By: Larry Horowitz

Politics & Ice Water: Part 1 of ?
Larry Horowitz · Sat Aug 21, 2010
Politics is like a pool of ice water. When men jump in their balls shrivel up.
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Fairhaven Highlands killed by FDIC?
Larry Horowitz · Tue Dec 8, 2009
On Dec 3, the FDIC issued a Supervisory Prompt Corrective Action Directive to Horizon Bank due to the bank’s critically undercapitalized status.
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City negligence spawns class-action lawsuit
Larry Horowitz · Fri Dec 4, 2009
Dateline: Nov 11, 2011 Bellingham, WA A series of recent landslides around the perimeter of Chuckanut Ridge, which caused substantial property damage.
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Crosscut publishes article on Fairhaven Highlands
Larry Horowitz · Mon Oct 26, 2009
Professional journalist and local resident, Bob Simmons, has published an article entitled Horizon Bank and the fate of Fairhaven Highlands on the Seattle-based Crosscut.com
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Thoughts on the Fairhaven Highlands Draft EIS
Larry Horowitz · Fri Oct 23, 2009
A public hearing on the Fairhaven Highlands Draft EIS was held on Tuesday, October 20 at the County Council Chambers. Approximately 250 to 300 were in attendance.
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Why the Fairhaven Highlands Draft EIS violates SEPA law
Larry Horowitz · Sun Oct 18, 2009
No confidence. That’s right. NO CONFIDENCE! I have no confidence in the Fairhaven Highlands EIS… and neither should you.
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Hope for Chuckanut Ridge
Larry Horowitz · Thu Oct 1, 2009
If you are interested in saving Chuckanut Ridge, there is some glimmer of hope for preserving this ecologically-rich and environmentally-sensitive property. If you are willing to make a single phone
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Economic Stress Index
Larry Horowitz · Thu May 21, 2009
The Associated Press (AP) has created an interesting interactive chart measuring the economic stress by County.

According to the AP, Whatcom County has a Stress Index of 9.86 for March 2009, wi
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Consuming earth’s assets
Larry Horowitz · Wed May 20, 2009
“At present, we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it gross domestic product.” So says renowned entrepreneur and visionary Paul Hawken at his May 3rd commenc
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Divesting Fairhaven Highlands
Larry Horowitz · Fri Apr 10, 2009
Larry writes a letter to the Bellingham Planning Director regarding Chuckanut Ridge and the planned Fairhaven Highlands.
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Opinion for hire: Part 2 - Admission of errors
Larry Horowitz · Sat Apr 4, 2009
On February 20th, I wrote a column about the Chuckanut Ridge / Fairhaven Highlands mature forested wetlands and the failure of Horizon Bank’s wetland consultant to properly rate th
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Opinion for hire: Part 1
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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Infill, Sinfill & Sprawl
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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Population Projections: Futurewise speaks
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
Top ten list for the next buyer of Chuckanut Ridge / Fairhaven Highlands
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
Much ado about nothing … or… Why the Fairhaven Highlands EIS is meaningless
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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How Horizon Bank chose greed over the safety of its community
Larry Horowitz · Tue Feb 3, 2009
I really pity Horizon Bank’s CEO Rich Jacobson. His predecessor, Laury Evans, sure left him a bad hand to play. Not only is Mr. Jacobson faced with the same loan portfolio problems plaguing mo
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Mayor Pike’s finest Auer?
Larry Horowitz · Sat Jan 31, 2009
When Mayor Pike ran for office, he convinced me and thousands of others that he was truly concerned about the issues that impact those who call Bellingham home. In particular, I believed he would do
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Chuckanut Ridge in a nutshell
Larry Horowitz · Sun Jan 25, 2009
In recent weeks, the Chuckanut Ridge / Greenways 3 mêlée has been blown way out of proportion and has become nothing more than an irritating sideshow. Personally, I am much more interested
Population Projections: A community dialogue hosted by Citizens’ Forum
Larry Horowitz · Wed Jan 21, 2009
Elected officials will soon be making decisions that will determine how Whatcom County and its cities grow for the next two decades. These decisions will impact our quality of life in ways most of us
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Larry Horowitz

Citizen Journalist · Writing Since Jan 16, 2008

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