Plan ‘spares’ us from community input

Finally, we have some county councilmen that are poised to cut the size of county government.

Councilmen Sax and Koster, with Nelson following along, have demonstrated that we don’t really have a need for the city and county planners, the land use experts, and a broad coalition of city and county officials when writing a crucial growth study determining our future rate of growth.

Others from the community, such as the environmentalists and some developers, will now have more time to spend with their families and friends.

Their input wasn’t really needed these past several years. The general public won’t have to attend meetings or testify as to what they would like to see for their communities.

No, councilmen Koster and Sax have taken it upon themselves to rewrite the growth study, even though Sax readily admits he still doesn’t understand it. Lucky for us, he doesn’t let a “minor drawback” prevent him from the greater good.

Their report was presented after public testimony had closed, again saving the public valuable time in reading and discussing it.

So, with the elimination of the professionals and the time involved in public testimony, funds should become available for the infrastructure that will be needed for the huge master planned communities that developers are so eager to build. Ain’t democracy great?

Everett