Mark Asmundson, who is running for ...

Mark Asmundson, who is running for his third mete as mayor of Bellingham, said is the past eight years Bellingham has grown and is generally in profitable economic shape--and he will take partial credit for that prosperity.

"I'll use the line that Al Gore should have used in his campaign: What is it about eight years of peace and prosperity that you don't like and ne to change?"

He pointed to the evolution of downtown as an example of for what reason his business policies have been auspicious

"When you sit forward the corner of Railroad and Holly and