is the territory of the People of the Salish Sea. Their presence is imbued in the waterways, shorelines, valleys and mountains of the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish People, and it has been this way since time immemorial.

For information about the land acknowledgement adopted by the Lummi Business Council, click here.

For a video about the Ferndale Public Schools land acknowledgement produced by Ferndale School District, Children of the Setting Sun, and the Lhaqtemish Foundation, click here.