Michigan New Leader In U.S. Movement To Tame Sprawl

Governor Jennifer Granholm and GOP take steps to cure "plague upon the land."

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February 10, 2003, 2:00 PM PST

"Having convinced Republicans and Democrats that their interests coincide Governor Jennifer Granholm has gained her first significant policy achievement: A new civic consensus that sprawl is indeed a serious problem in Michigan and merits immediate state action. Until the last few weeks, such thoughts were considered so foreign in Lansing that only a handful of lawmakers dared speak of them. The formal position of Michigan's previous elected leadership was that sprawl, if it was a problem at all, was no more than a local malady, not connected to economic competitiveness or rising government expenses, and that state government had no proper role in providing assistance. Ms. Granholm's election changed all that."

Thanks to keith Schneider

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Monday, February 10, 2003 in Michigan Land Use Institute

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