Politics is like a pool of ice water. When men jump in their balls shrivel up.
Politics is like a pool of ice water. When men jump in their balls shrivel up.
Q: How is politics like a pool of ice water?
A: When men jump in their balls shrivel up.
What is it that causes a candidate to lose courage once in office?
Is it more important to be re-elected than to serve the people who elected you?
Why do those in power continue to hide under the skirts of their legal advisors when challenged to do the right thing?
Politics is like a pool of ice water. When men jump in their balls shrivel up.
On Dec 3, the FDIC issued a Supervisory Prompt Corrective Action Directive to Horizon Bank due to the bank’s critically undercapitalized status.
Dateline: Nov 11, 2011 Bellingham, WA A series of recent landslides around the perimeter of Chuckanut Ridge, which caused substantial property damage.
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
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.
No confidence. That’s right. NO CONFIDENCE! I have no confidence in the Fairhaven Highlands EIS… and neither should you.
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
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
“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
Larry writes a letter to the Bellingham Planning Director regarding Chuckanut Ridge and the planned Fairhaven Highlands.
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
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.”
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
Steve Wilson
Aug 22, 2010If men need testicular fortitude, what do the women electeds need?
Larry Horowitz
Aug 23, 2010Steve,
As always, thanks for taking time to read my trash and ? especially - for adding your thoughts.
Naturally, what I wrote applies equally to women; however, at least locally, men predominate among our electeds - so it?s easier to pick on them.
I can?t tell you how many courageous campaign promises I have heard, only to transfigure into whimpers and excuses once elected. What makes all these men (and women) conform to the status quo? Who is controlling that invisible hand?
Am I insane for expecting anything different?
g.h.kirsch
Aug 23, 2010To take off from your similar remarks on the Petree thread: who will speak truth to power; and I suspect you know I share a similar outlook with you, the unfortunate answer is, no one because, in almost all cases, power elects the peoples’ representatives.
We’ve reached this dead-end in the discussion before. But I can’t resist pointing out that while an absolute confrontation with power is more than we can hope for; I’ve settled for just little resistances here and there.
You must realize that the refutations you rightly complimented on that other thread would never had appeared without the involvement of your nemesis with the shriveled manhood.
Maybe the lesson is, the remedy for the effects of that cold water, is just the need to show a little warmth!
Larry Horowitz
Aug 23, 2010Since we?re talking in code, you must realize that I have reached out ?warmly? to ?shriveled man? many times only to be shut down ? on several occasions through you as the middle man. I think the ball is clearly in his court. What is keeping him from shooting? Seriously, what? If it were just warmth, as you claim, then this issue would have been resolved a long time ago.
How can you show warmth to someone who refuses to meet with you?
Larry Horowitz
Aug 26, 2010Update: To my surprise, I met with a local elected official yesterday who actually showed courage and a strong desire to do the right thing. I believe there might even be two or three others waiting in the wings.
A hopeful sign?
Thanks!