Ep. 142: One last look at the Whatcom Jail Initiative Proposition 2017-6. Guests: No New Jail Tax Campaign Communications Director Genevieve Jones and concerned citizen Doug Starcher, who filed a Public Disclosure Campaign complaint against Whatcom County.
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Ep. 135 Honesto Silva Ibarra, R.I.P.
Antonio Garcia and farm-workers protest Sumas’ Sarbanand Farms. Honesto Silva Ibarra died August 6, 2017 Photo: Megan Farmer, KUOW
Ep. 135. The death of 28 year old farmworker Honesto Silva Ibarra, and the worker walk-out at Sarbanand Farms. Citizen Journalist Liz Darrow speaks with Community to Community Development’s Edgar Franks and Rosalinda Guillen and Junga Subedar with the Whatcom Civil Rights Project and Racial Justice Coalition about their organizations’ responses to the 2017 Whatcom County Jail proposal.. Dave Willingham speaks with Congressman Rick Larsen.
Edgar Franks, Rosalinda Guillen and Junga Subedar on Whatcom Jail Proposal.
EP. 132 County Jail Moves Forward
Ep. 132: Whatcom County Jail Moves Forward.
Former City/County Councilman Seth Fleetwood joins in the joins the group to discuss the city and county vote to move the Whatcom County Jail proposal forward. Also, Findings from the VERA Institute and Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force on jail growth in the county, and Blocking the Capital Budget.
EP. 125 City Councilman Dan Hammill
Ep. 125: City Councilman Dan Hammill on the new Whatcom County Jail proposal, incarceration alternatives, and homelessness and housing. Also, County Candidate Roundup!