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Stark joined The Bellingham Herald in 1981, left to pursue parenting and teaching in 1989, and returned in 2000. He has a New Jersey birth certificate.
Paben has been a reporter for The Bellingham Herald since fall 2006, covering growth, transportation and other topics. He also writes for The BellinghamHerald's Traffic Talk blog. Before coming here, he worked for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., and various Oregon newspapers. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 2006. He grew up in the town of Creswell, Ore., which is just south of Eugene, Ore., along Interstate 5.
We appreciate your participation on the blog. We encourage expressions of opinion, rebuttals and criticism. To ensure everybody is comfortable participating and commenting on posts, we ask that readers refrain from posting personal attacks, and from bantering back and forth with one another, off-topic. We also strongly encourage people to use their real names when posting comments, just as we do.
We provide no guarantee of anonymity. Public officials and political candidates should not use this forum to promote themselves or attack political opponents anonymously.
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November 4th, 2009 at 11:01 AM
From the 1996 election up through and including 2008., affluent counties in the East, Midwest and West have trended Democratic, largely through distaste for the religious and cultural conservatives whom voters there have seen (not without reason) as dominant in the Republican party. Now, with the specter of higher tax rates and a vastly expanded public sector, they may be—possibly—headed in the other direction. An interesting trend to watch.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Lessons-from-the-2009-election-results-69054827.html
AFY!!thesheepdog!!!
November 4th, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Um, I think someone’s computer is still on PDT. It’s 9:26 am right now, so your post will be made 8 minutes in the future.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Amend that — someone’s computer is on some very bad crack. It’s not 11:06 am anywhere in the world right now.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
These are great photos Sam.
One party: a nearly empty room with people all dressed up.
Another party: packed and happy with people from all walks of life.
Which party looks more fun?
November 4th, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Why didn’t the Conservative pro-Businessers adopt an eatery for the evening?
Not only does it help the restaurant,
it welcomes in casual supporters and enlivens all of downtown.
It also makes defeat so much less Formal.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:32 PM
SQ, the room was standing room only, BTW!
And it was catered, so there was support given to a local restaurant for sure.
Notice I never make fun of the other side, its wayyyy beneath me!
AFY!!thesheepdog!!!
November 4th, 2009 at 3:02 PM
The balloons were a nice touch.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:30 PM
SRO?
Not according to the pictures.
A closed-door, invite-only catered affair sorta analogous to the style of government they represent.
You aren’t good enough to be here!