Damn, it's good to be back. To some, that may sound like a crazy idea. But it's not. Attracting new industrial and commercial investment is critical to Jackson County's future. The key problem with growth is that the expansion of infrastructure seldom keeps up with the expansion of population.
Schools get crowded and roads get clogged as the population grows.
That leads to voter frustration and gives birth to anti-growth sentiment. The reason infrastructure can't keep up with population is that local governments can seldom afford to build roads and schools ahead of the growth curve. Given unlimited resources, there would never be crowded roads or schools. Few governments, however, sit on a gold mine. The reason local governments don't have the necessary resources is that most homeowners pay less in taxes than in the services they consume.