Where to call today about Dev. Loophole InitiativeRight now (1pm), Ross Reynolds is taking calls on his show, The Conversation, on the developer's loophole initiative that the Farm Bureau has just filed. That's at 94.9 KUOW/NPR. You can call the show at 1-800-289-5869. They also take emails (conversation@kuow.org). At 3pm, Dave Ross will be covering the issue on KIRO which is at 710AM. The phone number there: 1-877-710-5476. As Brian says in his post, just below: Oregon's Measure 37, which was thrown out in court last year, was the basis from which the developers crafted this initiative. Simply put, it will kill protections for everything from salmon spawning areas in streams to green space, and will forever ruin the rural lifestyle. Because most local governments will not have the kind of money necessary to compensate what this mandate demands, they will choose not to enforce those regulations, and allow the stripmalls and housing tracts to be built without any public comment. Things to say when you call or email? Well, one of the most destructive aspects of this is the way it will take away the property rights of those who live near undeveloped land. You can bet your bottom dollar that many of these properties will be built on by their owners -- and that even those owners who hold off will be the targets of developers who will pressure them to sell. We'll be seeing radical changes in our environment and our neighborhoods. So, for example, in Oregon, where measure 37 passed, farmlands have been lost and the people who lived near those farms now have to deal with their immediate neighborhoods changing radically and drinking water being unprotected. An owner of land which contains Indian artifacts and is near Chief Joseph's burial site, for example, has already begun cutting roads through that property and plans to build an RV park there unless the state pays him $1 million. Do we really want to entrust that wetland up the hill from us to our neighbors who will be tempted to sell it to Walmart? Do we really want large housing developments to go in up the street from us -- and not have the developer's be responsible for providing the extra transportation capacity (roads to handle the traffic, etc.?) Dear Washblogians, please call or email these shows! And take a look at the site of Futurewise for more information.
Where to call today about Dev. Loophole Initiative | 9 comments (9 topical)
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