County executive, mayor strike optimistic tone at City Club
Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu and Bellingham Mayor Seth Fleetwood used their appearance together at a Bellingham City Club meeting Wednesday as an opportunity to pivot. With the trials of the COVID-19 pandemic mostly in the rearview mirror for the two biggest governments in the county, the executive and the mayor struck an optimistic tone at the online event, even as Fleetwood announced he was ill with COVID-19.
Fleetwood told the City Club audience he tested positive on Monday, in the middle of a full day of virtual City Council meetings. The mayor, who is current on vaccinations and boosters, developed bad cold symptoms but was already recovering by the time Wednesday鈥檚 noon City Club session began.
During the 90-minute meeting, he proved up to the task of addressing some of the biggest problems faced by the city and society at large, including homelessness, climate change and rising crime.
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