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Re: Wide open spaces

bnartist — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:02:27 -0400

Dallas,

I thought you supported open government. :)

There are plenty of options besides government owning property like conservation easements.

gregflynn

Re: Wide open spaces

JacksonTodd — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:56:11 -0400

Please contact the U.S. Census Bureau, they consider over 95% off space to be open in North Carolina.

This effort is and will always be about making govt. bigger.

My back yard is not considered open space but the same property would be "open" if it was owned by govt.

Re: Wide open spaces

Anglico — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:20:44 -0400

There are critical moments in political history where leaders have the chance to think and plan with the long view in mind. This is one of them. Rep. Allen says it well. There are going to be no second changes.

It might be more accurate to argue that there will be second chances, but taking advantage of them will be so cost-prohibitive as to thwart any action.

It'll be interesting to see who steps up to support this - and who doesn't. One thing for sure, you can count on the free-market fundamentalists to get up in arms about the mean old government interfering in private bidness.