Unlike the fight over Tacoma’s Measure 1, which has drawn big money in recent weeks from real estate and landlord interests, the two Bellingham initiatives are flying under the radar. No proponent or opposition campaigns have registered to raise and spend money in the last dash to the Nov. 7 election, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission.
The two initiatives have been put forth by Community First Whatcom, with the endorsement of groups ranging from the Whatcom County Democrats to the United Food and Commercial Workers 3000 and the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
The Bellingham City Council is populated by more centrist Democrats who haven’t
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