tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944244558806877209.post3187578174277631339..comments2023-10-25T21:11:44.375-07:00Comments on Twilight Zoning in Bellingham: Blog Reader's Letter to the MayorZonemavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853753467348220533noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944244558806877209.post-57334504939412420322008-01-20T14:17:00.000-08:002008-01-20T14:17:00.000-08:00I agree that the City is not very effective when r...I agree that the City is not very effective when responding to student criminal behavior. The feeling that many of my neighbors convey is that it is useless to complain because the police respond to the Mayor's direction and WWU has been controlling the City. I hope that Mayor Pike will recognize the danger that allowing a growing number of citizens to believe that students can commit any number of crimes with no consequences because Western is the 800 pound gorilla-thug on the hill. Negative reactions to students are growing because of the irresponbility of Western and its strangle hold on this city. Let's see about converting Western to a correspondence college before it's too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944244558806877209.post-44406232214954250282008-01-01T15:41:00.000-08:002008-01-01T15:41:00.000-08:00Why didn't someone tell me that Bellingham was a c...Why didn't someone tell me that Bellingham was a college town before I moved here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944244558806877209.post-63796381913778618272007-12-05T21:14:00.000-08:002007-12-05T21:14:00.000-08:00What a great letter, Larry! I have had the same ki...What a great letter, Larry! I have had the same kind of experience in my neighborhood. I own a Victorian that I have worked on for years to restore. I have landscaped my property and I keep it free of trash and junk. I have a tree on my parking strip that was planted years ago during a block planting for street trees. I also was served notice a couple years ago because a limb on my tree was a"hazard" though I had a difficult time figuring out how.I complied with the notice as any good law abiding citizen should.If I didn't I'm sure the city would fine me, or perhaps the police would come and get me and put me away. Why? Well, it's due to the fact that I am an old lady, a home owner and a taxpayer. I'm expected to follow the rules, unlike some of the student population and some of the landlord's operating these illegal rooming houses.Let's pray that Mayor Pike views this as an important issue to many of us "old timers" who are weary of having our rights trompled on by the City's refusal to enforce the municipal codes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com