Should Colorado Follow Oregon's Lead?

In this op-ed, Daniel G. Jennings calls for Colorado citizens to take planning into their own hands -- and to look to Oregon as an example of good citizen planning.

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June 12, 2001, 1:00 PM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"The Colorado Legislature has given the citizens of this state a tremendous opportunity to determine what Colorado will look like in the future by not passing any legislation on growth or sprawl. By declining to act on growth, the legislators have cleared the way for initiatives on growth to be placed on the ballot in the 2002 election...We can follow the example of Oregon. In the late 1960s, the people of Oregon took responsibility for their state's future. They decided they didn't want to be Orange County North and passed a proposition that restricted growth to specific areas and ended a lot of the urban sprawl. There is no reason we in Colorado can't do the same thing."

Thanks to Christian Peralta

FULL STORY: Let citizens determine course of community planning

Sunday, June 10, 2001 in The Denver Post

Government / Politics Colorado

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