By: Larry Horowitz

Population Projections: Victims of the past or Masters of our own destiny
Larry Horowitz · Fri Oct 17, 2008
When it comes to planning for the future of our county and cities, must we be victims of the past or can we become masters of our own destiny?

Whatcom County will be adopting its population p
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The thousand acre dilemma: Part 1.6 – How the temporary Greenways Levy became a permanent tax
Larry Horowitz · Fri Oct 3, 2008
If you pay taxes in Bellingham, prepare to be screwed… again. The city’s Parks Department and Planning Commission have recommended a new Park Plan that will require raising taxes by at le
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What’s in a name?
Larry Horowitz · Thu Sep 11, 2008
People everywhere like to use labels to compartmentalize things - as well as other people.
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Jimmy Buffett, philosopher
Larry Horowitz · Sat Aug 16, 2008
Thanks to all who responded to my last column - “Is anybody out there?” - both on the Northwest Citizen website and personally by email. From you, I have received great encouragement and
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Is anybody out there?
Larry Horowitz · Fri Aug 15, 2008
Here’s a confession. I hate writing columns for this blog. They take time away from other things I’d rather be doing, and they certainly don’t engender any new friendships. In fac
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Chuckanut Ridge: The real land supply implications
Larry Horowitz · Sat Aug 9, 2008
On his personal blog, former City Councilman John Watts has written a column entitled, “Chuckanut Ridge: Land Supply Implications” in which he concludes, “without a reasonable level
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The thousand acre dilemma: Part 1.5 – Now is the time to solve it!
Larry Horowitz · Fri Aug 1, 2008
In “The thousand acre dilemma: Part 1” we introduced the $69 million quandary Bellingham officials are currently wrestling with: How does the city provide parks for the 13,000 or so resid
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The thousand acre dilemma: Part 1
Larry Horowitz · Sun Jul 20, 2008
As a community, we ‘hamsters absolutely love our parks. It’s too bad we’ll have significantly fewer to love in the future compared with the level city officials had planned f
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Magnetism & the search for unlimited energy
Larry Horowitz · Sat Jun 28, 2008
On March 26, 2002, the US Patent Office issued Patent No. 6,362,718 B1, potentially altering the entire paradigm in our quest for the holy grail of unlimited clean energy. British journalist N
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More government waste on the Horizon?
Larry Horowitz · Sat Mar 1, 2008
You don’t need to be Nostradamus to make this prediction: Bellingham city officials are about to waste precious staff time and taxpayer resources preparing an environmental impact statem
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To vest or not to vest: Chuckanut Ridge & the CAO
Larry Horowitz · Fri Feb 15, 2008
After an extended hiatus, the battle over Chuckanut Ridge has begun to heat up again. In one corner: landowners Horizon Bank and David Edelstein. In the other corner: thousands of local resid
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An open letter to County Council re: B’ham UGA
Larry Horowitz · Tue Jan 29, 2008
Dear County Councilmembers,

Now that Bellingham has adopted a resolution signaling its desire to work with the County on the size of its UGA, the County has a tremendous opportunity to ensure t
Bjornson Inspired by Tacoma’s Growth Principles
Larry Horowitz · Thu Jan 24, 2008
Can Bellingham learn a trick or two about managing growth from the City of Tacoma? Councilmember Louise Bjornson thinks so; and I’m inclined to agree.

“I believe,” Louise r
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Larry Horowitz

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