September 22, 2017
Today the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce held a Political Candidates Forum for the 18 candidates running for office for the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, and Port of Bellingham elections. 17 of the 18 participated in the forum including:
- Gene Knutson
- Pinky Vargas
- Eric Bostrom
- Rud Browne
- Philip J. Morgan
- Todd Donovan
- Amy Glasser
- Tyler Byrd
- Rebecca Boonstra
- Mary Kay Robinson
- Dan Robbins
- Michael Shepard
- Barry Buchanan
- Roxanne Murphy
- Ken Bell
- Barry Wenger
- Michael Lilliquist
The event was held at the Holiday Inn & Suites at the Bellingham Airport with an attendance of 80. The purpose of the forum was to give the candidates an opportunity to address specific business-related issues. Each candidate was given one question to answer during the forum, however, they all completed written questionnaires which you can download below.
To read the questionnaires, click here for county races, city races, port races.
Thank you to Republic Services for their sponsorship of today’s event.