Recent NWCitizen Articles

Blind, Deaf and Dumb
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 8, 2009
Kremen County has re-issued and revised its earlier Determination of Non-significance for the road to Vineyard Development. And as predicted (surprise, surprise) again determ
Why Relocalization Advocates Should Fear Obama
By Craig Mayberry · Wed Mar 4, 2009
It was hoped by many that Obama would come in a solve many of the problems that we are currently facing. I was hoping to wait a year to give time to see what would happen, but it is becoming increasi
Cap or Trade
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Mar 3, 2009
There’s a disturbing pattern emerging in the current administration’s approach to national problems.

Last week they proposed to saddle the citizenry with the costs of salvaging a priva
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Barbara’s response
By · Sun Mar 1, 2009
Jack Weiss, a member of the Bellingham City Council, has submitted this response to the Feb 27 post.
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Greenways III: Policy and Practice Disaster
By · Fri Feb 27, 2009
Barbara Ryan, Terry Bornemann and Gene Knutson, all members of the Bellingham City Council, have submitted this guest article.
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The Roeder Home needs volunteers
By Sheri Ward · Thu Feb 26, 2009
Wednesday evening marked the last scheduled concert of the Whatcom County Homemade Music Society (HMS), a group that has held concerts at the Roeder Home for more than 30 years.
Banking and Revolution
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Feb 21, 2009
It is difficult to appreciate the momentousness of the moment at hand as the struggle to resolve matters swirling in the banking sector come to the critical pass. The debate over nationalization of o
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Opinion for hire: Part 1
By Larry Horowitz · Fri Feb 20, 2009
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair observed, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.”
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Self Fulfilling Profits
By g.h.kirsch · Thu Feb 19, 2009
Our friend over at The Syre Times continues with great circularity to confound the growth debate. And what better way to begin than misstating the position of those opposed to continuing unman
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Alternative “A” for county growth
By · Tue Feb 17, 2009
Dave Pros has the guest column. Dave served on the Whatcom County Planning Commission and has followed the GMA process for many years.
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Tonight at 7 pm at the County Courthouse, th
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Give a Damn for the Greenback Dollar
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Feb 16, 2009
Lest you think our current financial crisis is unprecedented, it’s not. These crises have been occurring since the Dark Ages; probably earlier. They always are tied to the struggle to create and con
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The Numbers Gamesmanship
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Feb 14, 2009
Over at what some call The Syre Times, this week the editor offered up some gristle that is pretty hard to swallow.

Discussing the competing visions for population growth in Whatcom Co
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Infill, Sinfill & Sprawl
By Larry Horowitz · Thu Feb 12, 2009
Have you ever wondered how truly livable cities become undesirable hell holes? Do the people who run these highly attractive areas into the ground merely fail to comprehend the distinction between <b
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Not Too Big to Fail
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Feb 10, 2009
The President’s dynamic duo, Larry Summers and Tim Geithner, tell us, “governments make poor bank managers.” Geithner, our brand spankin’ new Secretary of the Treasury, goes on. “W
Population Projections: Futurewise speaks
By Larry Horowitz · Mon Feb 9, 2009
If you are new to Whatcom County (or have been hiding under a rock for the last several years), you may not be familiar with the gut-wrenching process required by the state’s Growth Managemen
Yogi Berra and the Library Board
By · Sun Feb 8, 2009
Marilyn Olsen has contributed this article. She was president of the Friends of the Fairhaven Library for 2007 and 2008.
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When Yogi Berra observed, “It’s like déjà
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Top ten list for the next buyer of Chuckanut Ridge / Fairhaven Highlands
By Larry Horowitz · Sat Feb 7, 2009
If you happen to find yourself in the market for an 82-acre hilly swamp wholly encumbered by critical areas like steep slopes and mature-forested Category 1 wetlands in southwest Bellingham, here are
From the Pollyanna News Service
By g.h.kirsch · Fri Feb 6, 2009
The good news in Washington this week is the emerging bipartisan antipathy for taxation.

Our investigative team has discovered a new Democratic program that was being quietly led by the forme
Much ado about nothing … or… Why the Fairhaven Highlands EIS is meaningless
By Larry Horowitz · Wed Feb 4, 2009
Please don’t misunderstand. I’m not claiming that the Fairhaven Highlands environmental impact statement (EIS) does not have the potential to be meaningful. However, in its present form,
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An American Poem
By Ham Hayes · Tue Feb 3, 2009
Tax cheats, lobbyists and crooks
Lined up at your door.
Struggle, struggle, cook the books
How ya gonna get off the floor

Come on Prez
Toss the bums out
Clean up this mess
Sho
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