"Soviet-style land use planning?" Evidently, Eric has decided to
resort to the Nazi-style Big Lie to buttress his rather weak arguments.
Smart Growth is hardly a Soviet-style institution. Instead of
controlling everything, in the Soviet style, Smart Growth sets rules
for what private developers and and can't do. Since government has
to deal with the consequences of developers' decisions (traffic,
runoff, pollution, etc.), it's hardly unreasonable for government to
say beforehand what it will support and what it won't support.
Actually, highway building is the last bastion of Big Government in
this country. Highway projects can spent billions of dollars and
force people to relinquish their property and move out of their homes
and businesses; for some reason, we consider this a normal part of
American life.
But land use planning? Evidently, that's for commies.
On Oct 26, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Eric Westhagen wrote:
Dear Group and Matt Logan,
Certainly Matt Logan does have points. But his direction might not be
effective. When he says:
"Making Wisconsin
A Better Place to Bicycle.
* We believe that through bicycling we can create a better world
for our
children and ourselves. "
---Good, so far. . . .
But then he gets into soviet-styled land use planning. ("Smart
Growth")
And then he suggests that the transportation lobby is active in
regional
planning also.
bi
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