Letter: Why it’s so hard to have a discussion about land use? – The Suburban Times

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Letter: Why it’s so hard to have a discussion about land use? – The Suburban Times

One of the big challenges of talking about land use is that people talk at cross-purposes to each other. It’s almost as if the system is designed to create confusion and ensure money-making projects go through. But it also makes it personally frustrating for people concerned about land use. Let me explain. For Exhibit 1 we turn to the recent decision by the Hearing Examiner to permit what I call the Barnes and Noble apartments.  The City of Lake…