Some people worry that harnessing growth is a threat to property rights, specifically, the right for someone to develop their land. I worry about that too. It is the responsibility of the county commissioners to ensure everyone's rights. But this responsibility has not been met. I am willing to meet this challenge, and the tools I hope to bring to the county commission are the tools of Smart Growth.
Smart growth is a set of ideas tried across the nation THAT WORK for taxpayers.
Smart growth is a national phenomenon, taking cities and counties by storm as people realize that HOW growth happens matters, and it matters most to taxpayers. We call it smart. The recent bankruptcy of Farmland Coop places an even greater urgency on our need to stabilize our property taxes. We owe it to our neighbors. My message has been the same for six years.