<Democrats attempt to gain control of local zoning process.
This is exactly the kind of thing I am talking about. The slow, quiet ratcheting of power away from the citizens and towards Washington.
From Larry's post:
...In the name of efficiency, we can force everyone to live in apartment buildings in densely populated cities with no more than 300 square feet per person...
From the article:
...And what is the vision that animates the "Growing Smart" guidelines that served as a basis for the Senate bill? The Sierra Club last year conducted an exercise in which it attempted to define the optimum density for American cities. It came up with a figure of 500 families per acre. As economist Randal O'Toole of the Thoreau Institute has pointed out, this is roughly twice the density of the densest parts of Manhattan--on a par with the densest cities of Asia.
Confronted with this observation, the Sierra Club quietly backed off, reducing its density recommendation sharply. Likewise, now that Senate Democrats have been caught trying to foist a federal zoning system on America in secret, it may back off too. The Bush administration has announced opposition to the idea. But the mere existence of a "Community Character Act" tells you that the smart-growthers are making serious inroads--and aren't likely to go away.
This stuff is real, folks. Constant vigilance on all fronts.
Another small increase in water temperature for the frogs...
The whole thread (56 posts)
- For the lovely Larry
- MA, how are you doing? What in the heck did I miss?
- Time to put on the boots
- "You seem less willing to tolerate the views of others."
- You may also want to consider a cup...n/t (n/t)
- Re: Too late: you're already all wet
- Re: Time to answer
- Superb, as expected.
- Yipes!!
- For the lovely Mary Anne (n/t)
- Perspective.